Catalan Trial verdict: full details of each sentence
Below are the details of each verdict and sentence announced by Spain’s Supreme Court for the Catalan political leaders and activists behind the 2017 independence bid. Also...
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Catalan Trial verdict and sentences – up to 13 years
Nine Catalan pro-independence leaders have been convicted to 9 to 13 years in jail, guilty of sedition and some of them also misuse of funds....
Franco exhumation to be carried out by 25 October
The remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, after years of delays and legal wrangles, will finally be exhumed from his tomb in the Valley of the...
Catalan president sues ‘Global Spain’ head for libel
Catalan president Quim Torra has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the Spanish government’s Global Spain agency, Irene Lozano, of violating the presumption of...
‘Serious irregularities’ in Catalan trial claim two human rights groups
Two human rights groups have denounced ‘serious irregularities’ in the Catalan independence trial, with its verdict expected to be announced by Spain’s Supreme Court in...
Up to 9 years in jail for youths involved in police bar brawl
Eight young people in Altsasu, Navarra, have been sentenced to up to nine and a half years in jail for a bar brawl with two...
Catalan Trial: Junqueras delay denied; prosecutor seeks ‘Jordis’ hearing
Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected the petition from jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras to delay the verdict for his role surrounding the 2017 independence referendum until...
Jesuit school to remove priest accused of sexual abuse from duty
The Vatican has ordered the Jesuit Order to remove a priest from duty who was accused of sexually abusing two students at the Sant Ignasi...
More Spanish police being moved to Catalonia ahead of trial verdict
Spain’s Interior Minister has ordered more Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil officers to Catalonia, as preparations for the verdict of the Catalan Trial begin....
Josep Borrell gets approval to become EU’s diplomacy head
Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has received the greenlight from the European Parliament to become the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs. With the only...
