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Fugitive Briton accused of laundering £1bn arrested in Spain while walking dogs

A British woman who has been on the run for nearly nine years amid accusations that she laundered £1 billion as part of a VAT fraud has been arrested while walking her dogs in Spain. Sarah Panitzke, 47, was held in Catalonia on Sunday and is claimed ...

01 Mar 2022 at 12:55

World

Firefighters in Spain battle wildfires across the country

Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country, which is suffering a heatwave unusual for this time of the year. The worst damage has been in the north-west province of Zamora where more than 61,000 acres ...

19 Jun 2022 at 12:16

World

Spain violated political rights of Catalan officials, say UN experts

Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations say Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government and parliament by stripping them of their duties prior to any conviction following the illegal ...

31 Aug 2022 at 15:16

World

Catalans commemorate fifth anniversary of failed breakaway

Thousands of Catalans have gathered in Barcelona to commemorate the fifth anniversary of an independence referendum that marked the high point of their movement to break away from the rest of Spain. The 2017 vote, which was declared ...

01 Oct 2022 at 20:45

World

Spanish leader defends amnesty deal for Catalan separatists ahead of vote

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists in parliament as part of a debate a day before the Socialist leader seeks the endorsement of the chamber to form a ...

15 Nov 2023 at 13:49

World

Catalans vote in regional election set to gauge support for separatist movement

Catalonia is holding a regional election which is likely to reverberate in Spain’s national politics. The ballot is a test both for the strength of the separatist movement in the wealthy north-eastern region and for the policies ...

12 May 2024 at 08:45

Spain parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia separatists

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Spain parliament to give final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia separatists

Spain’s Parliament has given final approval to a controversial amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid. The legislation was backed by Spain’s left-wing ...

30 May 2024 at 11:11

World

Parliament to vote on controversial law to offer amnesty to Catalan separatists

Spain’s lower house of parliament is to debate and vote on Tuesday on an enormously divisive amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of potentially hundreds of people who were involved in Catalonia’s ...

30 Jan 2024 at 13:42

World

Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Spain after 7 years as a fugitive

Former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after organising an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region nearly seven years ago, returned to the country on Thursday despite a ...

08 Aug 2024 at 08:32

Travel

Wine and dine in the undiscovered Catalonian hills

Winding mountain roads criss-cross a landscape dominated by vines and sheer drops, indicating we are arriving somewhere special. Touching down at Barcelona Airport just over an hour before, we’d turned away ...

14 May 2025 at 09:52

World

Protests turn ugly as pressure mounts on Spain over amnesty talks with Catalans

Three people were arrested late on Monday in a protest against negotiations between Spain’s acting government and Catalan separatist parties over a possible amnesty for thousands involved in Catalonia’s ...

07 Nov 2023 at 11:03

World

Puigdemont said to be in Belgium as Spanish police try to explain how he escaped

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was back in Belgium on Friday, his lawyer said, after he evaded arrest in Spain for the second time in seven years with a dramatic dash into a getaway car ...

09 Aug 2024 at 17:34

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