Catalan Parliament response to upcoming verdict: amnesty and self-determination
The Catalan Parliament has voted on seeking an amnesty and exercising the right to self-determination in response to the upcoming potential guilty verdict for the
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Seven Catalan activists sent to prison without bail on terrorism charges
Spain’s National Court in Madrid has sent seven Catalan pro-independence activists to prison without bail for allegedly belonging to a terrorist group, making and possessing explosives,
Strong reactions from politicians following arrest of nine activists
The arrest of nine Catalan pro-independence activists being accused of ‘terrorism’ has provoked outrage among the parties in favour of a self-determination referendum. The Catalan president,
Spain moving nearer to elections again on 10 November
Despite winning the 28 April general election, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez‘s Socialist (PSOE) party has still not found enough support in the Spanish Congress to
‘We will persist’ say pro-referendum parties on Catalonia’s ‘La Diada’
As Catalonia’s National Day (La Diada) got underway on Wednesday, leading political figures in the pro-independence movement took advantage to restate their determination to see
Catalan President: ‘If our colleagues are convicted, we will act accordingly’
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, believes that a potential guilty verdict for the jailed political and civic leaders for the 2017 referendum would mark a
Catalan government planning response to trial verdicts
With the Spanish Supreme Court expected to deliver the verdicts in the Catalan Trial in late September or early October, the current Catalan coalition government
Catalan president urges ‘confrontation’ for independence to succeed
Catalan president Quim Torra has stressed that ‘confrontation’ with Spain is the only plausible way to achieve Catalan independence, thus demonstrating the cracks between the
Talks to form government to resume at end of August
In his efforts to find support for his bid to officially become reinstated as Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez has said on a number of
Barcelona City Council seeks inquiry into terrorist attacks
Barcelona City Council has voted in favour of a motion demanding that the Spanish Congress sets up a committee of inquiry into the August 2017
