19th March 2024

Catalan Independence

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Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

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Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile
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Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May

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The president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, announced on Wednesday that he had dissolved the Catalan parliament and called an early election for Sunday 12 May, after
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Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

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Thousands of people protested in Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. They were protesting a controversial amnesty bill that the
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Spanish Supreme Court officially opens ‘terrorism’ investigation of Carles Puigdemont

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The Spanish Supreme Court said on Thursday that it was opening an investigation into fromer Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (main image) on ‘terrorism’ charges over protests
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PP tries to backtrack on whether Feijóo had been willing to pardon Puigdemont

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Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), has denied that any conversations with the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) took place regarding a
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‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

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The Spanish Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial amnesty law after the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), who had demanded it, finally voted
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Spanish government tweaks terrorism clauses in draft amnesty law

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Spain’s ruling PSOE socialists and Catalan pro-independence parties reached a deal on Tuesday to amend a planned amnesty law that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro
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Spying dossier on Catalan president Pere Aragonès to be ‘partially declassified’

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The Spanish cabinet has approved the ‘partial declassification’ of surveillance documentation concerning Catalan president Pere Aragonès [pictured with Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez], during 2020 when
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Media groups uncover alleged illegal investigation of Catalan independence groups by Spanish government led by Rajoy

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A recent inquiry conducted by Spanish media outlets La Vanguardia, El Diario and El Nacional has exposed the alleged illegal use of the country’s national police