Felipe VI, Puigdemont, Rajoy requested as witnesses
Spain’s king Felipe VI, along with the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and the former Spanish Prime Minister at the time of 1 October 2017 referendum, Mariano...
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Barcelona mayor visits jailed Catalan leaders
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau visited jailed pro-independence Catalan leaders in the Lledoners prison on Friday. This is not the first time Colau has gone to...
Court wants jailed leaders transferred to Madrid
Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered for the nine pro-independence leaders jailed in Catalan prisons to be transferred to Madrid for the last week of January, in...
Jailed leaders to defend ‘legitimacy’ of referendum
The Catalan political leaders in jail are ready to defend the ‘legitimacy’ of the 1 October 2017 independence referendum and will not hide the fact...
Jailed Catalan leaders halt hunger strike
Four jailed Catalan leaders have ended a hunger strike begun more than two weeks ago, their spokesman said Thursday. Jordi Sànchez, former spokesman for the...
Supreme Court holds first hearing for Catalan leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court held a preliminary hearing on Tuesday ahead of the start of a high-profile trial of 18 Catalan pro-independence leaders over their role...
Two jailed Catalan leaders to go on hunger strike
Two of the Catalan pro-independence leaders in pre-trial detention have begun a hunger strike to protest against the hearings due to start in early 2019. Jordi...
Catalonia: the ‘electoral weapon’ in Andalusia
Unemployment, corruption and the rise of the far-right. These are some of the main topics in the Andalusian election campaign … along with the Catalan...
‘Fascist’ and spitting accusations in Congress
The speaker of Spain’s Congress, Ana Pastor, expelled Catalan MP Gabriel Rufián from the chamber on Wednesday after his confrontation with the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell....
Spain’s chosen judiciary head backs out
Manuel Marchena, the judge chosen to preside over the Spanish judiciary following an agreement between the ruling Socialists (PSOE) and People’s Party (PP), has decided...
