BARCELONA, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 4, 2017) (REUTERS) – Catalans in Barcelona slammed the Spanish government on Saturday morning (November 4) after a court issued a European arrest warrant for their sacked president Carles Puigdemont. Continue reading
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Spain’s El Pais newspaper rolls off the presses after historic day
Spain’s best-selling newspaper, El Pais, rolls off the presses after the Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament after the region declared itself an independent nation.
MADRID, SPAIN (Reuters)
Spain’s best-selling newspaper, El Pais, rolled off the presses late Friday (October 27) after the Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago.
The Spanish daily’s front page ran with the headlines of “State Moves to Suffocate Insurrection,” to mark a critical day the country’s four-decade old democracy.
A new regional election will be held in Catalonia on Dec. 21, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address on a day of high drama.
Spain’s Rajoy says will sack Catalan government, call regional elections
MADRID, SPAIN (OCTOBER 21, 2017) (SPANISH GOVERNMENT TV POOL) – The Spanish government decided on Saturday (October 21) to sack the secessionist leadership of Catalonia and force the region into a new election, saying it had to take the unprecedented step to prevent the region pushing ahead with independence. Continue reading
Barcelona prepares to rally as Spanish government meets to impose direct rule
BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 21, 2017) (REUTERS) – Independence supporters were due to rally in the Catalan capital Barcelona on Saturday (October 21) afternoon, as the Spanish cabinet was meeting to decide how it will impose direct rule on Catalonia and thwart a drive by the autonomous region to breakaway from Spain. Continue reading
Rajoy calls emergency cabinet meeting to halt Catalonia’s independence bid
SHOWS: MADRID, SPAIN (OCTOBER 21, 2017) (REUTERS) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has called an emergency cabinet meeting on Saturday (October 21) to pave the way for Madrid establishing central control in the Catalonia and check the regional government’s push for independence. Continue reading
Pro-unity demonstrators rally in Barcelona as tensions rise
BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 5, 2017) (REUTERS) – Tens of thousands of people called for unity of Spain on Sunday (October 8) in the Catalan capital Barcelona as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would not rule out using the constitutional powers to remove Catalonia’s autonomous status if it claimed independence as tens of thousands took to the streets to call for talks. Continue reading
Police officer confirms six dead in rally car crash in Spain
Galicia’s chief of traffic confirms the deaths of six people after a rally car veered into the crowd during a race on Saturday.
Military plane crashes outside Seville airport
Amateur video purports to shows thick black smoke rising from military plane crash site outside Seville airport in Spain.
Airbus crash cause still unclear after black box found – French interior minister
The causes of the German Airbus crash in the French Alps remain unclear as investigators study the black box flight recorder, France’s interior minister says.
Spain’s Andalusia vote sets stage for national upheaval
The Spanish Socialist party PSOE wins the regional election in Andalusia but anti-austerity party Podemos takes roots in Spanish local politics.
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