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Carles Puigdemont will return to Spain this week after seven years in exile: Former Catalan president could be arrested on arrival

CARLES Puigdemont, the former Catalan president, has revealed his intention to return to Spain this week after seven years of self-imposed exile in Belgium. In

7 Aug, 2024 @ 12:50

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Catalunya chaos: President to step down after separatist party’s poor showing at local elections – while Puigdemont vows to form his own government in fresh headache for Pedro Sanchez

THE incumbent Catalan president Pere Aragones has announced he will step down from frontline politics in the wake of a disappointing performance for his separatist

14 May, 2024 @ 11:30

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Catalunya elections: Separatists lose majority as pro-unity Socialists win most votes in blow for independence movement

CATALUNYA’S regional government is set to be led by a party opposed to independence for the first time in over a decade after separatist parties

13 May, 2024 @ 11:12

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Thousands take to the streets of Barcelona to demand a 37.5 hour work week: Protest is attended by leading candidates for this month’s Catalan elections

THOUSANDS took to the streets of Barcelona on International Workers’ Day to demand a 37.5 hour working week ahead of this month’s pivotal Catalan elections.

2 May, 2024 @ 13:27

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Could the Socialist-led government in Spain collapse? After snap elections called in Catalunya, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez abandons plans to pass 2024 budget

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has abandoned efforts to reach a cross-party deal to pass a budget for this year, after snap elections were

14 Mar, 2024 @ 12:09

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

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election. The

14 Mar, 2024 @ 10:42

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Catalonia to split cost of bringing in water by boat with central government, in desperate bid to combat ongoing drought

THE Catalan regional government agreed the terms of a deal on Monday with the central administration in Madrid that will see water brought to Barcelona

5 Feb, 2024 @ 15:18

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Other News

Spain mobilises relief aid for Morocco as earthquake death toll rises above 2,000

THE OVERNIGHT death toll released by the Moroccan authorities after Friday night’s devastating earthquake rose to at least 2,012 people, with another 2,059 reported injuries.

10 Sep, 2023 @ 10:45

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Catalan premier takes advantage of political stalemate in Spain to push for independence referendum

THE REGIONAL premier of Catalunya today took advantage of the stalemate after last week’s general elections in Spain to put pressure on the Socialist Party

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Catalunya·Politics

Spain and France sign friendship treaty on issues affecting EU at summit in Barcelona

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday signed a friendship treaty after holding a bilateral summit in Barcelona. The meeting

20 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

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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

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Barcelona marks five years since jihadist terror attack on Las Ramblas

A CEREMONY took place on La Rambla on Wednesday morning to commceremonia antentadoemorate the victims of the jihadist attack that took place on the boulevard

17 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

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

A cybersecurity rights group claims dozens of phones belonging to prominent Catalunya independence politicians were hacked by sophisticated spyware. The software is normally available at

18 Apr, 2022 @ 17:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Technology

Pedro Sanchez claims 'more than 500 people' died during latest heatwave in Spain

Pedro Sanchez will ‘never allow’ Catalunya referendum on independence from Spain

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected an independence referendum for the Catalunya region during a speech to Congress today(June 30). Sanchez said that his ruling

30 Jun, 2021 @ 15:11

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics