Catalan economy solid, a year after independence bid
Catalonia has enjoyed solid growth since the region’s failed bid to break away from Spain last year despite predictions the uncertainty sparked by the separatist...
Quim Torra
Puigdemont forms new platform: Crida Nacional
A year after threatening the unity of Spain with an attempt to declare independence, the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont launched a new party on...
No anniversary celebration of independence declaration
On 27 October 2017, pro-independence parties in Catalonia defied Spain and declared independence after a heated debate in parliament -a move that was immediately blocked...
Council of the Republic to launch on 30 Oct
The Council of the Republic, the private body led by former president Carles Puigdemont to make the case for Catalan independence from abroad, will be...
National Day rally demands prison sentences for Catalan leaders
A rally held in central Barcelona on Thursday in support of Spain’s National Day, the Dia de la Hispanidad (or Hispanic Day) was attended by some...
Spain threatens ‘legal measures’ over Catalan Parliament vote
The Spanish government threatened ‘legal measures’ on Thursday after the Catalan Parliament passed a motion condemning the role of King Felipe VI in the independence bid,...
Spanish government: ‘political paralysis’ in Catalonia
The Spanish government has accused pro-independence parties of causing ‘political paralysis in Catalonia’ and blocking both the government and the parliament due to their internal...
Torra asks world leaders for mediation
Catalan president Quim Torra has sent a letter to the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, as well as world leaders, asking for international mediation to...
Arrimadas holds Spanish flag in Catalan parliament
Leader of unionist party Ciutdans (Cs) in Catalonia, Inés Arrimadas, ended her speech in the Catalan parliament by brandishing a Spanish flag at the lectern....
Catalan government accused of ‘dangerous’ game
Catalonia’s separatist executive was Tuesday accused of playing a ‘dangerous’ game after the regional leader encouraged radical independence activists to carry out disruptive acts on...
