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Over 4,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2021: NGO
Jan 04, 2022 08:10Over 4,000 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain by sea in 2021, twice as many as in the previous year, a migrant rights group says.
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Striking metalworkers in southern Spain clash with police on ninth day of mass walkout
Nov 24, 2021 17:36Striking metalworkers in the southern Spanish city of Cadiz have clashed with police on the ninth day of a mass walkout over a pay dispute involving tens of thousands of employees.
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Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont arrested in Italy
Sep 24, 2021 14:54Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has been arrested in Italy on Thursday, his lawyer and an aide say, four years after fleeing following an independence referendum that Madrid ruled unconstitutional.
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Spain, Catalonia resume talks, admit divisions on Catalan independence
Sep 16, 2021 06:57The Spanish government and the Catalonia region have resumed talks aimed at sewing up their rifts over the northeastern region’s separatist ambitions.
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Catalonia's separatists back on streets ahead of Madrid talks
Sep 12, 2021 09:08Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Catalonia in the first major independence rally this year, as leaders of the wealthy northeastern region are set to hold talks with the Spanish central government in the coming days.
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Nicaragua rebukes Spain over interference, US-like imperial posture
Jun 27, 2021 14:01The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry has blasted Spain over interference in the Central American country’s domestic affairs, consistent with Washington's hostile stance toward the nation.
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Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row between Morocco, Spain
Jun 02, 2021 16:07Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Western Saharan independence movement has arrived in Algeria, amid an escalation of tensions between Morocco and Spain over his reception for medical treatment by the latter.
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Workers mark May Day with protest rallies in France, Spain, Germany
May 02, 2021 07:40Protests erupted in a number of European countries on May Day as demonstrators called for better working protections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the attributed economic crisis.
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US initiates retaliatory action against six countries over digital tax
Mar 29, 2021 12:24The United States has begun to take retaliatory action against six countries for imposing a levy or digital services tax on e-commerce companies that have impacted US enterprises.
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European Parliament strips 3 MEPs of immunity over 'sedition' charges in Catalonia
Mar 09, 2021 13:05The European Parliament has lifted the immunity from prosecution of former regional president of Catalonia and two of his government officials over charges of "sedition."