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Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, wanted by justice system for role in independence drive, arrested on return to Spain

Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by the Spanish authorities for her involvement in the 2017 independence drive in the region, was arrested on

29 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Politician wanted for involvement in 2017 Catalan independence drive returns to Spain but fails to hand herself in

CATALAN politician Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by the Spanish authorities for her role in the 2017 independence drive in the region, has returned to

28 Mar, 2023 @ 18:04

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Five years later, 45 National Police officers could face trial for excessive force at illegal Catalan independence referendum

A TOTAL of 45 officers from Spain’s National Police force could see the inside of a courtroom for their alleged excessive use of force during

25 Jan, 2023 @ 20:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Boos and jeers at pro-Catalan independence demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona show splits in the movement

SOME 6,500 people came out in Barcelona to protest on Thursday morning in support of independence for Catalunya. The demonstration coincided with a French-Spanish summit,

20 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Junqueras and catalan separatists released from jail Photo: Esquerra Republicana

Spanish government to study more changes to Criminal Code that could benefit Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government is to study changes to the law covering the misappropriation of public funds, barely a week after proposing scrapping the sedition law.

15 Nov, 2022 @ 16:17

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Catalan president, Pere Aragones, among dozens of separatists hacked by specialist spyware in Spain

Catalan government left in crisis after pro-independence party withdraws its support

THE Catalan regional government has been plunged into a crisis after one of the governing parties, Junts per Catalunya, withdrew its support from its partner,

8 Oct, 2022 @ 12:09

Catalunya·Lead

Catalan separatist leader battling extradition from Scotland says she will face ‘show trial’ if sent back to Spain

The University of St Andrews professor said she faced a ‘show trial’ if the UK sends her to trial in Spain

16 Nov, 2019 @ 12:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Former Catalan leaders who rallied for independence in 2017 have been jailed in Spain

The government has deployed anti-riot police to Catalonia, but so far the interior ministry has refused to say how many.

14 Oct, 2019 @ 10:35

Barcelona·Lead

BREAKING FREE: Catalans celebrate historic referendum victory after brutal day of violence

Euphoric crowds in Catalunya Square celebrated a conclusive victory in the referendum with preliminary results suggesting 90% of counted ballots favoured independence. The results were

2 Oct, 2017 @ 02:03

Barcelona·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

SURREAL: Barcelona play to empty stadium after referendum unrest

BARCELONA’S La Liga fixture against Las Palmas has gone ahead behind closed doors after political unrest in the Catalan city following today’s referendum. Reports suggest

1 Oct, 2017 @ 17:56

Barcelona·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

EVERYDAY HEROES: Teachers play unheralded yet vital role in Catalan referendum

AS the sun set on Joseph Maria Jujol, a school in the North of Barcelona, Isabel Safont was going nowhere. Neither were her pupils. Joseph

1 Oct, 2017 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Education·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

RESIGN RAJOY: Huge Twitter campaign demands Spanish PM steps down

THE Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, is under immense pressure to resign following the action of the Spanish National Police in Catalunya. A Twitter

1 Oct, 2017 @ 13:05

Barcelona·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

ONE LAST THING: Barcelonians give their final thoughts before they head to the polls

THEY say the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. Judging by the way the rain fell in Barcelona today perhaps the old rules

30 Sep, 2017 @ 21:33

Barcelona·Lead

BETTER TOGETHER: Passionate rally takes place outside Malaga Town Hall ahead of Catalonian Referendum

OVER six hundred Malagueñans gathered in a last minute show of fervent Spanish unity ahead of the Catalonian referendum on Sunday. The gathering was organised

30 Sep, 2017 @ 16:52

Barcelona·Lead

HUSH HUSH: Spanish Government continues communications crackdown in Catalonia

POLICE from Spain’s Civil Guard have occupied the Centro de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologias de la Información (CTTI) in Barcelona in an attempt to shut down

30 Sep, 2017 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Lead