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US allows Spanish, Italian firms to import Venezuelan oil to cut Russia dependency
Jun 06, 2022 13:59The United States has issued waivers to Spanish and Italian oil companies to receive Venezuelan crude in an attempt to reduce their heavy reliance on Russian energy.
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Russia expels 85 diplomats from France, Spain and Italy in retaliatory move
May 18, 2022 17:30Russia on Wednesday declared 85 diplomats from France, Spain, and Italy "persona non grata" in a retaliatory move, effectively ordering their expulsion, as the war in Ukraine rages on.
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Pro-Russian blogger arrested in Spain
May 07, 2022 10:38Spanish police said they have arrested a high-profile pro-Kremlin blogger accused of treason by Ukraine.
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Cellphones of Spain’s top officials also hacked by Israeli spyware
May 04, 2022 12:48The cell phone numbers of the Spanish prime minister and defense minister have reportedly been hacked by a client of an Israeli spyware company, believed to be the kingdom of Morocco.
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Former Spanish King could face trial after UK court rejects sovereign immunity
Mar 25, 2022 05:20Former Spanish King Juan Carlos could face trial in Britain in a harassment case brought against him after the English High Court ruled on Thursday that he does not have the right to sovereign immunity.
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Spanish protesters throng streets over soaring prices
Mar 20, 2022 14:08Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Spain, staging anti-government protests triggered by soaring prices.
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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.