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Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart can leave prison for paid or voluntary work

News Desk8th February 202015th February 2020

8th February 202015th February 20205061

The jailed Catalan pro-independence activists, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, have been given permission by Lledoners prison to leave the institution for a few days each...

Pedro Sánchez and Quim Torra face ‘long talks process’

News Desk7th February 202016th February 2020

7th February 202016th February 20203938

Newly elected Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan president Quim Torra in Barcelona on Thursday, the first time they have held any official talks since December...

Clara Ponsatí joins Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín as an MEP

News Desk6th February 202023rd February 2020

6th February 202023rd February 20203745

Clara Ponsatí, the former Catalan education minister who is currently living in Scotland, received her credentials as an MEP in Brussels on Wednesday, despite the...

Brexit has finally happened … but what happens next?

News Desk2nd February 202023rd February 2020

2nd February 202023rd February 20203202

Brexit has finally happened. After the 2016 referendum, followed by three prime ministers (David Cameron, Theresa May and now Boris Johnson), plus two general elections...

Clara Ponsatí becomes MEP, despite Spanish electoral board announcement

News Desk2nd February 20206th February 2020

2nd February 20206th February 20204030

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 20202601

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 20202976

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 20203441

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 20204253

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...

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