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...
Junts per Catalunya (JxCat)
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...
Sánchez: there will ‘never’ be an independence referendum for Catalonia
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez insisted on Wednesday that there will not be an independence referendum in Catalonia because his socialist PSOE party ‘will never, ever...
Catalan leaders walk free from prison
The nine Catalan leaders and activists, jailed for their roles in the October 2017 independence referendum, walked free from prison on Wednesday, following the pardons granted...
Catalan president Pere Aragonès promises ‘new era’ for Catalonia
Pere Aragonès of the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party has promised a ‘new era’ for Catalonia, after officially taking office as president on Wednesday to lead a coalition...
Pere Aragonès voted in as Catalan President after ERC and JxCat reach agreement
Pere Aragonès was voted as the 132nd president of Catalonia by the pro-independence majority in parliament on Friday 21 May, ending a three month political...
