Spain’s public prosecutor requests new EU arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont
See end of report for update. Spain’s public prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to issue a new European Arrest Warrant for former Catalan president...
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Puigdemont claims PSOE offered him a pardon in exchange for surrendering to Spanish justice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
