Officials at the United Nations COP25 climate change conference in Madrid next week must consider implementing taxes on developed countries to transfer wealth to nations already dealing with the cost of drought, floods and superstorms made worse by rising temperatures, more than 150 environmental groups said Friday.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands was partially shut down amid reports of men armed with knives attempting to hijack a plane, later confirmed to be a false alarm.
Documents unsealed by a Spanish court on Tuesday shed new light on a strange incident from February in which a mysterious group of armed individuals attacked the North Korean embassy in Madrid. The perpetrators have been revealed as members of a cultish group called Cheollima Civil Defense that appears dedicated to avenging the murder of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Spain on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, prompting Spanish police to banish a street performer dressed as beloved children’s character Winnie the Pooh from Madrid’s Sol Square.
Madrid’s “most multicultural neighbourhood” was set aflame in riots against “racist” authorities after a Senegalese street vendor reportedly died of a heart attack.
Around three-quarters of a million Catalans have marched to demand the release of local politicians arrested for their role in the drive for independence.
The crisis in Catalonia has its origins in cultural and political conflicts going back decades and even centuries, sharpened by contemporary economic disputes and confused European Union policies.
The Catalan Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to declare independence from Spain.
The Catalan government has suggested that the European Union will not survive if it allows Spain to impose direct rule.
The European Union has doubled down on its support for police brutality in Catalonia, with European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans dubbing it “proportionate use of force”.
The EU has broken its silence on the violent suppression of Catalonia independence referendum, with the Commission backing Madrid and the Vice-president of the European Parliament branding the vote a “nationalistic coup against Europe”.
Spanish police and military guards are aggressively suppressing a self-determination referendum on independence for Catalonia, which Madrid says “runs counter to the goals and ideals of the European Union”.
Spanish riot police smashed their way into the polling station where Catalonia’s regional leader was due to vote in the disputed independence referendum on Sunday. Scuffles erupted outside between police and people waiting to vote.
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures. The rally Saturday calling for LGTBI rights to be extended across the world features a parade of 52
Madrid Police’s Diversity Unit is operating 24 hours a day as the city hosts World LGBT Pride 2017, so as to respond quickly to any complaints of hate crime. The specialist ‘diversity’ unit, which was created last year by Madrid
MADRID (AP) — If you’re taking a bus in the Spanish capital, be sure to keep your legs to yourself. Madrid authorities on Monday started putting up signs banning the practice of ‘manspreading’ — opening one’s legs so wide you
Leaked documents show that Spain wants to use its veto over the application of any European Union deal with the United Kingdom to Gibraltar to force citizens of the Rock to accept higher taxes.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, declared last week that he supports the secession of Catalonia from Spain.
LONDON (AFP) – Leicester are working with UEFA and local authorities in Spain to discover why their fans were involved in crowd trouble before the Champions League quarter-final at Atletico Madrid.
MADRID (AFP) – Around 40,000 protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and call for an end to domestic violence.
MADRID (AFP) – Spanish authorities said Wednesday they had arrested two suspected jihadists in Madrid and found bullets and weapon magazines while conducting raids linked to the detentions.
Dozens of cribs have been placed at Madrid’s Puerta de Alcalá to protest the far left mayor’s decision to abolish the city’s traditional Nativity display.
Following terrorist attacks by Islamists in Brussels, protesters from Hogar Social Madrid (Madrid Social Home) protested terror-linked Madrid mosque, the Islamic Cultural Centre. Occupying an overpass facing the mosque, known locally as the M-30 due to its proximity to the
On Friday, two puppeteers in Spain were jailed, without bail, for staging a satirical puppet show during the Carnival celebration. The show included both violence deemed inappropriate for children and a message described as “praising terrorism,” which is illegal in Spain.
The metro company in Spain’s capital, Madrid, has announced it will be giving away free travel passes to the transgendered to help tackle “social exclusion” and aid “integration”. The initiative, according to which 38 free annual passes will be handed out,
Iberia Airlines flight 3316 from Madrid touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, with the pilot of the plane welcoming customers to “Palestine.”
Airbnb, the international ‘sharing economy’ holiday-rental website, has had to to review its security measures after an American teen staying in Spain said he was assaulted by his transsexual host. The Local reports 19 year old Massachusetts resident Jacob Lopez
