11th December 2024

Catalan Independence

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Calls for national unity on ‘Constitution Day’

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‘Our democracy is firm and consolidated,’ Spain’s King Felipe VI stated during his address on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution.
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Sánchez to refer budget to parliament in January

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his minority Socialist (PSOE) government will refer its 2019 budget to parliament for approval in January, possibly triggering
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Borrell: Belgian minister’s comments ‘unacceptable’

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Spain’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, has stated that the comments made by Belgium’s Defence Minister regarding Catalonia are ‘unacceptable’ and that they will be answered.
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Two more Catalan leaders join hunger strike

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Two more former Catalan ministers, Joaquim Forn and Josep Rull, currently in pre-trial detention, have joined a hunger strike to protest against the judicial process of
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Far-right win rocks Spanish politics

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The first success of a far-right party in a regional election since Spain’s return to democracy in 1975 has shaken national politics ahead a busy
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Who will govern with who in Andalusia?

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A far-right party, Vox, won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of
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Two jailed Catalan leaders to go on hunger strike

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Two of the Catalan pro-independence leaders in pre-trial detention have begun a hunger strike to protest against the hearings due to start in early 2019. Jordi
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Spain’s far-right Vox party set to win seats

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Spain’s tiny far-right party Vox, with its tough line against immigration and Catalan independence, is starting to make waves and on Sunday could win seats in
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Amnesty to ‘monitor’ trial of jailed Catalan leaders

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Amnesty International has reiterated its commitment to continue to denounce the ‘unjustifiable’ detention of the Catalan pro-independence civic leaders, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, in what it
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Omnium HQ painted with swastikas

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The headquarters of Òmnium Cultural, the Catalan pro-independence civil group, has had its façade in Barcelona defaced with various red swastikas. The vice president of the group, Marcel