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Spain’s parliament opens with Catalan separatists in focus
MADRID: Spain‘s parliament reconvenes on Thursday after an inconclusive July general election, with all eyes on hardline Catalan separatist party JxCat which unexpectedly emerged as…
Spain votes in election that could see Socialists lose power
MADRID: Spaniards began voting on Sunday in a potentially close-run general election that could see Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez‘s governing Socialists lose power and a…
Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for first time since Franco
MADRID: Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to…
Carles Puigdemont: Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont loses EU court fight over immunity | World News
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont lost a European Union court fight to reinstate his parliamentary immunity, in a decision that could stoke tensions back in…
Tensions persist despite deal uniting Spain’s hard left
MADRID: Spain’s hard left may have agreed to join forces to contest July’s snap election but tensions remain high between Podemos and the leftist alliance…
Spain PM calls snap polls in July
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party…
Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions
EL PASO: The border between the US and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush…
Spain: Spain to exhume remains of fascist party founder
MADRID: The remains of the founder of Spain‘s fascist Falange party will be moved Monday from a grandiose basilica, where the body of former dictator…
Sanchez: Spain’s Sanchez warns drought now a major national concern
BARCELONA: Spain‘s prime minister warned lawmakers Wednesday that the acute drought afflicting the southern European country has become one of its leading long-term concerns. “The…
Spanish Pm Apologises: Spanish PM apologises over sexual consent law reform loophole
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised in an interview published on Sunday to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a…