Lledoners prison protest for jailed leaders
Thousands of people gathered outside Lledoners prison on Thursday evening to demand freedom for the nine incarcerated Catalan leaders. Around 15,000 protesters, according to the...
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Spanish artist defaces Franco tomb
A Spanish artist, Enrique Terneiro, painted a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom‘ on Francisco Franco’s tomb on Wednesday, at the vast mausoleum near Madrid where...
‘Council for the Republic’ launched
An organisation led by exiled leaders called Council for the Republic was one of the three pillars announced by the Catalan president, Quim Torra, right...
Vatican backs Spain’s search for Franco reburial
The Vatican said Tuesday it agreed with Spain’s efforts to find an alternative to the Madrid cathedral as a place to rebury late dictator Francisco...
Prosecutor to propose sentences for jailed leaders
The Spanish Public Prosecutor will make public this week their proposed sentences for the 18 Catalan leaders, prosecuted over the 2017 independence push ahead of...
Police crackdown in Barcelona against ‘narcoflats’
Hundreds of police backed by a helicopter on Monday raided dozens of apartments in Barcelona, used for selling and consuming heroin and other drugs. Around...
Puigdemont forms new platform: Crida Nacional
A year after threatening the unity of Spain with an attempt to declare independence, the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont launched a new party on...
No anniversary celebration of independence declaration
On 27 October 2017, pro-independence parties in Catalonia defied Spain and declared independence after a heated debate in parliament -a move that was immediately blocked...
Barcelona City Council: no to monarchy
Barcelona City Council has passed a motion condemning the Spanish monarch, Felipe VI, and reasserting support for the abolition of ‘an outdated and anti-democratic institution...
Focus: one year after Catalan independence bid
Catalonia‘s separatist movement appears split a year after the region’s fruitless declaration of independence from Spain, with some pressing ahead on an idealist path to...
