28th March 2024

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Strikes now increase in Catalonia

SiE Newsdesk / ACN / Catalan News
University students in Catalonia went on strike on Wednesday to demand the reduction of tuition fees, thus further heating up a week already marked by
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Torra withdraws support of government

Newsdesk / ACN
The Catalan president Quim Torra withdrew support from the Spanish government on Friday after the public prosecutor confirmed the accusations of rebellion against pro-independence leaders
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Spanish PM ‘accomplice of repression,’ says Quim Torra

Newsdesk / ACN
Quim Torra, the Catalan president, accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of being an ‘accomplice of repression’ after reacting to the proposed sentences by Spain’s
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Prosecutors: ‘rebellion’, up to 25 years jail

Tim Parfitt / AFP / Agencies
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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‘Council for the Republic’ launched

Newsdesk / ACN
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
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No anniversary celebration of independence declaration

Ben Norman / Catalan News ACN
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
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Focus: one year after Catalan independence bid

AFP
Catalonia‘s separatist movement appears split a year after the region’s fruitless declaration of independence from Spain, with some pressing ahead on an idealist path to
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Supreme Court orders trial of Catalan leaders

AFP
Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered 18 former Catalan leaders to stand trial over their role in last year’s declaration of independence. The trial is