A new era in Catalonia, as socialist Salvador Illa is elected president
The leader of the Catalan Socialist (PSC) party, Salvador Illa, was finally elected as Catalan president on Thursday evening, after an eventful day in and around the
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Puigdemont announces ‘return journey from exile’ for Catalan investiture debate
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has announced that he is taking his ‘return journey from exile’ in order to attend the investiture debate taking place
Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia
The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –
Sánchez invokes his right not to testify in wife’s corruption probe, and files complaint against judge
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez invoked his right not to testify before a judge who went to his official residence in Madrid, Moncloa, for a scheduled
Spanish PM’s wife, Begoña Gómez, declines to testify in corruption case
Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, appeared before a judge in Madrid on Friday, yet declined to answer questions about corruption
Spain’s PP beat PSOE in European elections, as far-right make big gains across EU
Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting concluded on Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year
Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress
The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in
Spain withdraws ambassador to Argentina ‘definitively’, as Milei refuses to apologise
Spain will now ‘definitively’ withdraw its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei refused to apologise for calling Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife ‘corrupt’, Spain’s
Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina’s Milei calls Sánchez’s wife ‘corrupt’
The Spanish government on Sunday said it was recalling its ambassador from Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei, speaking at a far-right gathering in
Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate
As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning
