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Supreme Court to allow appeals against pardons given to Catalan independence leaders

News Desk25th May 202229th May 2022

25th May 202229th May 20222028

Spain’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision to uphold the pardons granted for the formerly jailed Catalan independence leaders. On Tuesday, the court voted in favour...

Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct

News Desk26th September 20214th October 2021

26th September 20214th October 20213249

Final update on Sun 26 Sept at 19h. Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont, detained by Italian police on his arrival to Sardinia on Thursday evening...

Pardons for jailed Catalan leaders expected soon, despite fierce opposition

News Desk31st May 202121st June 2021

31st May 202121st June 20213112

With the Spanish coalition government (PSOE–Podemos) led by socialist Pedro Sánchez currently considering granting pardons to the nine jailed pro-independence Catalan leaders, Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition...

EU Parliament lifts MEP immunity of Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí

News Desk9th March 202130th July 2021

9th March 202130th July 20213091

The European Parliament has voted to lift the immunity from prosecution of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his former ministers, Toni...

Former king Juan Carlos in new ‘credit card investigation’

News Desk4th November 202028th July 2021

4th November 202028th July 20213312

Three months after Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I left Spain for the United Arab Emirates following on-going investigations concerning corruption scandals, he is now...

Quim Torra appeals against ban, seeks ‘justice in Europe’

News Desk29th September 20207th October 2020

29th September 20207th October 20203167

Quim Torra has appealed his ban from office before Spain’s Constitutional Court, and also pledged to seek ‘justice in Europe’ after being disqualified from the...

Torra calls action to bar him from office for not removing banners as ‘utterly disproportionate’

News Desk18th September 202028th September 2020

18th September 202028th September 20202813

Catalan president Quim Torra faced a hearing at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday, regarding the final ruling on whether he will be...

Greenpeace, Oxfam launch lawsuit against Spanish government

News Desk15th September 202019th June 2021

15th September 202019th June 20212815

Three environmental groups and charities – Greenpeace, Ecologists in Action and Oxfam – have launched a joint lawsuit against the Spanish government, accusing it of not taking...

Political fallout as former king ‘fleeing justice’ puts Spanish monarchy in ‘very compromised position’

News Desk9th August 20203rd August 2021

9th August 20203rd August 20215403

If Spain’s current king, Felipe VI, had hoped that the image and reputation of the Spanish Monarchy would improve following the decision of his father, former king...

Belgian court rejects extradition of former Catalan minister Lluís Puig

News Desk7th August 202016th August 2020

7th August 202016th August 20203125

A third attempt by Spain to extradite one of the former Catalan independence leaders, Lluís Puig, was blocked on Friday, after being denied by a court...

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