Catalan Trial: Day 10 summary
‘The force used was the minimum required,’ Spain’s former secretary of state for security said about the Spanish police operation to stop the 1 October...
Mossos d’Esquadra
National Court confirms it will try former Mossos leadership
Spain’s National Court has confirmed that it will try the former leadership of the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, for its role in the independence...
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,...
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...
