Spanish Electoral Authority will not allow Oriol Junqueras to become MEP
The Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC) will not allow jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras to receive his accreditation as an MEP – despite a recent ruling...
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Attorney General asks for Oriol Junqueras to be freed to collect MEP credentials
Spain’s Attorney General office has issued its recommendation to the Supreme Court that jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras should be allowed out of prison in...
Catalan president Quim Torra barred from public office for 18 months
Catalonia’s High Court of Justice has barred Catalan president Quim Torra from public office for 18 months and also fined him 30,000 euros for disobedience. The...
Calls for immediate release of Oriol Junqueras
Former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, has been one of the first to call for the immediate release from jail of his former vice-president, Oriol Junqueras,...
Clara Ponsatí’s lawyers seek to summon Sánchez and Rajoy to Edinburgh court
The defence team for Clara Ponsatí, the former Catalan education minister now living in Scotland and fighting extradition to Spain for her role in the 2017 Catalan...
Jailed Catalan leaders can apply for privileges only after serving quarter of sentences
A provisional decision was made on Wednesday to categorise the nine jailed Catalan leaders as ‘Medium’ inmates, meaning the prisoners will be able to apply for certain privileges...
Puigdemont, Comín and Puig extradition hearings set for 16 December
Extradition hearings for the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig, will be held together in Belgium on Monday...
‘International Trial Watch’ platform claims Catalan trial ‘violated human rights’
The International Trial Watch platform presented its final report on Thursday in Madrid, regarding the Supreme Court trial and sentencing of the nine Catalan independence leaders, who were jailed...
Final results: PSOE win, far-right Vox 3rd largest party, Cs party decimated
The Socialists (PSOE) led by Pedro Sánchez won Spain’s fourth General Election in four years on Sunday, winning 120 seats (compared to 123 won in the April election), but...
Prosecutors’ Association reminds Spanish PM about its independence
Spain’s Prosecutors’ Association [the Asociación de Fiscales (AF)] issued a statement on Wednesday to remind Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, of its independence, and that...
