Spain’s King Felipe VI has condemned organisers of Catalonia’s independence referendum for having put themselves “outside the law”. Spain's King Felipe attacks Catalan referendum organisers for having put themselves "outside the law", in TV address https://t.co/Iv8qlSDuU0 pic.twitter.com/8UAQDcyRlR — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 3, 2017 In a TV address to the nation, he said the…
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Spain crisis deepens rejecting Catalan’s vote
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont insists the region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum, in spite of riot police crack down on votes. #BREAKING Injured after the Spanish police charge up to 844 #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/tz3PcP4bvs — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 1, 2017 Puigdemont said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration…
Catalonia: overwhelmed by democracy
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The time has come for Catalonia to reject the repressive response of the Spanish government to our call for a referendum on self-determination by using democracy, lots of democracy. The best response to the closure of websites promoting the referendum, the seizure of electoral material with words as dangerous as “democracy”…
Spanish Embassy in Moscow evacuated in false bomb alert
The Embassy of Spain in Moscow has being evacuated after an anonymous bomb alert by telephone call. The staff has immediately evacuated, and officers with sniffer dogs arrived to search the building, according to Russian TASS news agency. Embassy of Spain evacuated in Moscow due to bomb scare https://t.co/X8rwQcGAst© Artiom Geodakyan/TASS pic.twitter.com/J8KBB1c085 — TASS (@tassagency_en)…
No Brexit deal without Gibraltar
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he had “cast iron assurances” from Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis that the government would not do a trade deal with the EU if it did not include Gibraltar. “I’m the backbone of this negotiation for Gibraltar and the backbone is made of limestone rock, it’s not going to…
“Acceptable” arrangement for Gibraltar
During his visit to the UK Spain’s King Felipe said he was confident that an acceptable arrangement could be worked out with Britain over the future of Gibraltar, a British territory since Utrecht Treaty 1713 that Spain is eager to receive back. The PM welcomes King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the UK for the…
Europol arrests terrorist sites webmaster
An individual was arrested in Madrid, Spain, on suspicion of radicalisation and for dissemination of jihadist terrorist propaganda via the internet. The investigation which was supported by Europol for more than a year was led by the Spanish Guardia Civil. The arrested person, of Moroccan origin and a resident in Spain, used his computer know-how to…
#Catalonia: Who is afraid of democracy?
Jordi Solé i Ferrando, MEP, OPINION Those who would deny Catalonia’s right to self-determination said back in 2015 that Catalan voters would never elect a majority of pro-independence MPs to our parliament, but we did. Then they said that the pro-independence coalition would be too divided to agree on a new President and a new…
Catalans to vote independence
President Carles Puigdemont of Catalonia informed about the date of a referendum on independence, when people will decide whether they wish to become citizens of a new European state – 1st of October 2017. In case of simple majority Puigdemont has vowed to move forward to foundations of the Catalan statehood, including launching negotiations to…
Spain saves 157 migrants in Mediterranean
Spain’s maritime rescue service has saved 157 migrants from five small boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo: illustration) The service completed five different rescue missions in waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar to reach the small craft from late Friday through until Saturday evening. The service said that it reached the first…
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