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...
Spanish electoral authority (JEC)
Catalan delegate in Germany sues Spain over spying allegations
Marie Kapretz, the Catalan government delegate in Germany, has filed a criminal complaint with the country’s federal prosecutor for alleged spying of her movements by...
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...
Catalan president to face trial over yellow ribbon controversy
The Catalan president Quim Torra is to face trial for the alleged crime of disobedience for going against the orders of the Spanish electoral authority (JEC)...
Prosecutor wants Catalan president barred for yellow ribbons
The public prosecutor has asked that Catalan president Quim Torra be barred from public office for a year and 8 months as well as face...
Spain declares Puigdemont’s MEP seat vacant
Three European Parliament seats won in the recent EU election by jailed and exiled Catalan pro-independence leaders are vacant, including that of former president Carles...
All Spanish MEPs able to take oath in Madrid … except three
The 54 MEPs-elect in Spain were summoned to take the constitutional oath on Monday in the Spanish Congress in Madrid, a step made compulsory by...
Junqueras stopped from joining EU election TV debate
Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) has stopped the jailed Catalan politician, Oriol Junqueras – who is currently on trial at the Supreme Court – from taking part...
Catalan president summoned to court over yellow ribbons
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, has been summoned to appear before Spain’s High Court in Catalonia on 15 May over the yellow ribbon controversy. Torra failed...
Puigdemont, Comín, Ponsatí can stand in EU elections
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont will be able to run in the European Parliament elections after a local court in Madrid ruled in his favour,...
