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Supreme Court recommend no pardon for Catalan 12 PRIME Minister Pedro Sánchez must decide whether to pardon Catalan rebel leaders after judges said they had seen “any evidence or sign of regret”. The Catalan 12 were jailed or fined for their roles in the region’s failed bid for independence in 2017; resulting in the politicians variously being found guilty of sedition, embezzlement, and disobedience. According to Spanish daily newspaper El […]

Takeover of German-based company on the menu SPANISH food delivery success Glovo is hungry to acquire the operations of Germany’s Delivery Hero in six eastern European countries in a €170 million deal. Glovo recognised an emerging market in the region where people are increasingly using delivery platforms to put food on their tables. The Spanish company is acquiring the foodpanda brand in Romania and Bulgaria, Donesi operating in Serbia, Montenegro, […]

UK traffic light travel system reviewed on June 7 ISLANDS could soon be on the UK government’s ‘green list’ bringing popular Spanish holiday destinations within reach of English travellers without the need to quarantine on return. The Canary Islands and Balearics could become a ‘go to’ destination from June 7 – the date of the next review of the traffic light system – Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. Travel operators […]

Josep Almudéver with an International Brigades flag with his name on it. Photograph: Oscar Rodriguez/Asociación de Amigos de las Brigadas Internacionales (AAIB). THE man believed to be the last surviving veteran of the 35,000-strong International Brigades who volunteered to travel to Spain to fight against Franco’s fascist rebellion has died in France aged 101. Josep Eduardo Almudéver Mateu, who was born in July 1919 in Marseille to Spanish parents, lived in […]

Diplomatic crisis continues over Spanish enclaves SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has accused Morocco of failing to protect its borders after thousands of migrants last year crossed into the north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla last week. The migrant crisis and allegations of Moroccan security taking no action has triggered one of the biggest diplomatic spats between the two countries for years. The Spanish premier said: “Morocco needs to […]