Rivera offers Sánchez support for direct rule on Catalonia
As Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has begun talks with other political parties in search of potential alliances that will allow his Socialist Party...
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Catalan Trial: Day 40 summary
Day 40 of the Catalan Trial saw citizens and voters in the October 2017 referendum giving testimonies at Madrid’s Supreme Court. They were called to...
Catalan president summoned to court over yellow ribbons
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, has been summoned to appear before Spain’s High Court in Catalonia on 15 May over the yellow ribbon controversy. Torra failed...
Catalan Trial: Day 39 summary
Day 39 and week 13 of the Catalan Trial started at the Supreme Court in Madrid with the testimony of a union representative of the Catalan...
Minister walks off in protest during Holocaust memorial
Spanish Justice Minister Dolores Delgado walked away in protest from a service commemorating the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on Sunday, after one...
Puigdemont, Comín, Ponsatí can stand in EU elections
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont will be able to run in the European Parliament elections after a local court in Madrid ruled in his favour,...
Puigdemont ‘eligible’ – but local court to have final say
Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed that the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont and other two exiled former government members are ‘eligible’ for elections – but the...
Supreme Court to decide if Puigdemont can stand in EU election
The Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid will finally decide on whether the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont can stand in the European Parliament elections on 26 May....
Puigdemont appeals ban on standing in EU elections
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party is appealing the decision by Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) to bar former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, and his former ministers...
Catalan Trial: Day 38 summary
Day 38 in the trial of Catalan leaders in the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid began with testimonies from people who voted in the 1 October...
