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Puigdemont claims PSOE offered him a pardon in exchange for surrendering to Spanish justice

News Desk6th July 202314th July 2023

6th July 202314th July 20231423

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has revealed in a radio interview with Catalan station RAC1 that ‘people from the PSOE’, the socialist party led by

Supreme Court maintains misuse of funds & disobedience charges against Puigdemont

News Desk21st March 202328th March 2023

21st March 202328th March 20231815

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld its decision to indict former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont for the crimes of misuse of public funds and disobedience. The

Mixed interpretations follow EU court’s ruling regarding extradition of Catalan politicians

News Desk31st January 20236th February 2023

31st January 20236th February 20231758

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Tuesday that Belgium’s decision to refuse the extradition of Catalan pro-independence official Lluís Puig to Spain is

Belgian police make EU Parliament arrests in Qatar corruption probe

News Desk12th December 202219th December 2022

12th December 202219th December 20221638

Belgian police have arrested a European Parliament vice-president and four others in connection with an investigation into corruption implicating World Cup hosts Qatar. Officers arrested

Spain’s sex club owners and workers protest government’s prostitution bill

News Desk13th September 202220th September 2022

13th September 202220th September 202217934

Protesters including brothel owners and sex workers demonstrated on Monday in front of the Spanish Congress in Madrid, over a bill that would penalise prostitution

EU court restores immunity for Puigdemont, Ponsatí & Comín

News Desk26th May 202230th May 2022

26th May 202230th May 20221712

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided to provisionally restore the parliamentary immunity of three Catalan pro-independence MEPs who fled Spain fearing arrest over

EU president calls for ‘complete import ban on all Russian oil’ in new sanctions

News Desk4th May 20229th May 2022

4th May 20229th May 20221605

Click here for all our reports related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission’s president has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban

Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí lose immunity again

News Desk30th July 20215th August 2021

30th July 20215th August 20211978

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, have again lost their parliamentary immunity after the European

Spain lifts restrictions for travellers from the UK from Monday 24 May

Steph Osborn23rd May 202116th June 2021

23rd May 202116th June 20219738

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (16 June) The Spanish government has today announced that travellers from the UK can visit the country from Monday 24 May

EU Parliament lifts MEP immunity of Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí

News Desk9th March 202130th July 2021

9th March 202130th July 20212484

The European Parliament has voted to lift the immunity from prosecution of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his former ministers, Toni

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