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Spain drafts bill of ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to redress victims and legacy of Franco regime

News Desk16th September 202017th September 2020

by News Desk16th September 202017th September 20200302

The Spanish cabinet has approved a draft bill of the ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to ‘comprehensively redress the victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship’,

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COP25 focus: travel and tourism must transform to survive and thrive

News Desk4th December 20192nd June 2020

by News Desk4th December 20192nd June 202001063

The travel and tourism sector, with its significant economic and social benefits, has no choice but to transform to survive and thrive in the face of climate

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Lawyer Ben Emmerson: ‘Spain is acting like a rogue State’

Newsdesk / ACN3rd June 20196th June 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN3rd June 20196th June 20190844

The lawyer for the Catalan pro-independence leaders taking their case to the United Nations, Ben Emmerson, has refuted the Spanish government’s accusations of a ‘conflict

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Spain asks UN to disqualify 2 members of panel

News Desk31st May 20194th June 2019

by News Desk31st May 20194th June 20190738

The Spanish government is to formally ask the United Nations to disqualify two of the five members of the UN panel responsible for writing a

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Spain doubts ‘impartiality’ of UN report on jailed leaders

Newsdesk / ACN30th May 20193rd June 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN30th May 20193rd June 201902125

The Spanish Government has cast doubt on the ‘impartiality’ and ‘independence’ of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report made public on Wednesday, which

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UN Working Group demands immediate release of Catalan leaders

Newsdesk / ACN29th May 201928th December 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN29th May 201928th December 201902721

Note: This original report was published on 29 May. The UN Working Group then later called for the immediate release of four more jailed Catalan

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Pressure mounts after deadly Venezuela border clashes

AFP24th February 201925th February 2019

by AFP24th February 201925th February 20190438

International pressure mounted against Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, with Washington vowing to ‘take action’ after opposition efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the

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Spain, UK now also recognise Guaido as Venezuela leader

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 2019

by SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 20190478

Spain, Britain and France, alongside other EU nations, have now also recognised Venezuela’s opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country’s interim leader, after President Nicolas Maduro defiantly rejected an

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Maduro rejects European ultimatum on elections

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 2019

by SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 20190579

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected Sunday an ultimatum by European countries to call snap elections after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the Latin American

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UK outraged at EU’s Gibraltar ‘colony’ reference

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20195th February 2019

by SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20195th February 20190667

Britain and Gibraltar reacted with fury to a European Council document published today that described the British overseas territory as a colony. The document, laying out

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