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Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain as judge lifts arrest warrant after amnesty ruling

News Desk6th October 20266th October 2026

6th October 20266th October 2026411

Spain’s Supreme Court has lifted the national arrest warrant against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, opening the way for his return from Belgium after the...

Constitutional Court clears path for Puigdemont’s return and full amnesty for independence leaders

News Desk23rd September 202629th September 2026

23rd September 202629th September 20261107

Spain’s Constitutional Court has taken a significant step towards extending the country’s controversial amnesty law to cover the misuse of public funds during Catalonia’s 2017 independence...

Spanish Supreme Court refuses to grant Puigdemont amnesty despite EU court ruling

News Desk15th September 202621st September 2026

15th September 202621st September 20261020

Spain’s Supreme Court has again refused to apply the country’s controversial amnesty law to former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont over the alleged misuse of public funds...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects PP’s appeal and upholds Catalan amnesty law

News Desk26th June 202530th June 2025

26th June 202530th June 20257234

After four days of deliberations, Spain’s Constitutional Court has upheld core elements of the disputed Catalan amnesty law, rejecting an appeal against it by six...

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

News Desk10th August 202419th August 2024

10th August 202419th August 20244698

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 20244761

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...

Supreme Court refuses amnesty for Puigdemont over misuse of public funds

News Desk1st July 20248th July 2024

1st July 20248th July 20244427

The Spanish Supreme Court has refused to grant an amnesty to former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on a charge of misusing public funds, maintaining arrest warrants over...

Puigdemont claims PSOE offered him a pardon in exchange for surrendering to Spanish justice

News Desk6th July 202314th July 2023

6th July 202314th July 20232445

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has revealed in a radio interview with Catalan station RAC1 that ‘people from the PSOE’, the socialist party led by...

Catalan MEP Clara Ponsatí released after being detained on returning to Spain

News Desk29th March 20234th April 2023

29th March 20234th April 20232943

UPDATED – 29 March at 8am Clara Ponsatí was finally released on Tuesday night at around 11pm, after declaring before a Barcelona judge following her...

Supreme Court maintains misuse of funds & disobedience charges against Puigdemont

News Desk21st March 202328th March 2023

21st March 202328th March 20233363

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...

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