Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct
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...
Spanish Supreme Court
Pardons for jailed Catalan leaders expected soon, despite fierce opposition
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
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’
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’
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’
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
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’
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
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...
Seven of nine jailed Catalan leaders have ‘low category’ prison status revoked
Of the nine Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists who were jailed for between 9-13 years by Spain’s Supreme Court on 14 October 2019, seven have had their...
