Separatist Aragones elected head of government in Spain s Catalonia region reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In this file photo taken on October 12, 2019 US journalist and feminist Gloria Steinem arrives for the Hammer Museum s 17th Annual Gala in Los Angeles, California. AFP pic
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MADRID, May 20 Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, one of the leaders of the American women’s movement in the 1970s and 1980s, was Wednesday awarded Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias communications and humanities prize.
The 87-year-old US journalist and activist was described “a motor of one of the great revolutions of contemporary society,” in a statement from the prize organisers.
Catalan separatist parties agree to renew governing coalition Reuters 4 hrs ago
By Joan Faus
BARCELONA (Reuters) -Two separatist parties in Catalonia agreed to renew their coalition, one of them said on Wednesday, paving the way for a new pro-independence government in the northeastern Spanish region three months after an inconclusive election.
Leftist Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and centre-right Junts finished second and third in February s vote, narrowly won by the Socialist Party, which favours continued union with Spain.
But the Socialists failed to garner support for a coalition, leaving Junts to approve forming a government with Esquerra in an internal party vote on Wednesday supported by 83% of its 6,500 affiliates, Junts said.
Les élections régionales du 4 mai 2021 à Madrid ont été un big-bang féminin huffingtonpost.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from huffingtonpost.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.