Court maintains Catalan elections for 14 February
#UPDATED – 29 Jan The Catalan High Court (TSJC) has finally maintained the 14 February date for the elections in Catalonia and revoked the decree postponing them
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Bars, restaurants in Catalonia to close, retail stores move to 30% capacity
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Catalonia to impose fines of up to €15,000 for ‘botellons’ – street drinking parties
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (26 August) The Catalan government has now banned ‘botellons’ – street drinking parties – in an effort to stop any
Coronavirus in Spain figures (17 July)
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Segrià in Lleida (Catalonia) in lockdown, affecting 210,000 residents
Last updated in Spain at 18h on Saturday 4 July. The Catalan government has ordered the comarca (county) of Segrià in Lleida, west of Catalonia, to be under lockdown
Pedro Sánchez finally speaks to Quim Torra again – by telephone
Acting Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has finally spoken again to Catalan president Quim Torra – the first time since the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced nine
Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias reach pre-agreement for coalition government
Acting Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, have reached a pre-agreement to form a coalition government in Spain, following
Barcelona in turmoil again, Torra is criticised, and Spain to deploy more police
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has stressed that his government ‘will not accept violence taking over’ Catalonia as the streets of Barcelona entered a
Spain will not investigate alleged links between terrorist head and secret services
Spain’s National Court has declined to investigate the alleged links between the mastermind of the Barcelona and Cambrils August 2017 terror attacks and the Spanish
Rivera offers Sánchez support for direct rule on Catalonia
As Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has begun talks with other political parties in search of potential alliances that will allow his Socialist Party
