Tag: Spain
FIFA World Cup draw throws up Spain, Portugal showdown
MOSCOW: Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal will come up against Spain in the standout fixture of the 2018 World Cup group stage, while England were handed...
Quarter of Catalans want to keep fighting for independence from Spain
MADRID: Barely a quarter of Catalans want to continue with a plan to claim independence from Spain in the wake of December 21 regional elections,...
Thousands in Madrid protest against violence on women
MADRID: Thousands took to the streets of Madrid Saturday to protest violence against women, just as Spain reels from a grisly trial over an...
School kids in Spain choose to name park after Malala Yousafzai
A park in Cubillos del Sil in north-western Spain has been named after education advocate and campaigner for girls' rights Malala Yousafzai by 12-year-old school children, reports HuffingtonPost.
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Spain’s top prosecutor Maza passes away in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: Spain's top prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza, fresh off the drama of the Catalonian independence bid, died unexpectedly Saturday during a working visit...
Spain court orders ex-IMF head Rato to be tried for fraud
MADRID: A Spanish court on Friday ordered former IMF head, Rodrigo Rato, to stand trial for fraud over the failed 2011 listing of Bankia, a...
Spanish police seize 250 tonnes of tobacco worth $47 million
MADRID: Spanish police seized 250 tonnes of contraband tobacco leaves worth 40 million euros ($47 million) in the biggest such haul in Europe on...
Spanish PM headed to Catalonia after imposition of direct rule
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is expected to visit Catalonia for the first time since he imposed direct rule on the north-eastern region a...
Catalan parliament speaker to appear before Spain’s supreme court
The Catalan parliament's speaker and five lawmakers will appear before Spain's Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday to answer charges of rebellion and sedition...
Carles Puigdemont – profile of Spain’s exiled leader
Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont, who has fled to Belgium and is facing an EU arrest warrant, has been a convinced secessionist since his...
Spanish court threatens deposed separatist Catalan leader with arrest
MADRID: The deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, could face an arrest warrant if he fails to appear in court to testify over his part...
Spanish judge to grill deposed leaders of Catalan separatists
Madrid: Spain is set for another day of high drama in the Catalonia crisis on Thursday with a judge in Madrid to grill the...
Spain’s direct rule takes hold in Catalonia
BARCELONA/MADRID: Spain’s direct rule over Catalonia took hold smoothly on Monday as employees ignored calls for civil disobedience to turn up for work, and...
Thousands march in support of unified Spain
BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of a unified Spain filled Barcelona’s streets on Sunday in one of the biggest shows of force yet...
Catalan police call for neutrality as Spain exerts control
MADRID/BARCELONA: Catalonia’s police force told its officers to remain neutral in the struggle over the region’s fight for independence from Spain, a step towards...
Catalan government sacked after independence declaration
BARCELONA/MADRID: The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s...
Catalan companies face boycott over independence push
Calls for a boycott of Catalan food, cars and other goods, to punish the region for its separatist push, are worrying businesses who fear...
