Catalan Trial: Day 41 summary
Day 41 of the Catalan Trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid again witnessed a number of Catalan voters relating their experiences of 1 October 2017,...
Catalan politicians in jail
Jailed Catalans request release to be sworn in as MPs
The lawyers of five Catalan politicians currently still in custody whilst on trial for the 2017 independence bid, have asked the Supreme Court to allow...
Catalan Trial: Day 40 summary
Day 40 of the Catalan Trial saw citizens and voters in the October 2017 referendum giving testimonies at Madrid’s Supreme Court. They were called to...
Catalan president summoned to court over yellow ribbons
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, has been summoned to appear before Spain’s High Court in Catalonia on 15 May over the yellow ribbon controversy. Torra failed...
Catalan Trial: Day 39 summary
Day 39 and week 13 of the Catalan Trial started at the Supreme Court in Madrid with the testimony of a union representative of the Catalan...
Minister walks off in protest during Holocaust memorial
Spanish Justice Minister Dolores Delgado walked away in protest from a service commemorating the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on Sunday, after one...
Catalan Trial: Day 38 summary
Day 38 in the trial of Catalan leaders in the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid began with testimonies from people who voted in the 1 October...
Catalan Trial: Day 37 summary
Two members of the European Parliament (MEPs) gave testimony in the morning session of day 37 of the Catalan Trial, hailing Raül Romeva as a ‘defender of...
General Election focus: the ERC party
Esquerra Republicana (ERC) – the ‘Republican Left of Catalonia’ party – has been crusading for an independent, social democratic Catalan state for 88 years. It...
Catalan Trial: Day 36 summary
Two scholars, a politician, and a union leader were summoned to give their testimony on day 36 of the Catalan trial, with 12 politicians and...
