Barcelona in turmoil again, Torra is criticised, and Spain to deploy more police
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has stressed that his government ‘will not accept violence taking over’ Catalonia as the streets of Barcelona entered a
Catalan Trial
Sánchez calls urgent meetings as five protest marches to Barcelona start
Catalonia has entered its third day of protests on Wednesday, as pro-independence supporters continue to demonstrate against the sentencing of 9 Catalan leaders for sedition.
Protestors and police clash in Barcelona and other major towns
Protests have continued on Tuesday night in the centre of Barcelona between Catalan pro-independence supporters and police officers, as well as in other major towns across Catalonia.
Brussels asks Spain to translate third arrest warrant for Puigdemont
The prosecutor in Brussels has asked the Spanish authorities to provide a translation of the European arrest warrant issued on Monday for the detention of former Catalan
Protestor at Barcelona airport loses eye from rubber bullet
A man has lost an eye after being injured during Monday’s clashes between police and pro-independence protestors at Barcelona El Prat airport. Doctors believe the
45 more flights cancelled at Barcelona airport after protests
Passengers at Barcelona El Prat airport are once again left without a flight on Tuesday with 45 more flights cancelled in the aftermath of the
Carles Puigdemont: verdict condemns ‘more than 2m people’
Convicting the Catalan leaders is the same as condemning ‘more than two million people’, said former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, in a news conference on Monday
Defence lawyers on verdict: ‘This has been a political trial’
Several of the defence lawyers for the Catalan political leaders and activists convicted on Monday morning in the Catalan trial have expressed their reactions to
Nicola Sturgeon on trial verdict: ‘political system needs urgent change’
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, described the conviction of the Catalan independence leaders as a ‘dreadful outcome’, adding: ‘These politicians have been jailed for seeking
Pedro Sánchez: court’s handling of trial ‘exemplary’
Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said in press conference on Monday that ‘complying with the [Catalan Trial] verdict implies following the ruling completely,’ thereby