Catalan Independence Archives

Judge asks Puigdemont to testify voluntarily and by video in terrorism probe

News Desk8th April 202415th April 2024

8th April 202415th April 2024477

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who is still sought by Spanish justice, has been called to testify by Spain’s Supreme Court as part of a terrorism investigation over

Spanish government ‘absolutely rejects’ latest proposal for Catalan independence referendum

News Desk3rd April 202410th April 2024

3rd April 202410th April 20241743

The Spanish government has been quick to reject a new proposal for a Catalan independence referendum put forward by the current Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of

Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

News Desk22nd March 202426th March 2024

22nd March 202426th March 2024676

Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would

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

News Desk14th March 202422nd March 2024

14th March 202422nd March 2024744

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

Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May

News Desk14th March 202421st March 2024

14th March 202421st March 2024860

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

Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

News Desk10th March 202414th March 2024

10th March 202414th March 2024904

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

Spanish Supreme Court officially opens ‘terrorism’ investigation of Carles Puigdemont

News Desk29th February 20247th March 2024

29th February 20247th March 2024796

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

PP tries to backtrack on whether Feijóo had been willing to pardon Puigdemont

News Desk13th February 202419th February 2024

13th February 202419th February 2024665

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

‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

News Desk30th January 20247th February 2024

30th January 20247th February 2024823

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

Judges extend probes into Puigdemont’s alleged ‘Kremlin ties’ and ‘Tsunami terrorism’

News Desk29th January 20245th February 2024

29th January 20245th February 20241219

On the eve of a key vote in the Spanish Congress on a controversial amnesty law for Catalan activists and politicians involved in a failed

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