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REFUGEE CRISIS

Pope and NGOs seek “safe port” for 49 migrants

Several NGOs and the Vatican yesterday raised an alarm call to national government, to take in the 49 migrants who are aboard NGO vessels in the Mediterranean at present, some of whom were rescued from...

FRANCE

Macron’s government hit by another scandal

The beleaguered French president, Emmanuel Macron will have been disapppointed to see his ex-aide’s name in the headlines again. Alexandre Benalla, fired for beating anti-government protesters last summer,...

SPAIN

King attempts to portray Spanish flag as “uniting”

On his fifth occasion leading the annual Pascua Militar celebrations, which sums up the year’s military events, and prepare troops for the year ahead, King Felipe launched into a dramatic soliloquy to...

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia moves to ban “secret divorce”

Saudi Arabia, yesterday, took a step forward socially, with a reform in favour of women’s rights, under the stewardship of Mohammed bin Salman, which will eliminate the possibility that a woman could...

Catalan crisis had no effect on ratings: Bonds by 2020

society

The Kings get a warm welcome in Barcelona

Barcelona travel to Madrid to take on Getafe

Barcelona return from the winter break with a trip to Madrid to take on Getafe at 8.45pm. Barça currently top the table, three points clear of Atlético, with Getafe in seventh place on 25 points. While...

economy

Tax Office returns €1.6bn to over 2.1m taxpayers

The Tax Office has returned €1.6 billion to over 2.1 milion Catalan taxpayers. The official figures for 2018 show that 93% of taxpayers in Catalonia have received their rebates from their declarations...

Three die in Badalona in apartment building blaze

Three people lost their lives and another 30 were injured, with 16 hospitalised, in a fire yesterday morning in a 10-storey building in the Sant Roc neighbourhood, in Badalona. One of the people who died...

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