Prosecutors: ‘rebellion’, up to 25 years jail
Spain’s Public Prosecutor called Friday for Catalan independence leaders to be jailed for up to 25 years on charges of rebellion or misuse of public...
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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...
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...
Brexit: a dim outlook for Spain-Gibraltar border
It’s morning rush hour at the border between Spain and Gibraltar and virtually all the traffic is flowing from the downtrodden Spanish city of La...
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...
