National Court confirms it will try former Mossos leadership
Spain’s National Court has confirmed that it will try the former leadership of the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, for its role in the independence...
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Woman dies after eating at Michelin-star restaurant in Valencia
A woman who died after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain may have suffered food poisoning, a local court said on Friday. The 46-year-old...
Arrimadas to ‘remind’ Puigdemont ‘republic doesn’t exist’
Inés Arrimadas, the leader of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Catalonia (Ciutadans), is to travel to Belgium on Sunday to remind the former Catalan president,...
Catalan Trial: Day 6 summary
On the sixth day of the trial of the Catalan independence leaders, the former business minister, Santi Vila, said that the 2017 independence referendum became ‘a...
Protests and strikes continue across Catalonia
Many on-going disruptions that started early this morning are part of a general strike called for Thursday in Catalonia. Activists blocked roads in Catalonia before...
Catalan Trial: Day 5 summary
Spain’s Constitutional Court ‘lacks moral authority’, according to former Catalan minister, Josep Rull, who testified on Wednesday, the fifth day in the trial of Catalan independence...
Court gives 15-year sentence in gang rape case
Three men were sentenced to up to 15 years in jail for gang rape, a Spanish court said Wednesday, in a case reminiscent of a...
Felipe VI: ‘democracy not above respecting the law’
Spain’s King Felipe VI has said democracy is not above respecting the law, in unusually outspoken comments widely interpreted as refuting claims by Catalan independence leaders...
Trial focus: Manuel Marchena on a ‘prestige’ tightrope
At the helm of the hugely divisive trial of Catalan independence leaders, Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena is performing a difficult balancing act, alternating firmness...
Venezuela’s military ‘on alert’
Venezuela’s military has said it is on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump, and it has suspended air and sea links...
