Catalonia to exit regional liquidity fund in 2019
Catalonia will exit the Regional Liquidity Fund (FLA) in January 2019, according to the Catalan government’s vice president and economy minister, Pere Aragonès. The fund...
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Sánchez dismisses Torra’s ‘monologue’ document
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has closed the door to negotiating a 21-point document put forward by the Catalan president Quim Torra during their meeting...
Sánchez says he aims to see out parliamentary term
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, whose minority government has struggled to pass a budget since taking office in June, said in an interview published Sunday...
Spanish government calls meeting ‘show of affection’ to Catalonia
The Spanish government described its controversial cabinet meeting in Barcelona as a ‘show of affection’ towards Catalonia, despite major protests by pro-independence groups that brought tight...
Spanish PM pledges fresh dialogue with Catalan leader
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the pro-independence leader of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, have pledged fresh dialogue to try to resolve their dispute...
Sánchez to meet Torra today, as protests gear up
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on Friday amid tight security as Catalan pro-independence groups plan to hold protests...
Madrid denies meeting in Barcelona is provocation
Carmen Calvo, Spain’s deputy prime minister, has rejected claims by Catalan pro-independence supporters that the Madrid government’s decision to hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona...
A possible Sánchez-Torra ‘mini-summit’
The Spanish and Catalan governments could convene on Friday as Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his ministers travel to Barcelona, where they will hold...
Jordi Turull on hunger strike taken to prison hospital
Jordi Turull, one of the jailed Catalan pro-indendepence leaders who has been on a hunger strike for two weeks, has been hospitalised in the prison...
Sánchez compares Catalan independence to Brexiteer ‘lies’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday accused Catalan pro-independence parties of basing their cause on ‘lies’ and ‘manipulation’, comparing them to Brexit supporters in...
