Spain

Catalans block roads to protest Spanish cabinet meeting

Dec 21, 2018 12:24

Catalan pro-independence groups blocked roads in the region on Friday to protest a planned cabinet meeting in Barcelona chaired by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spanish PM, pro-secession leader agree to find solution to Catalonia crisis

Dec 21, 2018 07:21

Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the regional leader of Catalonia agreed Thursday to find a solution to the political crisis that has been festering since a failed secession attempt by the region last year.
Spain: Nine jailed Catalan separatists call for ‘peaceful protest’

Dec 20, 2018 19:24

Nine Catalan separatists, who have been jailed awaiting trial for rebellion, have called for a “peaceful protest” during an upcoming cabinet meeting.
Spain: Far-right party wins seats in regional parliament

Dec 03, 2018 08:53

A far-right party has won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, results in Andalusia's election showed.
Thousands demonstrate in Madrid for Spanish unity

Dec 02, 2018 09:34

Thousands of people waving Spanish flags gathered in Madrid on Saturday, December 1, for a protest in support of national unity and against Catalonia's ongoing campaign to split from Spain.
Spain: Strikes in Catalonia against separatist government's social policies

Nov 30, 2018 05:56

Doctors, nurses, students, teachers and civil servants went on strike in Catalonia Thursday, asking the Spanish region's government to end spending cuts imposed during the crisis after years of seeking independence.
Spain warns of no EU summit on Brexit without deal on Gibraltar

Nov 24, 2018 08:06

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned on Friday there would "very probably" be no European Council summit to approve Britain's exit from the EU on Sunday if the issue of Gibraltar is not first resolved.
Spain accuses UK of treachery over Gibraltar Brexit deal

Nov 23, 2018 18:29

Spain’s secretary of state for the European Union Luis Marco Aguiriano has accused Britain of treachery in Brexit negotiations related to the disputed Gibraltar territory.
UK, EU struggle to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit

Nov 23, 2018 06:24

The United Kingdom and the European Union have almost agreed on a Brexit deal with only one main obstacle left: the future of Gibraltar.
Train derailment kills 1, injures 44 in Spain

Nov 20, 2018 14:24

A commuter train derailed outside the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday, killing one person and leaving 44 injured, emergency services said on Twitter.