Torra removes ribbons, criticises violation of civil rights
Catalan president Quim Torra has now removed banners and symbols from the government headquarters’ façade deemed as ‘partisan’ by Spain’s electoral authority. Torra took down...
Yellow ribbons
Torra replaces yellow ribbon with white (plus red stripe)
Catalan president Quim Torra has now hung a banner with a white ribbon and the message ‘Free political prisoners and exiles’ from the government headquarters balcony...
Yellow ribbons to be removed from government buildings
Catalan President Quim Torra has released a statement stating that yellow ribbons will be removed from the façade of the government headquarters in Barcelona and other...
Quim Torra maintains yellow ribbons despite ultimatum
Catalan president Quim Torra and his cabinet have decided to defy an ultimatum from the Spanish Electoral Authority and maintain the yellow ribbons on government...
Torra claims ‘freedom of speech’, rejects yellow ribbons ban
Catalan president Quim Torra has announced he will keep yellow ribbons on the façades of public buildings, thus defying orders from Spain’s electoral authority deeming...
48 hours to remove ‘esteladas’ and yellow ribbons from public buildings
Spain’s electoral authority has ordered Catalan president Quim Torra to remove all independence flags and yellow ribbons from public buildings within 48 hours. Following a...
Arrimadas to ‘remind’ Puigdemont ‘republic doesn’t exist’
Inés Arrimadas, the leader of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Catalonia (Ciutadans), is to travel to Belgium on Sunday to remind the former Catalan president,...
Trial focus: Manuel Marchena on a ‘prestige’ tightrope
At the helm of the hugely divisive trial of Catalan independence leaders, Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena is performing a difficult balancing act, alternating firmness...
Jailed Catalan leaders demand trial delay
Five of the jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders have requested a delay in the beginning of their trial, currently set for 12 February. The Supreme Court...
Albert Rivera clashes with TV3 journalist
During a live televised interview, Ciudadanos (Cs) leader Albert Rivera clashed with Catalan public broadcaster TV3 journalist Lídia Heredia. The head of the unionist party...
