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Supreme Court maintains public office ban for 4 Catalan pro-independence leaders

News Desk14th February 202320th February 2023

14th February 202320th February 20232760

Four Catalan pro-independence leaders will remain banned from holding public office, Spain’s Supreme Court said on Monday, despite a legal reform pushed through by Spain’s...

Mixed interpretations follow EU court’s ruling regarding extradition of Catalan politicians

News Desk31st January 20236th February 2023

31st January 20236th February 20232971

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Tuesday that Belgium’s decision to refuse the extradition of Catalan pro-independence official Lluís Puig to Spain is...

Spain-France summit in Barcelona met with protests for Catalan independence

News Desk19th January 202326th January 2023

19th January 202326th January 20232899

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Barcelona on Thursday, in a Spain-France summit designed to strengthen relations between the...

Spain drops sedition charge against former Catalan president Puigdemont

News Desk12th January 202319th January 2023

12th January 202319th January 20232844

A Spanish judge has dropped sedition charges against former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont for his role in the region’s illegal secession push in 2017 that...

Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy

News Desk16th December 202221st December 2022

16th December 202221st December 20223845

Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move...

Spain to update sedition law to become ‘aggravated public disorder’

News Desk13th November 202216th November 2022

13th November 202216th November 20222996

The coalition government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is introducing a bill to reform the criminal code by updating the offence of ‘sedition’, bringing...

JxCat party vote to quit Catalan coalition government led by ERC

News Desk8th October 202213th October 2022

8th October 202213th October 20222839

Catalonia has found itself in a situation of political uncertainty again after the Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party decided to pull out of the pro-independence...

Catalan President, Pere Aragonès, sacks his vice-president, Jordi Puigneró

News Desk29th September 20224th October 2022

29th September 20224th October 20222896

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Amid political in-fighting, Catalan independence takes to the streets again for ‘La Diada’

News Desk12th September 202219th September 2022

12th September 202219th September 20223208

While the local police in Barcelona calculated that 150,000 people attended a mass pro-independence rally in the city on Sunday, coinciding with ‘La Diada’ (the...

UN human rights committee says Spain at fault for suspension of Catalan MPs

News Desk31st August 20227th September 2022

31st August 20227th September 20224077

Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have said that Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government and parliament by...

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