Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy
Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move
Junts per Catalunya (JxCat)
JxCat party vote to quit Catalan coalition government led by ERC
Catalonia has found itself in a situation of political uncertainty again after the Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party decided to pull out of the pro-independence
Amid political in-fighting, Catalan independence takes to the streets again for ‘La Diada’
While the local police in Barcelona calculated that 150,000 people attended a mass pro-independence rally in the city on Sunday, coinciding with ‘La Diada’ (the
UN human rights committee says Spain at fault for suspension of Catalan MPs
Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have said that Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government and parliament by
Spain rules Franco regime ‘illegal’ with new ‘Democratic Memory Law’
The Spanish Congress has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory Law’ that declares illegal the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco and makes the central government
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
Head of Spain’s intelligence agency under spotlight over phone hacking scandal
Paz Esteban, the head of Spain’s Intelligence Service (CNI), has appeared before a parliamentary committee for questioning over phone hacking revelations, first referred to as ‘CatalanGate’.
Sánchez and Aragonès resume talks, despite ‘radically different’ views
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan President Pere Aragonès in Barcelona on Wednesday – at the start of resuming ‘dialogue’ between the two governments on resolving the Catalan
Spain suspends Barcelona airport expansion plans due to lack of support from Catalan government
The Spanish government and Aena, the country’s airport authority, have suspended a €1.7 billion investment plan to expand Barcelona El Prat airport, due to lack of