Europe
Heatwave in Spain
As the heatwave some European countries suffered recently is going away, another one comes to Spain. […]
Spain
Politics
Borrell, chosen as minister of Exterior for the government of Sánchez: Puigdemont unhappy
The Government of Sánchez (PSOE) has chosen Josep Borrell as minister of Exterior. […]
Europe
Over 70 dead in Greece due to wildfires
The latest European country to be hit by wildfires due to the current heatwave that is affecting Europe is Greece. […]
Politics
Pig Demont changes of name, keeps fighting against independentism with humour
Pig Demont, the Andalusian company that Puigdemont tried to stop, has announced it would be changing name to be able to keep selling its products. […]
Politics
Llarena retracts European arrest warrant, leaves criminal Puigdemont outside of Spain
After months of waiting, the court of Schleswig-Holstein only accepted extraditing the Catalonian ex-president Puigdemont for misappropriation of public funds. The judge Llarena has rejected said extradition, as he wouldn’t be able to judge the criminal for the main charge. […]
EU News
Spanish criminal present in the European Institutions thanks to Catalonia
The Catalonian independentist party has nominated a Spanish criminal to the position of representant of Catalonia in front of the EU in Brussels. […]
Politics
The German judge accepts extraditing Puigdemont, but only for misappropriation of public funds
After months of waiting, the German court of Schleswig-Holstein has finally given a response to the Spanish European arrest warrant issued on Puigdemont: they’ve only accepted extraditing him on the charges of misappropriation of public funds. […]
Politics
Pig Demont loses the battle against Puigdemont
The Catalonian ex-president wins against the Andalusian company “Pig Demont”. […]
Politics
The judge Llarena, coming to Belgium? Not this time
A bit over a week ago, we were told that Puigdemont and the ex-advisers on the run had denounced the judge Llarena in Belgium. […]
Politics
Puigdemont doesn’t like Pig Demont’s pork
Puigdemont, the Catalonian ex-president currently on the run, has stopped a company from calling itself “Pig Demont”, due to the resemblance with his name. […]
Europe
Immigration crisis in Europe
Europe is living a quite negative week in terms of politics and unity, having to face one of the worst immigration crises in recent times. […]
Politics
Puigdemont sues the judge in charge of his case
Yes, the title is real. With the government of the PP now replaced, the poor man can’t use anymore the excuses of Franco government and oppression to defend his position. […]
Politics
Catalonia and the 3%
Over the past few days, the convictions in the Gürtel case and the no-confidence motion against Rajoy have made us forget about the corruption case that affects the Catalonian independentists and Puigdemont. […]
Europe
Denmark bans wearing face veils in public
The Danish Parliament has banned the wearing of face veils in public. The reaction from the media and some organizations has been quite impressive, over a measure that only concerns Denmark. […]
Politics
Puigdemont: The German prosecutor asks his extradition to Spain
After various weeks of waiting, the German prosecutor has asked the extradition of Puigdemont to Spain. Only the decision from the court of Schleswig-Holstein is missing, but this one doesn’t seem very convinced with the Spanish arguments. […]
Politics
Spain’s President, Rajoy, replaced
The no-confidence motion led by the PSOE last week ended Friday. Sánchez, from the PSOE, will be the new president until next elections. […]
Economy
Disruption of Visa services in Europe
The payment processing system from Visa, also supplier of cards, faced issues Friday in Europe, where its system temporarily failed. […]
Politics
No-confidence motion against Rajoy due to Gürtel case
Last week we got to know the decision of the National Court concerning the Gürtel case. After the sentence, various political parties, unhappy with the decision, expressed their desire to replace Rajoy (President of Spain) until next elections. […]
Politics
Gürtel case: after over a decade of investigations, the National Court dictates sentence
Finally, after over 10 years of investigation and trials, the National Court has dictated sentence for the most complex political corruption case in Spain. […]
Technology
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica’s Scandal: Misuse of personal information of 50 million Facebook users
Over the past few weeks, it has been revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a marketing company, harvested the personal information of 50 million American Facebook users for political purposes. […]
Politics
Puigdemont arrested in Germany
After fleeing from Spanish justice for months, and living in Belgium, Puigdemont has finally been arrested while crossing the border between Denmark and Germany while coming back from Finland. […]
Politics
Puigdemont keeps lying
Yesterday, Puigdemont, ex-president of the Catalonian ex-government (please note that this has to be repeated multiple times since some people don’t seem to understand this much), lied so many times that it is very difficult to differentiate the truth from the false. […]
Politics
Puigdemont and his ex-advisers, wanted by the justice
Yesterday, Friday 3rd, neither Puigdemont nor the other ex-advisers of the Catalonian ex-government came to declare in front of the judge. […]
Politics
Puigdemont won’t declare in Spain
Yesterday, Puigdemont’s Belgian lawyer declared that he wouldn’t go to declare in front of the Spanish justice neither today nor tomorrow. […]
Politics
Puigdemont’s situation worsens
With Puigdemont still in Brussels, the Spanish Justice has started working. Both the National Court and the Supreme Court have accepted the complaint against the Generalitat, and have summoned 20 members of the Govern and Parlament. […]