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Amnesty censures Spain for treatment of refugees in Melilla, Ceuta
Nov 29, 2016 13:16Amnesty International has criticized the Spanish government for the treatment of refugees in two of Spain's overseas territories of Melilla and Ceuta.
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Amnesty calls on Spanish king to block sale of warships to Saudi
Nov 12, 2016 04:23Amnesty International has called on Spain’s King Felipe VI to prevent the possible sale of several warships to Saudi Arabia, warning that the Arab kingdom could use them to commit “serious violations of international humanitarian law” against the Yemeni people.
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Spain’s Prime Minister Rajoy forms new government
Nov 04, 2016 03:51Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has formed a new government for his second term in office, shaking up several portfolios but keeping the ones most crucial to his pro-European Union (EU) policies intact.
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Mariano Rajoy sworn in as Spain's Prime Minister
Oct 31, 2016 11:54Mariano Rajoy has taken the oath of office as Spain’s Prime Minister to begin forming a new minority government.
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Spanish parliament ends deadlock, votes conservatives in
Oct 30, 2016 02:14Spain has put an end to 10 months of political deadlock, with lawmakers voting to put the acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative Popular Party (PP) back into power.
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Russia calls off warships refueling stopover at Spanish port
Oct 26, 2016 16:29Russia says it has cancelled plans for a fleet of its warships to refuel at a Spanish port on their way to Syria.
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Catalan lawmakers vote ‘yes’ to independence referendum
Oct 07, 2016 06:19Catalonia’s regional parliament has voted in favor of holding a referendum on independence from mainland Spain next year despite mounting pressure from the central government against the vote.
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Spain evacuates 1,400 as wildfire rages along Costa Blanca
Sep 06, 2016 07:56Hundreds of people have been evacuated and vast swaths of land destroyed due to a wildfire raging along the Costa Blanca in eastern Spain.
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Rajoy making last-ditch efforts to form new government in Spain
Sep 04, 2016 02:57Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has held a meeting with leaders of his conservative People’s Party (PP) as part of attempts to map out a strategy after legislators rejected his second bid to form a new government.
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Spain parliament to vote on Rajoy
Sep 02, 2016 12:27Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is to make another effort to win a parliamentary confidence vote to win a second term in office and form a new government to end the 8-month political deadlock festering the country.