Belgium: no extradition of Spanish rapper
A Belgian court on Monday rejected an extradition request for a Spanish rapper, who has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for allegedly praising terrorism...
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La Diada begins with traditional flower tributes
La Diada, Catalonia’s National Day began this morning with the traditional floral tributes at the Rafael Casanova monument in Barcelona. The Catalan government, headed by...
Quim Torra: ‘words and votes are the only tools’
Catalan President Quim Torra said on Monday that Catalans ‘must decide’ if they are to ‘settle for injustice, threats, fear, violence, prison and exile’ or...
Quim Torra insists on referendum
In a key speech made on Tuesday night, Catalan President Quim Torra called on the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to agree to a referendum ‘without...
Ana Pastor invites Catalan president to Congress
The Spanish parliament speaker, Ana Pastor, unexpectedly invited Quim Torra to the lower chamber in Madrid for him to be able to ‘defend his political...
Spanish PM proposes referendum on greater autonomy for Catalonia
Spain’s Prime Minister on Monday proposed holding a referendum in Catalonia on greater autonomy for the wealthy region but ruled out allowing a vote on...
Cameraman attacked at rally against yellow ribbons
Three individuals at a protest in support of the removal of yellow ribbons attacked a cameraman for Spanish public broadcaster TeleMadrid, mistakenly identifying the channel...
Torra and Puigdemont warn of ‘fueling confrontation’
After a meeting in Belgium with Catalan president Quim Torra, the former president Carles Puigdemont warned on Monday that some Catalan political parties are ‘fueling a...
Puigdemont asks Sánchez for ‘specific proposals’
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont says that Pedro Sánchez becoming the Spanish Prime Minister is a new ‘opportunity’ for dialogue between the Catalan and Spanish...
Political row over yellow ribbons
A group of activists was caught this weekend removing yellow ribbons, which has become the symbol showing solidarity with the political leaders jailed around Catalonia....
