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Catalan leader will not appear before Senate, following flurry of agenda changes
Regional parliament speaker sets new time for debate and denies early reports about Puigdemont’s plans
Regional parliament speaker sets new time for debate and denies early reports about Puigdemont’s plans
As the National Police arrived at polling stations in Catalonia, voters were surprised to find the law being enforced
The debate over the poll is highly polarized, but there is a middle-of-the-road position
Supporters of secession launch campaign in run-up to referendum as though nothing else matters
Since human trafficking became a criminal offense in 2010, the trend has become hard to ignore
In 2015, six anarchists were arrested and one sent to prison where he remains, despite flimsy evidence
Five years of peace are blurring the lines that once separated people in this northern region
Well-known in Colombia, scopolamine is now being used in robberies and sexual assault in Spain
Inequality is growing in Spanish society, with an outdated education system and nepotism fuelling the differences.
The sinister return of this drug exposes Holland as Europe’s main drug supermarket
For years a symbol of the property crash, El Quiñón in Seseña is starting to attract residents
The net is the new battleground, but old campaigning methods are still working for some
Land degradation is an increasingly growing threat in Europe’s driest region
Many of the country’s monuments to ETA and Al Qaeda victims are lying neglected