Pro-independence bloc grows majority in Catalonia, despite Socialist narrow win
Catalan pro-independence groups have secured over 50% of the votes for the first time in the Catalan elections held on Sunday 14 February – despite the...
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Catalan election campaigns underway – as jailed leaders seek amnesty
Campaigning is now well underway for the elections in Catalonia due to be held on 14 February, after the date was finally confirmed by Spain’s High Court in...
Spanish health minister quits role to run for presidency of Catalonia
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa is to quit his role on Tuesday to run in the elections scheduled in...
Spain’s Supreme Court revokes ‘low category’ status of jailed Catalan leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court has revoked the ‘low category’ status given to the jailed Catalan leaders, which now cancels their prison leave privileges. It ruled that...
Former Catalan police chief Josep Lluís Trapero acquitted
Josep Lluís Trapero, the former head of the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra) has been found not guilty of sedition and disobedience by Spain’s National Court....
Visit by Felipe VI to Barcelona sparks protests
Protests were held in Barcelona on Friday morning against the visit of Spanish king Felipe VI for an awards ceremony held at the Estació de França...
Quim Torra appeals against ban, seeks ‘justice in Europe’
Quim Torra has appealed his ban from office before Spain’s Constitutional Court, and also pledged to seek ‘justice in Europe’ after being disqualified from the...
Catalan president Quim Torra barred from office for ‘disobedience’
Catalan president Quim Torra has been barred from office for 18 months for ‘disobedience’ following a hearing at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid on 17 September. In...
Spanish government to consider pardons for jailed Catalan leaders
The Spanish government has announced that it will commence the process to consider a request to pardon the nine jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders from next...
Torra calls action to bar him from office for not removing banners as ‘utterly disproportionate’
Catalan president Quim Torra faced a hearing at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday, regarding the final ruling on whether he will be...
