Tag: amnesty
Spain’s ruling Socialists reach controversial deal with Catalan separatist parties over amnesty law
SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has finally reached an agreement with Catalan separatist parties over a future amnesty law, which, if passed, will see...
Spain’s opposition Partido Popular in chaos after leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo makes ‘off the record’ U-turn on Catalan amnesty
AHEAD of this weekend’s regional elections in Galicia, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) has been plunged into chaos after off-the-record comments reportedly made by...
Spain’s controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists passes first hurdle in Congress after bitter debate
THE CONTROVERSIAL plan to grant amnesty to anyone involved in the Catalan independence drive passed its first hurdle on Tuesday, after it was approved...
An ‘unprecedented attack on Spanish democracy’: Leader of Spain’s conservative Popular Party slams Pedro Sanchez’s Catalan amnesty deal
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, made a statement on Thursday in which he slammed the deal reached between...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister voices strongest backing yet for Catalan amnesty
SPEAKING at a meeting of the Socialist Party’s Federal Committee on Saturday, the caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave his strongest backing yet to...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister holds unprecedented meetings with Basque and Catalan separatists
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took the unprecedented step on Friday of allowing himself to be photographed with representatives from two of the...
Breaking the political deadlock? Spain’s Socialists accelerate talks with leftist alliance Sumar in bid to hammer out coalition deal
AFTER Spain’s King Felipe VI invited Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez to form a government this week, the party’s first port of call was the...
Amnesty International slams Spain over failure to investigate nursing home deaths during COVID pandemic
AMNESTY International slammed Spanish prosecutors for their failure to launch proper investigations into the deaths of tens of thousands of elderly residents in nursing...
Spain slammed for ‘failing to protect’ gay migrants and refugees
Homosexual migrants have suffered discrimination, including threats and assaults
Amnesty International slams Spain in annual human rights report
The report goes on to criticise the PP for attempting to legalise summary deportations at the border
Spanish officers to appear in court accused of beating a migrant in Melilla
The 23-year-old was carried, apparently unconscious, back to Morocco
Amnesty International slams Spain for migrant overcrowding
Temporary accommodation centres in Ceuta and Melilla are significantly over-capacity
Spanish government stocks up on riot gear for autumn
Amnesty calls the purchase a 'worrying development'
Illegal property amnesty in Balearic Islands could be overturned for a portrait of the wrong king
The voting chamber apparently hadn't got the memo about the coronation
Spain slammed by Amnesty for putting borders before people
Spain spends 30 times more on defending its borders than on improving conditions for would-be migrants
Algarrobico hotel to get the chop despite amnesty for Costa del Sol properties
The 400-room hotel is set to be demolished for violating environmental protection laws
Tax warning for expats in Spain
Brits could be subject to certain hidden taxes which must be declared by November 30
Shocker for Spain
No April Fool as government introduces seven per cent rise in electricity in new austerity budget