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A new legislative decree published Tuesday in the government’s BOE official gazette has given Spain’s Economy Ministry the right in exceptional circumstances…
A new legislative decree published Tuesday in the government’s BOE official gazette has given Spain’s Economy Ministry the right in exceptional circumstances…
The last publicly available voter surveys prior to next Sunday’s general election show a virtual stalemate, with no single party or blocs…
The government of acting President Pedro Sánchez has moved to pre-empt efforts by the pro-independence leadership of Catalonia’s regional government to establish…
The release of results of the most-recent monthly voter survey from the government’s own Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) on Tuesday shows…
► Socialists hold pole position at around 27-28% share of voter preference ► PP, VOX recovery not seen as sufficient to enable…
► Sanchez offered moral support to police, visited injured officers in hospital ► 600 injured in violence, incl. 288 police, w/ €2.5…
► Catalonia’s president Quim Torra blames provocateurs, infiltrators for rioting ► After three nights of violence, Torra says burning cars, vandalism should…
► Beginning Jan 2020 through March 2021, part-time prison eligibility kicks in ► Time served, special leave will combine to slash actual…
► Panel of 7 judges throws out rebellion charge against principal defendants ► Sentences levied for sedition, misuse of funds & disobedience…
► 1,000 anti-riot police sent to reinforce Mossos, National Police, Guardia Civil ► Work & transport stoppages, marches, general strike to follow…
► Turnout of protesters on referendum anniversary sharply lower this year ► Sánchez warns Catalan regional gov’t with spectre of Article 155…
► Gov’t says violent plot over court sentencing of independence leaders foiled ► Guardia Civil arrests nine, seizes documents, computers & bomb-making…
► Sánchez secures tentative PRC & PNV support, abstention pledge from ERC ► Unidas Podemos foresees lengthy negotiations with 23 Sept deadline…
► Socialists want solo gov’t with support from Podemos, who insist on coalition ► New elections in November, if PSOE unable to…
► After 422 witnesses and 62 televised court sessions, trial enters final phase ► Supreme Court verdict, sentencing of separatist leaders expected…
► PSOE’s Meritxell Batet elected President of nine-member Mesa Directiva ► PSOE & Unidas Podemos control five-seat majority of crucial committee Left-of-center…
► Catalans on trial for rebellion may attend first day of legislative session only ► Congress, Senate to rule whether to suspend…
Ultra-right group Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) has targeted Spain’s three leading political parties in a campaign of negative attack ads aimed…
With as many as 30 percent of Spanish voters still saying they are undecided over which party they’ll vote for on 28th…
Voter preference surveys in Catalonia in the run-up to the 28th April general elections are showing a surprisingly tight race between the…
Leading Spanish and Catalan politicians took the witness stand on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the start of a new phase in…
President Pedro Sánchez on Friday announced he will dissolve Spain’s Congress as of 5th March to make way for new national elections…
The Spanish government’s 2019 federal budget proposal was defeated in Congress on Wednesday by a vote of 191 to 158 with one…
Opening arguments in the Supreme Court trial of 12 Catalan secessionist leaders were completed on Wednesday, paving the way for the appearance…
Spain’s Socialist party government on Friday called off talks on Catalonia’s future with pro-independence leaders of Catalonia’s Generalitat regional leadership. The decision…
Spain’s Supreme Court has set the 12th of February as the long-awaited date to begin oral arguments in the trial of Catalan…
The minority Socialist party (PSOE) government of President Pedro Sánchez has vowed to press ahead with efforts to pass its 2019 budget,…
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez warned Catalan nationalist parties in Congress on Wednesday that his government will not tolerate any violation of Spain’s…
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has opened the door to the possibility of early general elections next year after saying Friday that his…
Following the formal indictment of 22 Catalan independence leaders Friday on charges related to the northeast region’s October 2017 illegal independence referendum…
►► UPDATE 29/10/18: Elisenda Alamany resigns as Comuns’ spokesperson in Catalan parliament A void left by the surprise resignation last month of…