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Spain’s Supreme Court drops Puigdemont ‘terrorism’ probe due to ‘procedural error’

News Desk10th July 202421st July 2024

10th July 202421st July 2024718

Spanish Supreme Court judge Susana Polo has closed a ‘terrorism’ investigation into the Catalan pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 to avoid prosecution

Supreme Court refuses amnesty for Puigdemont over misuse of public funds

News Desk1st July 20248th July 2024

1st July 20248th July 2024761

The Spanish Supreme Court has refused to grant an amnesty to former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on a charge of misusing public funds, maintaining arrest warrants over

Countdown begins in Catalonia for possible new elections in mid-October

News Desk26th June 20243rd July 2024

26th June 20243rd July 2024637

The speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, said on Wednesday that he will give the assembly two months to form a new government or

Pro-independence parties retain speaker in new Catalan Parliament

News Desk11th June 202417th June 2024

11th June 202417th June 2024584

Catalan pro-independence parties managed to retain the role of speaker in their region’s new parliament on Monday, despite losing their absolute majority in elections last

Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress

News Desk30th May 202410th June 2024

30th May 202410th June 2024933

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in

Pedro Sánchez: socialist win in Catalonia ‘ends decade of division and resentment’

News Desk17th May 202423rd May 2024

17th May 202423rd May 2024925

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that his socialist party’s success in the Catalan elections ended a ‘decade of division’ in the wealthy

Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate

News Desk15th May 202422nd May 2024

15th May 202422nd May 2024788

As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning

Puigdemont will still seek to become Catalan president, despite ‘pro-Spain win’

News Desk13th May 202420th May 2024

13th May 202420th May 2024931

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said on Monday that he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in Catalonia despite a weekend electoral setback which

Catalan pro-independence parties lose majority, as PSC socialists win elections

News Desk12th May 202411th June 2024

12th May 202411th June 20241572

Catalan pro-independence parties have lost their decade-long hold of power in Catalonia as the pro-union socialist PSOE party – the Catalan Socialists (PSC) in the

Judge asks Puigdemont to testify voluntarily and by video in terrorism probe

News Desk8th April 202415th April 2024

8th April 202415th April 2024736

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who is still sought by Spanish justice, has been called to testify by Spain’s Supreme Court as part of a terrorism investigation over

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