Catalan Trial: Day 3 summary
‘I see myself as a political prisoner,’ was how the jailed former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras began his testimony in the Supreme Court on Thursday,
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Catalan Trial: Day 1 summary
The trial of Catalan independence leaders began on Tuesday 12 February, and for the next few months, 12 politicians and activists will be tried for
Catalan trial starts: the accused, charges, accusers
The trial against Catalan independence leaders, which is set to have a major political impact on Spain, has started today, Tuesday 12 February. Twelve people
Outrage as prosecutor doubts Catalan judges’ impartiality
A prosecutor in Spain’s National Court has cast doubts over the ‘impartiality’ of Catalan judges to try former Catalan police chief Josep Lluís Trapero and
Six arrested in Sabadell over alleged gang rape
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested six men in Sabadell, a town in the surroundings of Barcelona, for allegedly gang-raping an 18-year-old woman.
Jailed Catalan leaders on way to Madrid prisons
The nine Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders have left the prisons in Catalonia where they had been incarcerated for the last seven months. They have started the
Skier dies after being caught in avalanche in Spain
A Spanish skier died on Saturday after being caught in an avalanche in the Pyrenees mountains, police said, adding they were investigating whether the man
Pre-trial hearing set for former Catalan police chief
Spain’s High Court in Madrid (the Audiencia Nacional) has set 5 February for a pre-trial hearing in the cases of former officials in charge of the Catalan
Taxi strikes increase in Barcelona and Madrid
Taxi and ridesharing drivers stepped up their protests on Monday, in both Barcelona and Madrid. Cab owners continued blockading Barcelona’s major Gran Via thoroughfare with their vehicles
Police raid Barcelona cell suspected of plotting attack
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra launched a counter-terrorism operation in Barcelona and a nearby city on Tuesday against an alleged militant Islamist cell suspected of