Torra claims ‘freedom of speech’, rejects yellow ribbons ban
Catalan president Quim Torra has announced he will keep yellow ribbons on the façades of public buildings, thus defying orders from Spain’s electoral authority deeming
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Madrid to take ‘monarchy investigation committee’ to court
The Spanish government is to take the Catalan parliament committee formed to investigate the monarchy to the Constitutional Court. The chamber, the seat of which is in Barcelona,
Barcelona to revoke medal awarded to Franco
Barcelona City Council is to revoke a medal awarded to the late dictator Francisco Franco in 1964, that marked 25 years since the victory of
Record attendance at Barcelona’s Smart City Expo
Barcelona’s Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) came to a closure on Thursday, this time with a record-breaking 21,331 visitors, a 17% rise since last
Pep Guardiola meets Catalan leaders in prison
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has made no secret of his support for Catalan pro-independence leaders in custody awaiting trial. On Thursday, the former Barça
Arrimadas accuses Catalan public TV of ‘lying’ and bias
The leader of the opposition in Catalonia, Inés Arrimadas, has accused Catalan public television (TV3) of being biased in favour of the independence movement. Arrimadas
People’s Party appoints new leader in Catalonia
The People’s Party (PP) appointed a new leader in Catalonia on Saturday in an extraordinary congress after the party head until now, Xavier García Albiol,
Man jailed for plotting to kill Spanish PM
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, arrested a man from the town of Terrassa on 21 September for plotting the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister,
Sánchez to override court on mortgage tax
The Spanish government will put forward legislation so banks, not clients, pay the tax on new mortgages, thus overriding a widely criticised Supreme Court ruling.
Far-right Vox: 74 years for Catalan leaders
The far-right party VOX has requested prison sentences of 74 years for each former Catalan minister on trial for organising a referendum and declaring independence
