Pro-independence bloc grows majority in Catalonia, despite Socialist narrow win
Catalan pro-independence groups have secured over 50% of the votes for the first time in the Catalan elections held on Sunday 14 February – despite the...
Carlos Carrizosa
Catalan election campaigns underway – as jailed leaders seek amnesty
Campaigning is now well underway for the elections in Catalonia due to be held on 14 February, after the date was finally confirmed by Spain’s High Court in...
Health minister to head socialist party in Catalan elections – and Cs party MP moves to PP
Spain’s current health minister Salvador Illa will become the socialist PSOE party’s presidential candidate in the elections to be held in Catalonia on 14 February. It comes...
Junqueras stopped from joining EU election TV debate
Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) has stopped the jailed Catalan politician, Oriol Junqueras – who is currently on trial at the Supreme Court – from taking part...
Quim Torra maintains yellow ribbons despite ultimatum
Catalan president Quim Torra and his cabinet have decided to defy an ultimatum from the Spanish Electoral Authority and maintain the yellow ribbons on government...
Torra claims ‘freedom of speech’, rejects yellow ribbons ban
Catalan president Quim Torra has announced he will keep yellow ribbons on the façades of public buildings, thus defying orders from Spain’s electoral authority deeming...
‘La Diada’: unionist parties accuse pro-independence
As tens of thousands of Catalans prepare to attend what has become an annual demonstration on Catalonia’s National Day (‘La Diada’) on 11 September, calling for the...
Ciutadans file criminal charges against Catalan parliament speaker
Ciutadans (Cs), the main unionist party in Catalonia, is filing criminal charges against the parliament speaker Roger Torrent and members of the chamber’s bureau who...
