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‘We will persist’ say pro-referendum parties on Catalonia’s ‘La Diada’

Newsdesk / ACN11th September 201918th September 2019

11th September 201918th September 20192297

As Catalonia’s National Day (La Diada) got underway on Wednesday, leading political figures in the pro-independence movement took advantage to restate their determination to see...

PP MPs defend Spanish democracy in ‘Le Monde’

Newsdesk / ACN11th September 201916th September 2019

11th September 201916th September 20192081

Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) has responded to the 52 French MPs who called for an end to the ‘repression’ of Catalan pro-independence leaders. In an...

EU court says Spain’s mortgage pricing could be abusive

Newsdesk / ACN10th September 201913th September 2019

10th September 201913th September 20193291

Spanish banks could end up paying out billions of euros in compensation following a statement from the advocate general of the Court of Justice of...

Seven years of pro-independence rallies during Catalonia’s ‘La Diada’

Newsdesk / ACN10th September 201913th September 2019

10th September 201913th September 20192972

Catalonia’s pro-independence supporters are planning a huge rally this Wednesday 11 September to again coincide with La Diada (Catalonia’s National Day). It will also be a test...

State prosecutor: everyone must comply with Catalan verdict – ‘whatever it is’

Newsdesk / ACN9th September 201911th September 2019

9th September 201911th September 20192761

The Spanish state prosecutor has demanded that everyone comply with the eventual verdict from the trial of the Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders – ‘whatever it...

Jailed and exiled Catalan leaders call for mass turnout on ‘La Diada’

Newsdesk / ACN9th September 201911th September 2019

9th September 201911th September 20192503

The 16 jailed and exiled Catalan political and civic leaders have called for an ‘exceptional mobilisation’ this Wednesday 11 September, the Catalan National Day (‘La...

Montserrat monk was a ‘sexual predator and paedophile’

Newsdesk / ACN6th September 20191st February 2022

6th September 20191st February 20224793

The conclusions of a committee created by the Montserrat Monastery to look into allegations regarding Andreu Soler, who was in charge of the religious scout movement...

8 Spanish police officials to be investigated for referendum crackdown

Newsdesk / ACN6th September 201911th September 2019

6th September 201911th September 20192598

Eight Spanish police officials are to be formally questioned over the orders they gave to their subordinates at 27 polling stations in Barcelona during the...

Albert Rivera to Quim Torra: ‘either accept verdict or end up like them’

Newsdesk / ACN6th September 20199th September 2019

6th September 20199th September 20191949

Albert Rivera, the head of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Spain, addressed Catalan president Quim Torra in a Tweet on Thursday, by saying: ‘In a...

Almodóvar’s ‘Pain and Glory’ to represent Spain at Oscars

News Desk5th September 201910th September 2019

5th September 201910th September 20193759

Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria), will represent Spain at the Oscars for Best Foreign Film. Members of Spain’s Academy of...

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