600,000 rally for independence on ‘La Diada’, say Barcelona police
Some 600,000 people, according to figures from Barcelona’s local police (the Guàrdia Urbana), filled central Barcelona around the Plaça d’Espanya on Wednesday evening for the
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Sánchez hopes ‘La Diada’ will be celebration of all Catalans, ‘not only some of them’
Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said that the Catalan pro-independence camp has seized the Catalan National Day (La Diada). Referring to the celebration
‘We will persist’ say pro-referendum parties on Catalonia’s ‘La Diada’
As Catalonia’s National Day (La Diada) got underway on Wednesday, leading political figures in the pro-independence movement took advantage to restate their determination to see
State prosecutor: everyone must comply with Catalan verdict – ‘whatever it is’
The Spanish state prosecutor has demanded that everyone comply with the eventual verdict from the trial of the Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders – ‘whatever it
Albert Rivera to Quim Torra: ‘either accept verdict or end up like them’
Albert Rivera, the head of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Spain, addressed Catalan president Quim Torra in a Tweet on Thursday, by saying: ‘In a
Catalan President: ‘If our colleagues are convicted, we will act accordingly’
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, believes that a potential guilty verdict for the jailed political and civic leaders for the 2017 referendum would mark a
Catalan President to go on trial for ‘disobedience’
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, will go on trial for ‘disobedience’ on 25-26 September at the Spanish High Court in Catalonia (TSJC). The reason for the trial
Josep Borrell: 52 French MPs ‘ignore the reality’ of Spain
The political conflict between Catalonia and Spain saw a spin-off in France this weekend, after 52 French MPs called on Madrid to end the ‘repression’
Catalan president urges ‘confrontation’ for independence to succeed
Catalan president Quim Torra has stressed that ‘confrontation’ with Spain is the only plausible way to achieve Catalan independence, thus demonstrating the cracks between the
Quim Torra fined €8,500 – and says he won’t pay
Catalan President Quim Torra has said that he won’t pay the €8,500 fine imposed on him by the Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC). Torra was given
