Protests against Spanish cabinet meeting
Catalan pro-independence groups blocked roads in the region on Friday to protest a planned cabinet meeting in Barcelona chaired by a Spanish Prime Minister Pedro...
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Spanish PM pledges fresh dialogue with Catalan leader
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the pro-independence leader of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, have pledged fresh dialogue to try to resolve their dispute...
Sánchez to meet Torra today, as protests gear up
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on Friday amid tight security as Catalan pro-independence groups plan to hold protests...
Madrid denies meeting in Barcelona is provocation
Carmen Calvo, Spain’s deputy prime minister, has rejected claims by Catalan pro-independence supporters that the Madrid government’s decision to hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona...
A possible Sánchez-Torra ‘mini-summit’
The Spanish and Catalan governments could convene on Friday as Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his ministers travel to Barcelona, where they will hold...
Spain to raise minimum wage 22% in 2019
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22% increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros in...
Spanish government raises tone against Catalonia
As anger rises over Catalonia’s continued push to secede from Spain, the Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has dropped its conciliatory tone towards the pro-independence...
Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia
The Spanish government has warned authorities in Catalonia that it could take over responsibility for law and order in the region after radical activists blocked...
Sánchez to refer budget to parliament in January
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his minority Socialist (PSOE) government will refer its 2019 budget to parliament for approval in January, possibly triggering...
Borrell: Belgian minister’s comments ‘unacceptable’
Spain’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, has stated that the comments made by Belgium’s Defence Minister regarding Catalonia are ‘unacceptable’ and that they will be answered....
