Focus: the ‘Catalan Trials’ still to come …
The main Catalan Trial that was held at Spain’s Supreme Court in Madrid lasted from 12 February until 12 June – 52 days of court sessions...
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76 Catalan MPs protest EU Parliament’s ‘arbitrary’ accreditation
Catalan Parliament representatives of the three pro-independence parties Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), Esquerra Republicana (ERC) and CUP – as well as the Catalunya en Comú party – have all...
Catalan Trial: Day 43 summary
Day 43 and week 14 of the Catalan Trial at Spain’s Supreme Court started with further testimonies from citizens who voted in the Catalan referendum of...
Puigdemont appeals ban on standing in EU elections
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party is appealing the decision by Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) to bar former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, and his former ministers...
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...
Catalan Trial: Day 25 summary
Protestors ‘violently attacked’ police carrying out a raid on the far-left CUP party HQ on 20 September 2017, the head of the information unit of the...
Madrid to take ‘monarchy investigation committee’ to court
The Spanish government is to take the Catalan parliament committee formed to investigate the monarchy to the Constitutional Court. The chamber, the seat of which is in Barcelona,...
Catalan Trial: Day 9 summary
Basque leader Iñigo Urkullu revealed his mediation efforts in the Catalan crisis during his testimony on the 9th day of the trial of the 12...
Two witnesses fined for refusing far-right Vox questions
Two of the witnesses called to testify this afternoon on the 8th day of the Catalan trial have been fined for refusing to be questioned by the...
Catalan Trial: Day 8 summary
Witnesses began giving testimony today, on the 8th day of the trial of Catalan independence leaders in Spain’s Supreme Court, including Spain’s former prime minister,...
