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Puigdemont, Comín and Puig extradition hearings set for 16 December

News Desk15th November 201913th August 2020

15th November 201913th August 20202256

Extradition hearings for the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig, will be held together in Belgium on Monday...

‘International Trial Watch’ platform claims Catalan trial ‘violated human rights’

News Desk14th November 201919th November 2019

14th November 201919th November 20192635

The International Trial Watch platform presented its final report on Thursday in Madrid, regarding the Supreme Court trial and sentencing of the nine Catalan independence leaders, who were jailed...

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‘Brexit information point’ in Barcelona

News Desk14th November 20198th October 2020

14th November 20198th October 20203750

A Brexit Information Point (‘Punt Brexit’) has been set up in Barcelona in the city’s 22@ Poblenou business district, to provide information to the more than 600...

Clara Ponsatí to oppose extradition ‘robustly’, as ‘not a crime to vote for independence’

News Desk14th November 201919th November 2019

14th November 201919th November 20193192

Clara Ponsatí, former Catalan education minister and now living and working in Scotland, has been released on bail and allowed to keep her passport after...

Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias reach pre-agreement for coalition government

News Desk12th November 201915th March 2021

12th November 201915th March 20212834

Acting Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, have reached a pre-agreement to form a coalition government in Spain, following...

Police start to clear AP-7, as protestors call to block Basque border route

News Desk12th November 201918th November 2019

12th November 201918th November 20193047

Early on Tuesday morning, French police used pepper spray to start removing protestors who had been blocking the AP-7 motorway at the French border, after the...

Oriol Junqueras should be allowed to be MEP, states EU Advocate General

News Desk12th November 201918th November 2019

12th November 201918th November 20192892

Oriol Junqueras should have been allowed to take up his position as an MEP, according to the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of...

Lluís Llach performs on stage on AP-7 motorway, blocked at French border

News Desk11th November 201915th November 2019

11th November 201915th November 20193279

The AP-7 motorway at the border with France remains blocked in both directions after the Tsunami Democràtic group of Catalan activists occupied the road near La...

Albert Rivera resigns as leader of Cs, and quits politics

News Desk11th November 201914th November 2019

11th November 201914th November 20192980

Albert Rivera resigned as leader of Spain’s Ciudadanos (Cs) party on Monday, following the disastrous results for the party in Sunday’s general election. He has also...

Tsunami Democràtic block AP-7 motorway at French border

News Desk11th November 201912th November 2019

11th November 201912th November 20193057

The Catalan pro-independence protest group Tsunami Democràtic has blocked the AP-7 motorway near the French border. It forms part of their protest aimed to ‘call...

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