Catalan Trial: Day 24 summary
Officers from the Spanish National Police, the Guardia Civil and the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, were scheduled to testify on day 24 of the
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Spain’s foreign minister walks off German TV interview
Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell refused to answer questions on Catalan independence and Spanish constitutional reform in a heated interview on German TV, and temporarily
Sánchez: 110 election pledges without mentioning Catalonia
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has unveiled 110 commitments for the upcoming general election – although none of them make any direct reference to Catalonia. The
Catalan Trial: Day 23 summary
A German politician who was in Catalonia on 1 October 2017 and who witnessed the independence referendum said he was ‘impressed’ by the ‘calm’ attitude
Spain files criminal lawsuit against Catalan president over yellow ribbons
Spain’s public prosecutor has launched a criminal lawsuit against Catalan president Quim Torra for ‘disobedience’, after he defied orders from Spain’s electoral authority requesting ‘partisan’ symbols to
Catalan Trial: Day 22 summary
A senior Spanish police officer testifying on the 22nd day in the trial of Catalan independence leaders said the protests surrounding raids to disrupt the upcoming referendum
Paris rejects 41 French senators’ dialogue request over Catalonia
41 French senators urged Emmanuel Macron‘s government and the EU to take action in order for Spain to engage in dialogue with Catalonia – but
Mexico demands apology from Spain for colonial ‘abuses’
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Spain’s King Felipe VI and Pope Francis demanding an apology for the ‘abuses’ of colonialism and the
Trial begins of Catholic school sex abuse
The trial has started in Barcelona of a Catholic school’s former gym teacher accused of sexually assaulting students, as further allegations of abuse shake the
Catalan Trial: Day 21 summary
The trial of Catalan independence leaders in Spain’s Supreme Court entered its 7th week and 21st day on Monday, with witness testimonies from two Guardia Civil
