Catalonians cannot accept the central government’s “illegal” move of imposing direct rule on Barcelona, says regional President Carles Puigdemont.
Spain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy offered Monday to dialogue with other political groupings to form a government after his conservative party lost its majority in elections that have left him battling to stay in power.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was punched in the during an election event in his home region of Galicia in the northwest of the country.
Spanish voters went to the polls Sunday in what is expected to be one of the most closely fought contests in modern history as two dynamic new parties take on the country’s long-established political giants.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Hassan Rohani on the start of his term as Iran’s president, calling for closer relations with Tehran.