Quim Torra: ‘words and votes are the only tools’
Catalan President Quim Torra said on Monday that Catalans ‘must decide’ if they are to ‘settle for injustice, threats, fear, violence, prison and exile’ or...
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Spain deploys 600 police in Catalonia
The Spanish government will deploy 500 police officers in Catalonia in the run up to ‘La Diada‘, the Catalan National Day, on 11 September, and...
Spanish police seize cocaine-stuffed pineapples
Spanish police said on Monday they have seized 67 kg (148 pounds) of cocaine found inside dozens of hollowed-out pineapples at Madrid’s main wholesale fruit...
1998 murder suspect of Dutch boy appears in Spanish court
A survival expert wanted over the brutal 1998 rape and killing of a young Dutch boy appeared in court in Spain on Monday after one...
Spanish police smash Europe’s ‘biggest’ illegal turtle farm
Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe’s biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species....
Questions remain a year after Barcelona terror attack
On 17 August last year a van rammed into crowds on Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona, igniting four days of terror which investigators...
No evidence Barcelona attackers had international links: police
Spanish investigators have not found any signs that the Islamist cell which is suspected of carrying out last year’s jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a...
Judge dismisses 43 claims of injuries by police
A Barcelona judge has dismissed the cases of 43 people who reported being injured by Spanish police in six polling stations in the city during...
Spanish police officer attacks Catalan journalist
The Catalan journalist Jordi Borràs was attacked on Monday evening by a Spanish police officer who reportedly shouted ‘long live Spain’ and ‘long live Franco’...
