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Muted ‘Diada’ rallies underline loss of political strength of Catalan independence movement

News Desk12th September 202417th September 2024

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Catalan independence supporters on Wednesday marked ‘La Diada’ – the National Day of Catalonia – but with the pro-independence parties deeply divided and out of

Three Mossos officers suspended following Puigdemont’s escape from Spain

News Desk27th August 20244th September 2024

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Three police officers of the Mossos d’Esquadra, the regional force in Catalonia, have been suspended over their alleged role in facilitating the escape of the

Catalan police acknowledge errors in failed plan to detain Carles Puigdemont

News Desk24th August 202427th August 2024

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The regional police force of Catalonia, the Mossos d’Esquadra, has admitted in a report a number of mistakes in its failed operation to arrest the

New Catalan government sworn in, ending a decade of pro-independence rule

News Desk12th August 202420th August 2024

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Spain’s ruling socialist (PSOE) party regained control of Catalonia’s regional government as a new cabinet led by the Catalan Socialists (PSC) was sworn in on

With Puigdemont back in Belgium, recriminations fly between Supreme Court and Mossos

News Desk10th August 202419th August 2024

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Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena has demanded the names of the Catalan police officers who approved the operation to carry out the arrest warrant

A new era in Catalonia, as socialist Salvador Illa is elected president

News Desk9th August 202412th August 2024

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The leader of the Catalan Socialist (PSC) party, Salvador Illa, was finally elected as Catalan president on Thursday evening, after an eventful day in and around the

Catalan police fail to detain Puigdemont, despite him giving public speech in Barcelona

News Desk8th August 202413th August 2024

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The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, are under the spotlight after failing to detain former Catalan president and fugitive Carles Puigdemont, who made a pre-announced return

Puigdemont announces ‘return journey from exile’ for Catalan investiture debate

News Desk7th August 202410th August 2024

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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has announced that he is taking his ‘return journey from exile’ in order to attend the investiture debate taking place

Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia

News Desk3rd August 20247th August 2024

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The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –

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

News Desk10th July 202421st July 2024

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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

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