Supreme Court refuses amnesty for Puigdemont over misuse of public funds
The Spanish Supreme Court has refused to grant an amnesty to former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on a charge of misusing public funds, maintaining arrest warrants over
Esquerra Republicana (ERC)
Countdown begins in Catalonia for possible new elections in mid-October
The speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, said on Wednesday that he will give the assembly two months to form a new government or
Pro-independence parties retain speaker in new Catalan Parliament
Catalan pro-independence parties managed to retain the role of speaker in their region’s new parliament on Monday, despite losing their absolute majority in elections last
Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress
The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in
Pedro Sánchez: socialist win in Catalonia ‘ends decade of division and resentment’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that his socialist party’s success in the Catalan elections ended a ‘decade of division’ in the wealthy
Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate
As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning
Puigdemont will still seek to become Catalan president, despite ‘pro-Spain win’
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said on Monday that he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in Catalonia despite a weekend electoral setback which
Catalan pro-independence parties lose majority, as PSC socialists win elections
Catalan pro-independence parties have lost their decade-long hold of power in Catalonia as the pro-union socialist PSOE party – the Catalan Socialists (PSC) in the
Spanish government ‘absolutely rejects’ latest proposal for Catalan independence referendum
The Spanish government has been quick to reject a new proposal for a Catalan independence referendum put forward by the current Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of
Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president
Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would
