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Lawyer Casado replaces ousted PM Rajoy as leader of Spain’s Popular Party
Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), which was cast into opposition after six years in power, has chosen 37-year-old lawyer, Pablo Casado, as its new leader. Its previous chairman, Mariano Rajoy, announced that he would no longer lead the party shortly after losing the position of Spanish prime minister in a vote of no-confidence in June. […]
Spain’s foreign minister falls ill during Davos debate (VIDEO)
A live World Economic Forum debate in Davos was suspended Wednesday, after Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis suffered a dizzy spell and had to receive medical attention. Dastis was in the second row of the audience watching a World Bank Live talk on tackling inequality when he fell ill. According to Spain’s El Mundo, after […]
More than 3,000 firms have quit Catalonia amid its political upheaval, creating vast uncertainty over Spain’s economic future
Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Thousands of companies have moved their corporate bases out of Catalonia amid uncertainty over the region’s political future. Recent economic data shows rising unemployment and falling retail and tourism activity in the northeastern region of Spain which voted for independence in October. The full impact on the Spanish economy is far […]
Catalan President sacked by Madrid calls for peaceful resistance to Spain’s power takeover
Published time: 28 Oct, 2017 12:41 Edited time: 28 Oct, 2017 13:23 Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who was fired by the Spanish government over the region’s declaration of independence, has called on the people to non-violently resist Madrid’s takeover bid. In a televised address on Saturday, Puigdemont said Madrid’s decision to suspend the autonomy of […]
‘Catalonia is an integral part of Spain’: The US sides with Spain’s government in Catalonia independence dispute
AP Photo/Alex Brandon The US government said it wants Spain to remain united amid the ongoing dispute over Catalan independence. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the region declared independence. The Catalan parliament needed at least 68 votes for the measure to pass. The US State Department says it supports […]
Spain’s Prime Minister is sacking Catalonia’s president and holding new regional elections, in an unprecedented move
Juan Medina/Reuters Catalonia voted to secede from Spain in September Spain’s government decided on Saturday to sack Catalonia’s leadership and force a new election New elections will happen within two months MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government decided on Saturday to sack the secessionist leadership of Catalonia and force the region into a new […]
Spain’s ruling party warns Catalan head to ‘end up like’ jailed & executed ex-leader
Published time: 10 Oct, 2017 08:21 Just ahead of a highly anticipated speech in which the Catalan leader is expected to declare the region’s independence from Spain, the Spanish ruling party has resorted to making threatening allusions to a previous independence bid. “History should not be repeated. Let’s hope that nothing is declared tomorrow because […]
Spain’s Catalonia is voting on independence on Sunday
Catalonia, a region in Spain, plans to vote on independence this Sunday in a referendum declared illegal by the Spanish government. The Spanish government has recently cracked down on the referendum. Even if the government manages to stop the vote, simmering tensions could pose a challenge for Spain going forward, analysts say. Catalonia, a region in Spain […]
11 men arrested over sex abuse at Spain’s Pamplona bull festival
Published time: 16 Jul, 2017 09:40 Eleven men were arrested over suspected sexual abuse at Spain’s infamous bull running festival in Pamplona this year, according to local authorities. Depicted in the Ernest Hemingway novel ‘The Sun Also Rises,’ the nine-day San Fermin festival has been plagued in the past by sexual violence and animal cruelty […]
