Tag: Spain

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:37 UTC

  Spain offers to replace Chile as host of COP25 climate summit

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera said on Thursday that Spain has offered to host the COP25 climate conference in December after he abandoned plans to hold it in Santiago following violent protests.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Counter march with Catalonian and Spanish flags: “Enough! streets belong to everyone”

  

  Tens of thousands of people marched on Sunday for Spanish unity, staging a counter-rally in Barcelona a day after 300,000 Catalan separatists held a protest over the jailing of nine regional leaders.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  PM Sanchez in Barcelona visits police injured battling Catalan separatist violence

  

  Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader Pablo Casado visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Madrid flooded by shepherds and flocks respecting a 1418 agreement

  

  Sheep replaced traffic on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as shepherds steered their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient migration routes.

• Sunday, October 20th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Madrid willing to dialogue asked by Catalan leader, but first demands strong condemnation of violence

  

  Separatist Catalan leaders on Saturday called on the Spanish government to hold talks as thousands protested for a sixth day in Barcelona. Protestors accused police of “repression” and chanted “we are people of peace” following a night of clashes during which nearly 200 people were hurt.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

  Catalonia independence vote in two years, proposes head of the region

  

  Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Spanish King will visit Cuba as part of Havana's 500th anniversary

  

  Spain's King Felipe VI will visit Cuba next month as part of the 500th anniversary celebrations of the island nation's capital Havana, the European country's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Wednesday. “I can confirm it will take place in November” after the Spanish general elections on November 10, Borrell said during a visit to Havana where he met his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Massive protests in Catalonia and clashes with riot police after separatist leaders were sentenced to prison for sedition

  

  Thousands of protesters in Catalonia took to the streets Monday and blocked Barcelona's El Prat airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms for their attempt to declare independence from Spain in 2017.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab writes an open letter to UK nationals living in Spain

  

  In less than a month, the will of the British people will be delivered and the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. This, of course, will be a time of transition. But for those living in Spain, I want to assure you that as Foreign Secretary, I am working to ensure that your rights and access to services remain as strong as ever.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Thousands march in Barcelona in support of Spanish union and against Catalan independence

  

  Thousands of people opposed to Catalan independence marched in the region's capital on Saturday, Spain's national day, with the verdict in the trial of leading Catalan separatists expected early next week. Waving Spanish - and some Catalan - flags and carrying anti-independence banners, 10,000 people marched in the city centre, according to police.