The Spanish government's planned pardon of nine jailed Catalan independence leaders is a positive for the incarcerated individuals and their families, but Madrid must do more to bring decades of "state repression" in Catalonia to an end, Clare Daly, an Irish member of the European Parliament, told Sputnik on Tuesday

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday that he would propose on June 22 the approval of pardons to imprisoned pro-independence Catalan leaders to the Council of Ministers

Spaniards will no longer be required to wear face masks while outdoors starting from June 26, as COVID-19 infection rates continue to decline, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday

The Spanish Civil Guard has detained 11 people on suspicion of corruption in granting contracts for medial supplies during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic

The Swiss justice ministry has prohibited the world football's governing body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA to penalize clubs holding on to the failed European Super League, media said

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Catalan President Pere Aragones agreed to leave the Catalan political conflict behind when they met in Barcelona on Monday