The Spanish Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the nation’s Parliament did not have the power to pass an amnesty for Carles Puigdemont, the exiled head of the Catalan separatist movement, and several of his top aides facing criminal charges for misappropriating public funds.
The socialist government Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez suffered a major blow this week as his Catalan separatists amnesty bill was shot down.
Retired military officers in Spain called on the army to remove Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez over a deal to give amnesty to Catalan separatists.
Police in Madrid, Spain, deployed tear gas and rubber bullets on Tuesday night against a protest that reportedly attracted 7,000 people to the front of the headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE), objecting to a proposed amnesty for Catalonian separatist rioters and taunting police with anti-Muslim chants.
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez is considering sweeping amnesty for Catalan separatists in exchange for support to form a new government.
An MEP tells Breitbart it is outrageous the EU is handing out cash to lobbyists who promote ‘anti-nation, anti-family, anti-life’ policies.
Spanish police have arrested a suspected radical Islamic extremist who allegedly procured an antique hand grenade.
In the first several months of this year, the city of Barcelona has seen a surge in rapes and sexual assaults, as the city’s mayor plans to sign a new protocol to tackle sexual violence.
Spain will tighten control over the national intelligence agency after it admitted spying on several pro-independence supporters.
Spain’s Catalonia region is to impose a “very restrictive” curfew in an attempt to reduce coronavirus cases, despite protests from the public prosecutor.
An Algerian linked to the Islamic State who was arrested by Spanish police and is believed to have led a terrorist cell in Barcelona came to Spain as an illegal immigrant.
Spain has arrested 18 people in a strike against a criminal network smuggling hundreds of Albanian illegal migrants into the United Kingdom and the United States.
MADRID (AP) — The parliament of Catalonia elected a new regional leader and government Friday, with the incoming administration vowing no let-up in the Catalan fight for independence from Spain.
Social media giant Twitter suspended the main account of Spanish populist party VOX this week after the party launched a new campaign to push back against Islamisation.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Barcelona’s presidential elections have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the club said Friday.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After nearly two months of being sedated and connected to IV lines in a hospital’s intensive care unit, Francisco Espana took a moment to fill his ailing lungs with fresh air at a Barcelona beachfront.
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian court on Friday rejected Spain’s demand to have a former high-ranking politician from the region of Catalonia extradited, in yet another set back for the country’s efforts to try several officials in exile over their alleged roles in an independence referendum that Madrid branded as illegal.
SANT SADURNÍ D’ANOIA, Spain (AP) – Like most Spaniards, Emma Gaya thought the worst of the pandemic was behind her…
Two men were arrested in Barcelona after a car was driven into the airport, but police say have been able to rule out a terror motive.
STRASBOURG, France (AP) – Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrived for his first session as a member of the European Parliament on Monday despite facing an arrest warrant against him in Spain.
Four Pakistani nationals were arrested in Barcelona earlier this week after they poured concrete on part of a memorial to the victims of the 2017 Barcelona terror attack.
Hundreds of car and truck drivers were stuck Wednesday in a large traffic jam in northeastern Spain caused by Catalan separatists blocking a major highway near the city of Girona.
MADRID (AP) – Spain is holding its fourth general election in as many years – and the second this year – amid voter distrust and a renewed Catalan independence bid that has bolstered the right.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people in the restive region of Catalonia are protesting in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid.
Santiago Abascal, the leader of the populist Spanish party VOX, has vowed to ban separatist parties in Catalonia while praising the Spanish monarchy.
Far-left groups have been accused of targetting and attacking tourist areas in Spain, including a recent attack on cars hired by tourists on the island of Mallorca.
Supporters of the Catalan separatist movement protested outside of the European Parliament in Strasbourg because pro-independence Members of European Parliament have been barred from taking their seats.
MADRID (AP) – A political group that wants Catalonia to break away from Spain and become an independent country says the region’s former president is running for a seat in the European Parliament even though the Spanish government considers him a fugitive.
MADRID (AP) – Thousands of Spaniards in Madrid are joining a rally called by right-wing political parties to demand that Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez step down.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s central government says it will send in national police to ensure security in Catalonia if regional authorities fail to stop recent disruptions to major highways by pro-independence protesters.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Police in Barcelona have briefly clashed with Catalan separatists who are protesting a rally by Spain’s national police forces in the Mediterranean city.
MADRID (AP) – Police in Barcelona say a massive crackdown on squatted apartments used for trafficking and consuming heroin and other drugs is underway in the city center. At least 700 police agents are taking part in Monday’s anti-drug trafficking
MADRID (AP) — Catalan regional president Quim Torra issued an ultimatum to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday over the wealthy northeastern region’s future.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region’s illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces.
An Algerian migrant male was shot dead early Monday morning by Spanish police after he attempted to attack officers with a knife.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A Catalan seaside resort has marked the anniversary of a terror attack that killed one and injured six following deadlier violence in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas.
Spain’s new Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made waves in his first two weeks in office, taking in the misbegotten migrant ship Aquarius after it was shunned by Italy and cracking down on the Catalan independence movement.
Contents: Spain’s new government faces an immediate Catalonia problem; Italy’s markets stabilize as new ‘populist’ government takes office
BERLIN (AP) – A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into custody pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Spain. Puigdemont was detained by German police
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catalan separatists rallied in downtown Barcelona on Sunday to demand the release of high-profile secessionist leaders being held in pre-trial detention.
