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spain

Spanish national court reviews Altsasu youngsters’ sentence

First 1-0 mayor to appear in court

BREXIT

Theresa May stakes unity of country on new Brexit plan

society

Fines for websites that promote food disorders

The Catalan government has announced that websites promoting food disorders such as anorexia or bulimia are to face fines of up to €100,000. The Consumer Code of Catalonia was modified yesterday to allow...

Boateng arrives to strengthen Barça squad

Barcelona have signed Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan from Sassuolo until the end of the season, an operation which costs the club a million euros and includes an €8 million purchase option. He will replace...

business

11 airlines fined over half a million euros

The Department of Enterprise and Knowledge, via the Catalan Consumer Agency, has fined eleven airlines a total of €533,040 over the past three years (2016, 2017 and 2018). The company to have suffered...

PEN tells Spain to free Jordis

syria

Israel bombs Iranian targets in Syria

economy

IMF says global growth decline has increased

The IMF yesterday cut its forecast for global growth to 3.5% in 2019 and 3.6% in 2020, respectively a twentieth and a tenth less than the estimate given in October. According to the Global Economic Outlook...

spain

Llamazares resigned in United Left power struggle

Asturian United Left MP Gaspar Llamazares yesterday announced his resignation and his decision not to stand in the Asturian regional elections. The parties’ state leadership opened a case against him...