EU Commission answers questions regarding Josep Borrell tweet
The European Commission had to respond to questions on Friday regarding its next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the current acting Spanish Foreign...
Scotland
Confusion over ‘disproportionate’ rectification in ‘shambolic’ arrest warrant
Confusion continues over details of Spain’s latest arrest warrant for the former Catalan education minister, Clara Ponsatí, who is living and working in Scotland. The current...
Update: arrest warrants now issued for three former Catalan officials
This is an update to our earlier report: Spain’s Supreme Court has now sent new extradition requests against Clara Ponsatí, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig...
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...
Spanish Consul in Edinburgh fired, after EU letter
Spain has fired its Consul in Edinburgh who said Madrid ‘will not block Scotland’s EU membership’, Spanish news agencies have reported from sources within the Spanish...
Opinion: Brexit – what now? A letter from Scotland (and Galicia)
Between 2011 and 2014 the entire world was following the events in Scotland with full attention. For many of us it was very important to...
Spain: an independent Scotland could rejoin EU
Spain’s foreign minister said Tuesday that an independent Scotland could rejoin the European Union after Brexit – and warned of the United Kingdom’s ‘weakness’. Previously,...
Puigdemont makes surprise visit to Scotland
Catalonia’s deposed president Carles Puigdemont arrived in Scotland on Friday, in his first trip abroad since he returned to Belgium after a four-month stay in...
