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Muted ‘Diada’ rallies underline loss of political strength of Catalan independence movement

News Desk12th September 202417th September 2024

12th September 202417th September 20244082

Catalan independence supporters on Wednesday marked ‘La Diada’ – the National Day of Catalonia – but with the pro-independence parties deeply divided and out of...

Ben Ainslie, British skipper in America’s Cup, robbed at knifepoint in Barcelona

News Desk29th August 202424th October 2024

29th August 202424th October 20243380

The British yachtsman Sir Ben Ainslie – a four-time Olympic gold medallist – has been robbed of his Rolex watch after being mugged at knifepoint...

Three Mossos officers suspended following Puigdemont’s escape from Spain

News Desk27th August 20244th September 2024

27th August 20244th September 20244400

Three police officers of the Mossos d’Esquadra, the regional force in Catalonia, have been suspended over their alleged role in facilitating the escape of the...

Catalan police acknowledge errors in failed plan to detain Carles Puigdemont

News Desk24th August 202427th August 2024

24th August 202427th August 20244111

The regional police force of Catalonia, the Mossos d’Esquadra, has admitted in a report a number of mistakes in its failed operation to arrest the...

Fourth person arrested after father of young Barça star Yamal stabbed

News Desk16th August 202427th August 2024

16th August 202427th August 20242626

Four people have been arrested after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia. The attack took place...

With Puigdemont back in Belgium, recriminations fly between Supreme Court and Mossos

News Desk10th August 202419th August 2024

10th August 202419th August 20244360

Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena has demanded the names of the Catalan police officers who approved the operation to carry out the arrest warrant...

Catalan police fail to detain Puigdemont, despite him giving public speech in Barcelona

News Desk8th August 202413th August 2024

8th August 202413th August 20244367

The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, are under the spotlight after failing to detain former Catalan president and fugitive Carles Puigdemont, who made a pre-announced return...

Catalan police dismantle syndicate that allegedly sold fake Banksy art

News Desk8th March 202413th March 2024

8th March 202413th March 20243913

Police in Catalonia, the Mossos d’Esquadra, said on Thursday that they had dismantled a ring which allegedly falsified works by British street artist Banksy, and...

Spying dossier on Catalan president Pere Aragonès to be ‘partially declassified’

News Desk16th January 202424th January 2024

16th January 202424th January 20241916

The Spanish cabinet has approved the ‘partial declassification’ of surveillance documentation concerning Catalan president Pere Aragonès [pictured with Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez], during 2020 when...

Spain expected to provide bodyguards for Puigdemont, still sought by Spanish Justice

News Desk14th November 202321st November 2023

14th November 202321st November 20232074

Spain is expected to approve a request to provide bodyguards for the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont – who is in self-imposed exile in Brussels and...

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