Spain

Spain Constitutional Court blocks Catalan law for independence vote

Sep 08, 2017 02:55

The Constitutional Court of Spain has blocked Catalonia’s latest stab at secession by suspending a referendum law that the Catalan parliament approved on Wednesday to pave the way for an independence vote on October 1.
Spain to bring criminal charges against Catalan lawmakers over referendum plan

Sep 07, 2017 13:09

Spanish authorities say lawmakers in the regional Catalonia parliament face criminal prosecution after they endorsed a planned referendum on independence of the region.
Catalonia confirms date for referendum

Sep 07, 2017 08:55

The regional government in Spain’s prosperous Catalonia region has officially confirmed October 1 as the date for a referendum for independence in open defiance of Madrid.
Police in Spain, Morocco dismantle terror cell

Sep 06, 2017 12:24

Police in Spain and Morocco have dismantled a suspected terror cell that was planning "large-scale attacks" in the two countries.
Spain: Catalan MPs agree to vote on independence bill

Sep 06, 2017 12:15

Catalonia is expected to pass a law Wednesday laying the groundwork for an independence referendum on October 1 which is fiercely opposed by Madrid, setting a course for Spain's deepest political crisis in decades.
Spain: Catalonia leader urges opposition to suspension of his duties

Sep 03, 2017 12:27

Leader of Spain’s Catalonia region has reiterated that he and other officials would resist efforts by Madrid to hamper a planned referendum on independence, saying pushing him out of office ahead of the vote was something out of speculation.
Police nab 14, including Brits, over drug trafficking in Spain’s Mallorca

Sep 03, 2017 08:18

Spanish police have arrested 14 people, including 12 British nationals, in an operation to bust a drug trafficking ring in a resort town on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
Spanish archaeologists dig up more civil war dead from mass graves

Aug 30, 2017 13:37

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed more bodies from mass graves dating back to the 1936-1939 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, including some still wearing rotting leather boots.
Man linked to Spain attacks arrested in Morocco

Aug 30, 2017 04:27

Authorities in Morocco have arrested a man suspected of supplying gas canisters to a terrorist cell that carried out twin attacks in Spain earlier this month.
Almost half a million march in Barcelona to condemn terror

Aug 27, 2017 02:07

Almost half a million people have taken to the streets in the Spanish city of Barcelona to condemn violence following recent terrorist attacks in Spain.