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Clara Ponsatí becomes MEP, despite Spanish electoral board announcement

News Desk2nd February 20206th February 2020

2nd February 20206th February 20203452

The European Parliament has officially recognised as an MEP the former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsatí, who is currently living in Scotland and awaiting an extradition hearing. Ponsatí is fighting

Catalan president Quim Torra calls for new elections in Catalonia

News Desk1st February 202016th February 2020

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Catalan president Quim Torra has announced new elections in Catalonia as soon as the budget is approved. ‘This term has reached the end of the road,’ he said

Pedro Sánchez and Quim Torra to meet on 6 February

News Desk29th January 20207th February 2020

29th January 20207th February 20201928

Newly elected Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez will meet with Quim Torra, president of Catalonia, in Barcelona on 6 February. They will discuss the on-going political

Six of the jailed Catalan leaders attend Parliament hearing

News Desk28th January 20209th February 2020

28th January 20209th February 20202374

Six of the nine Catalan leaders who were sentenced to jail by the Spanish Supreme Court for their roles in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum,

Clara Ponsatí’s forthcoming MEP status ‘could affect extradition’ from Scotland

News Desk25th January 20202nd February 2020

25th January 20202nd February 20202727

The full extradition hearing for Clara Ponsatí, the former Catalan education minister now living in Scotland, is scheduled to start on 11 May in Edinburgh. But it

Spanish government will seek to reform definition of ‘sedition’ in criminal code

News Desk25th January 202026th January 2020

25th January 202026th January 20203285

The new Spanish coalition government said this week that it is open to modifying the crime of sedition, and intends to include it among other proposed

Catalan president refuses to step down, despite court confirming suspension

News Desk24th January 20201st February 2020

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Quim Torra, the Catalan president, has refused to step down from his post, despite the Spanish Supreme Court confirming the Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC)’s decision to suspend him as

Storm Gloria death toll increases: 13 people dead, four still missing

News Desk24th January 202030th December 2021

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The death toll from Storm Gloria has increased to 13 people on Friday, with another four people still missing, after the east coast of Spain was battered

Storm Gloria devastation – nine people dead, four still missing

News Desk22nd January 202024th January 2020

22nd January 202024th January 20203684

As Storm Gloria finally subdued on Wednesday morning, after leaving nine people dead and four still missing, the east cost of Spain could start to evaluate

Far-right Vox seeks to make independence parties illegal

News Desk21st January 202029th January 2020

21st January 202029th January 20204206

Spain’s far-right Vox party has submitted a draft bill to the Spanish Congress to amend the law on political parties, with the objective of making pro-independence

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