One weekend, two opposite protests
This weekend in Barcelona will see two separate protests that define the conflict between those who want an independent Catalonia, or at least the chance...
Marches for Freedom
Nine days of protests in Catalonia, and on-going …
When the Spanish Supreme Court announced its verdict on the Catalan independence leaders on Monday 14 October, sentencing nine politicians and activists to jail for...
Up close on the ‘Freedom March’ to Barcelona
First came the motorbikes, then the bicycles, then a 100-year-old woman in a wheelchair. Finally the massive crowd, one of the five Marches for Freedom that...
Madrid says protests ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish interior minister, has said that the recent protests in Barcelona and other Catalan cities and towns are ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’. He...
Counting the cost of Catalan protests, as fourth night kicks off
With the fourth night of protests already underway in Barcelona and other Catalan cities over the jailing of nine independence leaders to up to 13...
