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Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

News Desk14th March 202422nd March 2024

14th March 202422nd March 2024748

Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile

‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

News Desk30th January 20247th February 2024

30th January 20247th February 2024825

The Spanish Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial amnesty law after the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), who had demanded it, finally voted

Amnesty bill registered in Spanish Congress – full details

News Desk14th November 202323rd November 2023

14th November 202323rd November 20231216

The PSOE socialist party – led by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and who is set to officially secure a new term in office after a

With Sánchez and Feijóo both claiming victory in the election … what happens next?

News Desk28th July 20239th August 2023

28th July 20239th August 20232679

Report updated to include votes from Spaniards living abroad. Spain faces weeks, if not months, of a political gridlock following the general election held on

Outcome of 23 July election could raise Catalan independence tensions again

News Desk14th July 202327th July 2023

14th July 202327th July 20231592

Spain’s right wing, in power under former pemier Mariano Rajoy during Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, is trying to regain ground in the vote-rich region

Supreme Court maintains misuse of funds & disobedience charges against Puigdemont

News Desk21st March 202328th March 2023

21st March 202328th March 20231480

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld its decision to indict former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont for the crimes of misuse of public funds and disobedience. The

Supreme Court maintains public office ban for 4 Catalan pro-independence leaders

News Desk14th February 202320th February 2023

14th February 202320th February 20231133

Four Catalan pro-independence leaders will remain banned from holding public office, Spain’s Supreme Court said on Monday, despite a legal reform pushed through by Spain’s

Spain-France summit in Barcelona met with protests for Catalan independence

News Desk19th January 202326th January 2023

19th January 202326th January 20231382

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Barcelona on Thursday, in a Spain-France summit designed to strengthen relations between the

Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy

News Desk16th December 202221st December 2022

16th December 202221st December 20221823

Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move

Spain to update sedition law to become ‘aggravated public disorder’

News Desk13th November 202216th November 2022

13th November 202216th November 20221769

The coalition government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is introducing a bill to reform the criminal code by updating the offence of ‘sedition’, bringing

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