7 arrests, 5 injuries in anti-fascist demo in Barcelona
Police arrested 7 anti-fascist demonstrators on Saturday in Barcelona after some threw stones and eggs at a security cordon that separated them from a far-right...
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Catalan Trial: Day 24 summary
Officers from the Spanish National Police, the Guardia Civil and the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, were scheduled to testify on day 24 of the...
Spain’s foreign minister walks off German TV interview
Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell refused to answer questions on Catalan independence and Spanish constitutional reform in a heated interview on German TV, and temporarily...
Sánchez: 110 election pledges without mentioning Catalonia
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has unveiled 110 commitments for the upcoming general election – although none of them make any direct reference to Catalonia. The...
Catalan Trial: Day 23 summary
A German politician who was in Catalonia on 1 October 2017 and who witnessed the independence referendum said he was ‘impressed’ by the ‘calm’ attitude...
Spain files criminal lawsuit against Catalan president over yellow ribbons
Spain’s public prosecutor has launched a criminal lawsuit against Catalan president Quim Torra for ‘disobedience’, after he defied orders from Spain’s electoral authority requesting ‘partisan’ symbols to...
Catalan Trial: Day 22 summary
A senior Spanish police officer testifying on the 22nd day in the trial of Catalan independence leaders said the protests surrounding raids to disrupt the upcoming referendum...
Paris rejects 41 French senators’ dialogue request over Catalonia
41 French senators urged Emmanuel Macron‘s government and the EU to take action in order for Spain to engage in dialogue with Catalonia – but...
Catalan Trial: Day 21 summary
The trial of Catalan independence leaders in Spain’s Supreme Court entered its 7th week and 21st day on Monday, with witness testimonies from two Guardia Civil...
Puigdemont revisits Neumünster, criticises EU ‘double standards’
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has requested an ‘independent report’ to compare the legal decisions by German and Spanish courts on the Catalan referendum case. He announced...
