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Spanish government ‘absolutely rejects’ latest proposal for Catalan independence referendum

News Desk3rd April 202410th April 2024

3rd April 202410th April 20241745

The Spanish government has been quick to reject a new proposal for a Catalan independence referendum put forward by the current Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of

Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

News Desk22nd March 202426th March 2024

22nd March 202426th March 2024676

Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would

Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May

News Desk14th March 202421st March 2024

14th March 202421st March 2024863

The president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, announced on Wednesday that he had dissolved the Catalan parliament and called an early election for Sunday 12 May, after

Catalonia declares drought emergency that affects six million residents

News Desk2nd February 20248th February 2024

2nd February 20248th February 20241344

On Thursday, the Catalan government officially declared a drought emergency in the Ter-Llobregat system, the primary water source for six million residents across Catalonia. The

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

News Desk16th January 202424th January 2024

16th January 202424th January 2024692

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

Catalonia in ‘pre-emergency’ drought alert, and may need water shipped in

News Desk29th November 20235th December 2023

29th November 20235th December 20231578

Over 200 municipalities supplied by Catalonia’s Ter-Llobregat water supply system, with a population of around six million people, officially entered the ‘pre-emergency’ phase of drought

PSOE preparing draft Catalan amnesty bill ahead of Sánchez investiture vote

News Desk1st November 20237th November 2023

1st November 20237th November 20231071

Spain’s acting Prime Minister, socialist (PSOE) Pedro Sánchez, and the Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of the pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, have agreed on the terms of a

Four dead and three injured after being hit by train in Montmeló, Catalonia

News Desk11th September 202319th September 2023

11th September 202319th September 20231399

Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in Catalonia when a commuter train hit them as they crossed the tracks outside

Outcome of 23 July election could raise Catalan independence tensions again

News Desk14th July 202327th July 2023

14th July 202327th July 20231590

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

Catalan town in mourning after three killed in mining accident

News Desk10th March 202315th March 2023

10th March 202315th March 20231583

The Catalan town of Súria, around 75 kilometres northwest of Barcelona, has declared two days of mourning after it was confirmed that three geologists were killed

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