Police sources are warning that 50,000 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are waiting in Morocco to invade Spain. As we reported yesterday, boatloads of migrants are already washing up on Spanish beaches in scenes that have shocked observers. Now according to a report in Spanish newspaper El Mundo, North Africa is becoming a “pressure cooker,” […]
Spain Allows 629 Migrants Stranded on Mediterranean Rescue Ship…
Spain has announced that it will take in more than 600 migrants stranded at sea on a rescue ship, after Italy and Malta’s governments refused to allow the vessel to dock on their shores. The Aquarius rescued 629 people from the central Mediterranean Sea during six separate night-time operations on Saturday following instructions by the […]
Spain: Mariano Rajoy Ousted as Prime Minister After No-Confidence Vote…
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of office after a no-confidence vote was passed in the country’s parliament. Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who lead the motion after Rajoy’s party was implicated in a corruption scandal, is likely to become prime minister.Rajoy is the first prime minister in modern Spanish history to be […]
Silencing of Assange Sparks Historic Ten-Hour Online Vigil to #ReconnectJulian…
The Ecuadorian Government’s decision to silence Julian Assange by cutting off his internet access, phone communications and ability to receive visitors represents a saddening turnabout by a country that has long protected the publisher’s human and journalistic rights. The move took place at the behest of Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno, who took office in May […]
WikiLeaks: Editor Julian Assange Has Been Gagged and Isolated…
Leader of Hacking Group Who Stole $1B from Banks Arrested in Spain…
Spanish Police has arrested the alleged leader of an organised Russian cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which stole over a billion euros from banks worldwide since 2013. In a coordinated operation with law enforcement agencies across the globe, including the FBI and Europol, Police detained the suspected leader of Carbanak hacking […]
‘Corruption in its purest form’ Rajoy’s Party Accused in Spain Bribery Investigation…
Manuel Morocho, chief inspector of Spain’s Unit of Economic and Financial Crimes (UDEF), claims the People’s Party (PP) acted as a “criminal organisation” in accepting payments from a slush fund. He also claims there is “circumstantial” evidence to link Mr Rajoy to the criminal activity. The corruption scandal has been ongoing for months after Mr […]
Spain Issue Arrest Warrant for Sacked Catalan President as Eight of His Ministers Are Jailed…
A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his lawyer told Belgian state broadcaster VRT on Thursday, after eight of his separatist ex-ministers were ordered jailed pending trial over the region’s ill-fated independence push. “I have just heard from my client that the warrant has been…
Spanish PM Announces it Will Depose the Catalan Government, Dissolve Parliament, Impose New Elections…
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the region declared independence. Mr Rajoy has fired the Catalonia government, dissolved parliament and call new elections for the area that will take place on 21 December. The vote in the regional parliament followed a tense week of last-ditch negotiations between Madrid and […]
Misdirection and Catalonia by Craig Murray…
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