‘Tens of thousands of people in Catalonia have taken part in a rally to protest against an irrigation plan envisaged by the Spanish government. Around 50,000 people demonstrated in the Catalan city of Amposta on Saturday to show their disapproval of the plan to transfer greater amounts of water from the Ebro River to other […]
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‘At least seven suspected members of a terrorist cell believed to be working with Daesh and the Nusra Front in Syria, have been arrested in Spain. Spanish police said in a Sunday statement they had uncovered an operation to smuggle arms to terrorists under the guise of humanitarian aid. According to the statement, “five are […]
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‘The Spanish cities of Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona drew massive crowds for the spectacular demon-themed ‘Fire Run’ at the weekend. As part of the annual event locals don devil costumes and dart around with sparklers, flares and fireworks while spectators are encouraged to ‘run the gauntlet’. The festival, which has its roots in medieval […]
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‘Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the northern Spanish cities of Bilbao and Bayonne to demand the “repatriation” of more than 400 prisoners linked to the Basque separatist group ETA who are being held in dozens of prisons across Spain and France. Families of the convicts, who are dispersed across 73 prisons in France […]
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‘The potential future president of Spain’s autonomous Catalonia region has called for the process of independence from Spain to start. “We need… to start the process to set up an independent state in Catalonia,” Carles Puigdemont said in a speech to Catalonia’s regional parliament on Sunday. After months of infighting over who would lead Catalonia’s […]
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‘Catalonia’s pro-separation parties have reached an agreement to form a regional government and avoid new elections. “Together for Yes and CUP [Popular Unity Candidacy] have reached an agreement to form a government and not go to elections,” a source in the regional government said Saturday. Prior to this announcement, the Spanish region had been unable […]
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‘Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in the city of Palma to express their support for the independence of the wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia from Spain. Protesters marched through the capital of the Mediterranean island of Majorca, waving Catalan flags and carrying pro-independence banners. Majorca is not considered a part of modern […]
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‘Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he will continue talks in an attempt to establish a coalition government following the December 20 vote in which his Popular Party (PP) lost its parliamentary majority. He made the comments on Tuesday, noting that having a lower house of parliament controlled by a majority capable of passing […]
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‘As many as 25 Spanish municipalities and regional governments have endorsed a resolution to boycott Israel. The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) General Coordinator Mahmoud Nawajah told Quds Press that the resolution comes as part of the Places Without Racism initiative which aims to isolate the occupation, its municipalities and institutions. Nawajah said the Spanish […]
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‘“Today sees the start of a new political era,” Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias told supporters gathered in Madrid after Sunday’s largely inconclusive elections in Spain. “The forces of change are making a historic advance.” Iglesias is certainly correct that things have changed. Spain’s three-decade old political duopoly was toppled over the weekend with PP and […]
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‘The Spanish elections – 20 December – were a deceit and a farce. Nobody seems to notice. At least not those concerned, the ignorant electorate, those who will suffer again possibly under a new neoliberal Rajoy leadership. People forget and are vulnerable to propaganda and lies and manipulations through the bought media in Europe as […]
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‘The leader of Spain’s Podemos party, which came third in Sunday’s general election, says he would not allow the ruling People’s Party (PP) to form a new government. “Podemos would not either actively or passively permit a PP government,” Pablo Iglesias told a news conference on Sunday. The ruling conservative party of Prime Minister Mariano […]
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‘The People’s Party (PP) of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has emerged victorious from Spain’s general elections but lost absolute majority to Socialists and Podemos parties. According to the official results of Sunday’s polls, the conservative PP party obtained 123 seats, the PSOE came in second with 90 seats, anti-austerity Podemos became third with 69 […]
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‘Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was punched in the face on Wednesday during an election event in his home region of Galicia in the northwest of the country. A young man caught the conservative politician by surprise during an event in Pontevedra, punching him hard and knocking his glasses off. Rajoy was not hurt in […]
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‘Protesters demanding an end to monarchy have taken to the streets of the Spanish capital Madrid, as calls for a referendum to abolish the system grow. On Sunday, hundreds of Spaniards hit the streets of Madrid to show their dissatisfaction with the monarchy system in their country on the anniversary of the signing of the […]
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