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Morocco, Spain Sign Over 20 Agreements, Kicking off New Phase in Relations

Rabat and Madrid started a new era of relations, with the signing of more than 20 agreements, including facilitating Spanish investments in Morocco, establishing partnerships in the fields of education, culture, water desalination, and rail transport, and agreeing to ensure the passage of people and goods through customs, land and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spain, Morocco seek reset of testy relationship at Rabat summit

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the two countries agreed on a commitment of ‘mutual respect’.

Al Jazeera

Spain, Morocco forge economic ties as Western Sahara policy reversal eases tensions

Spain and Morocco will hold their first bilateral summit in eight years on Thursday as they seek to strengthen economic ties and build on a diplomatic truce reached last year after disputes over migration and territory.

Reuters

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Iranian chess player who competed without hijab meets with Spanish PM

An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Wednesday.

Reuters

Thousands join rightist rally against Spanish government

Thousands of people packed into central Madrid on Saturday to protest against the Socialist government and accuse it of undermining the constitution, in a rally backed by rightist parties.

Reuters

Spain drops sedition charge against ex-Catalan leader

The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over a failed 2017 independence bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

Radio France Internationale

Spain's Supreme Court drops sedition charges against Catalan separatist leader

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia's failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country's penal code abolished the crime.

Reuters

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Spain sees 'dreadful' spike in femicide

Spain's Interior Minister has denounced a "dreadful" surge in gender violence after 13 women were killed in December, making it the deadliest month this year. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain was "suffering a terrible rebound in cases of gender violence".

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Tribune News Service

Spain's penal code reforms soften penalties linked to Catalan separatist leaders

Spain's upper house of parliament on Thursday passed reforms to the penal code affecting crimes for which several Catalan leaders were convicted after their 2017 bid for the region's independence resulted in a constitutional crisis.

Reuters

Spanish MPs approve new bill on transgender rights

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card, putting Spain on track to becoming one of the few countries to allow transgender people to change their status with a simple declaration.

France 24

Catalonia's independence drive is 'over', Spanish prime minister declares

CATALONIA’S push for independence is “over”, the Spanish Prime Minister has declared.

The National (Scotland)

Macron, EU leaders launch €2.5billion hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France

An ambitious underwater pipeline to bring hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe will be completed by 2030 and cost some 2.5 billion euros, the leaders of France, Spain and Portugal said Friday.

Radio France Internationale

France, Spain leaders to hold summit on Jan 19 - Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet again in Spain on Jan. 19, Macron said in a tweet on Friday following a summit of nine Mediterranean countries in the Spanish city of Alicante.

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At summit, southern EU leaders watch World Cup on Croatian PM's mobile

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic could not hide his joy on Friday evening at a summit of EU Mediterranean countries after his country beat hot favourites Brazil on penalties to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian embassies across Europe sent 'bloody packages' containing animal eyes

The packages, soaked in a liquid with a distinctive colour and smell, were sent to Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy and Austria

The Independent UK

US embassy and Spanish PM targeted in flood of Madrid letter bombs

Public buildings on high alert as second consulate targeted in Madrid

Reuters

Spanish PM office confirms 'similar' package to letter bombs sent to him - Interior Ministry

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office received on November 24 a letter containing an explosive device "similar" to the ones received by the Ukrainian embassy, a Spanish weapons manufacturer on Wednesday and an air force base on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.

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New Spanish law on locating Franco-era victims divides opinion

Almost five decades after the death of Spain's right-wing dictator Francisco Franco, the country is making a fresh attempt to offer justice to his victims. A new Democratic Memory law, which came into force in October, makes the state responsible for the search for tens of thousands of those forcibly…

Reuters

PM Sanchez sees 70% of US-EU data traffic passing through Spain

About 70% of the internet traffic between the United States and the European Union will pass through Spain after all the investments planned in data centers and submarine cables have been carried out, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday.

Reuters

Spain to send troops, F-18 fighter jets to Romania in December, PM says

Spain will send at least 130 troops and eight F-18 fighter jets to Romania next month to strengthen NATO's eastern flank, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciuca told reporters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Spain to deploy police in Ukraine to assist war crime investigations

Spanish police will deploy in Ukraine over the coming weeks to help investigate alleged war crimes, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Madrid on Monday.

Reuters

Spanish PM urges China's Xi to use influence over Putin to end Ukraine war

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his influence over Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, the Spanish government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Spanish PM Sanchez using sedition law reform to shore up coalition, opposition says

(Corrects third paragraph to say nine leaders, not 11, were pardoned)

Reuters

Spanish top court chief's resignation nudges parties to end 4-year stalemate

The head of Spain's supreme court stepped down on Monday, creating a vacuum at the helm of one of the country's key institutions and nudging the two main political parties towards ending a four-year stalemate over judicial appointments.

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