Catalan Parliament urges Quim Torra to call elections
The Catalan Parliament has passed a motion urging president Quim Torra to ‘face a confidence vote immediately or call a snap election.’ Despite growing criticism
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Catalan Trial: Day 27 summary
Juan Carlos Molinero, the second-in-command of the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra) during the 2017 independence referendum, began his testimony in Spain’s Supreme Court on
Catalan Trial: Day 26 summary
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont pledged to declare independence if the 2017 independence referendum led to ‘incidents’, according to Ferran López, the then second-in-command of
Catalan Trial: Day 25 summary
Protestors ‘violently attacked’ police carrying out a raid on the far-left CUP party HQ on 20 September 2017, the head of the information unit of the
British MEP removed from Gibraltar role amid ‘colony’ row
A British MEP has been removed from his role negotiating post-Brexit visa-free travel to the EU for UK citizens, amid the dispute over a draft
Spain still divided after 80th anniversary of end of civil war
Spain has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the 1936-39 civil war, after which began the dictatorship of Franco, with the country still divided
Former French minister visits Catalan leaders in prison
Benoît Hamon, former French education minister under François Hollande, visited three of the Catalan pro-independence leaders at Soto del Real prison on Monday. The ex-Socialist
PP’s spokeswoman to head party in European election
The People’s Party (PP) spokeswoman Dolors Montserrat will head the right-wing party’s candidacy in the European elections. PP head Pablo Casado announced Montserrat’s candidacy on
7 arrests, 5 injuries in anti-fascist demo in Barcelona
Police arrested 7 anti-fascist demonstrators on Saturday in Barcelona after some threw stones and eggs at a security cordon that separated them from a far-right
Spain’s Solicitor General calls for investigation into voters
Spain’s Solicitor General has joined an appeal by the SUP police union in Barcelona’s provincial high court demanding 36 voters at four polling stations during