Catalan Trial: Day 3 summary
‘I see myself as a political prisoner,’ was how the jailed former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras began his testimony in the Supreme Court on Thursday,...
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Junqueras: ‘I consider myself a political prisoner’
The lead defendant in a rebellion case against Catalan independence leaders refused to answer prosecutors’ questions as he took the stand today at Spain’s most...
Sánchez to announce on Friday about general election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will announce on Friday whether he calls an early general election, the government said, after right-wing and Catalan independence parties...
Catalan trial starts: the accused, charges, accusers
The trial against Catalan independence leaders, which is set to have a major political impact on Spain, has started today, Tuesday 12 February. Twelve people...
Trial focus: ‘It’s Oriol Junqueras’s moment’
It’s been a tumultuous few years for Oriol Junqueras, the Catalan professor who became vice-president of a government that tried to break away from Spain,...
ERC party seek amendments to PM’s budget
The future of the Spanish government is uncertain after the Esquerra (ERC) party has ruled out any possibility of backing the general budget for 2019,...
Mariano Rajoy to be called as witness in Catalan trial
Spain’s Supreme Court will call former Spanish Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy to give evidence in the upcoming trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders, now confirmed to start...
Jailed Catalan leader to run for Barcelona mayor
A former Catalan pro-independence leader who is in jail for alleged rebellion pending a trial over the 2017 referendum is to run for mayor of...
Jailed Catalan leader denies any crime ahead of trial
The former Catalan foreign minister, Raül Romeva, says that in the upcoming independence trial he will not acknowledge organising a referendum as a criminal offence....
Sánchez seeks Catalan support for budget
Spain’s Socialist government has presented its draft 2019 Budget, and which will start parliamentary procedures on Monday – but whether it will succeed remains far from certain....
