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,...
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Catalan Trial: Day 16 summary
Day 16 of the independence trial started at 10am with the testimony of Jaume Mestre, the man in charge of the Catalan government’s public information department...
UK Parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit deal – again
The UK Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May‘s Brexit deal for a second time, just 17 days before it is due to split from the...
Catalan Trial: Day 15 summary
‘I never saw the material, it was sealed,’ Rosa María Sans, from the Artyplan graphic design company, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the...
48 hours to remove ‘esteladas’ and yellow ribbons from public buildings
Spain’s electoral authority has ordered Catalan president Quim Torra to remove all independence flags and yellow ribbons from public buildings within 48 hours. Following a...
Centre for immigrant children attacked twice
A group of young people wearing hoods twice stormed a centre for unaccompanied immigrant children on the outskirts of Castelldefels, a town 25km south of...
Madrid train bombings remembered, 15 years on
Monday was the 15th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, the deadliest terror attack in the history of Spain, in which Al Qaeda terrorists attacked...
Catalan Trial: Day 14 summary
In the days leading up to the independence referendum on 1 October 2017, none of the three police forces charged with halting the vote expected...
Carles Puigdemont to run in European election
Carles Puigdemont, former Catalan president, is to run for election as an MEP in the 26 May European Parliament election. Puigdemont will head the pro-independence...
Barcelona files complaints against ‘feminazi’ bus
Barcelona City Council has filed two complaints against the ultra-conservative catholic Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) association, that could incur fines of up to 61,000 euros. They...
