During the recordings of a TV interview with football player Andrés Iniesta in Barcelona a wooden stand collapsed. There were eighteen mildly injured, including two minors. Twelve people had to go to the hospital.
The Catalan parliament has chosen a new regional prime minister. Quim Torra, an ally of former prime minister Carles Puigdemont, received sufficient support on Monday.
Even the latest attempt by the separatists to form a government in Catalonia failed initially. At the ballot, Quim Torra did not get the absolute majority required to become direct regional prime minister. This required the support of 68 parliamentarians. He was short of two.
Due to the crash of a light aircraft in the north of Spain, three people were killed. The authorities have announced this on Saturday. The identity of the victims has not yet been officially established.
Catalan has, after months of political chaos- in all likelihood- a new prime minister: Quim Torra. But Madrid is certainly not pleased with this straw man from Puigdemont. Because Torra is again a separatist hardliner.
The Catalan parliament is making a new attempt to elect a regional prime minister on Saturday. President Roger Torrent said parliament member Quim Torra, after consulting with party leaders, nominated for the position.
The Catalan Parliament has approved a bill that should make it possible to choose a regional prime minister who is not personally present. As a result, former leader Carles Puigdemont (55) still comes into the picture to fulfill his old post again.
Approximately 300,000 people have taken to the streets in Barcelona to demand the release of the separatist leaders imprisoned by Spain. They are stuck because of the organization of the illegal referendum on independence on 1 October.
The Belgian coastal town of Blankenberge wants to reduce seagull nuisance by giving the birds a contraceptive. The town council has already given the green light for the plan.
Catalonia holds its breath- and Spain too- after the arrest of Carles Puigdemont in Germany. Will he be extradited or not, and then tried in Spain? And on what grounds?
Five months after he fled to Belgium after his failed attempt to declare Catalan independence, the deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was caught in the collar.
Thousands of Catalans took to the streets in Barcelona on Sunday to protest against the arrest of former leader Carles Puigdemont. He was arrested after entering Germany from Germany because of an international arrest warrant issued by Spain.
The former Catalonian government leader Carles Puigdemont will report to the police on his visit to Finland, as soon as the extradition request issued by Spain against him is received.
Tens of thousands of pensioners have demonstrated throughout Spain to raise their pensions. In the center of Madrid a huge crowd gathered Saturday despite the pouring rain. On banners were texts like: 'I am a pensioner, not an idiot!' And 'thieves! They steal our pensions! '
The story has kept Spain in the grip for two weeks: the missing of eight-year-old boy Gabriel Cruz from Andalusia. On Sunday, the story got its gruesome denouement after the father's girlfriend was arrested, with his little body in the trunk of her car.
For those who are looking for a special country retreat, have a big bag of money- and do not worry about a 'wrong' historical past, there is a great opportunity: the summer house of the former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is for sale. Estate agency Mikeli Luxury Estate offers the property, for a sloppy 8 million euros.
FC Barcelona has invited a survivor of the bloodbath in the American Parkland to meet his football heroes. The seriously injured Anthony Borges (15) was also sent a signed competition shirt.
Vodafone will use mobile data to combat and prevent epidemics. That made the charity of the telephone company known on Monday. The intention is to prevent a recurrence of the ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
The percentage of Catalans who are in favor of secession from Spain is declining sharply according to opinion pollers of the Catalan government. The Catalonian Center of Opini Studies (CEO) states that now 40.8 percent of respondents want independence and 53.9 percent want to stay with Spain.
Shortly before the official opening of the Olympic Winter Games, the Holland Heineken House in South Korean Gangneung was opened this morning.
Spain has extradited a notorious Russian hacker, Peter Levashov, to the United States. Levashov would have led the so-called Kelihos botnet.
The Catalonian parliament president Roger Torrent has postponed the session meant for choosing a head of government for the Spanish region. At first, Torrent wanted to have Carles Puigdemont, who had been deposed in October, elected prime minister again.
The parliament of the Spanish region of Catalonia chooses a new regional prime minister on 30 January. The parliament said that in a statement on Thursday. The only candidate at the moment is Carles Puigdemont, the ex-premier who has fled to Belgium and is still living there.
The ex-premier of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, told the Catalan broadcaster that it is best possible to lead the regional government from Belgium. It is much easier to hold that function in Brussels than in a Spanish cell, according to Puigdemont. The Spanish judicial authorities are looking for him because of a series of offenses committed when he, as the regional prime minister, wanted to separate Catalonia from Spain in October with an illegal referendum.
The new Catalan parliament has immediately thrown the club into the henhouse. 'El Parliament' has once again elected a separatist face in its first session with Roger Torrent. The 'Mesa del Parlament', a kind of Speaker Table, will also consist mainly of members of separatist parties with four of the seven parliamentarians.
The Catalan Parliament, chosen last month, met for the first time on Wednesday. Two parties seeking independence, the PDeCat (Democratic European Catalan Party) and the ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) want to reinstate former Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont (PDeCat) as head of government.
The Catalan branch of the Spanish People's Party (PP) will use all available means to try to prevent a government being installed in Catalonia using Skype.
The former Catalan Prime Minister Artur Mas is stepping on as leader of the separatist PDeCAT party. He spoke at a press conference about the need to make room for 'new leaders.'
A Zimbabwean family has been camping for months at a Bangkok airport. The travelers refuse to return to their homeland, but also do not enter Europe. The Thai immigration service informed the BBC that airport staff has taken care of the family.
The separatist parties in Catalonia have won a majority in the regional parliamentary elections. After 99.89 percent of the votes were counted, it appeared that the three parties that strive for independence together had 70 seats, a narrow majority in the 135-seat Catalan parliament.
