Protests as king visits Catalan monastery amid former monarch corruption scandal
Police charge at republican, pro-independence demonstrators while Felipe meets Poblet monks
July 21, 2020 09:55 PM
Politics
Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Catalonia 'ready' to benefit from EU recovery plan as €31bn scheme presented
Digitalization and ecologic transition among items in new strategy as Catalan government hopes to receive 21% of European resources allocated to Spain
July 21, 2020 02:35 PM
Calls grow for investigation into alleged Spanish spying of Catalan independence figures
Basque, Galician, Valencian and anti-austerity groups join Catalan pro-independence parties' demand for commission of inquiry
July 20, 2020 05:08 PM
Catalonia's top court summons Torra to testify in second disobedience trial on July 29
President charged for not removing banner in favor of jailed leaders from government HQ last September
July 16, 2020 12:48 PM
Catalan politicians will take Spain’s former intelligence head to court for political espionage
Parliament speaker and MP announce lawsuit against Félix Sanz Roldán over the alleged hacking of their phones
July 16, 2020 10:05 AM
Calls for inquiry into political espionage grow as hacking of more Catalan leaders revealed
Spain’s Intelligence Service under fire as phones of pro-independence politicians targeted by spyware
July 15, 2020 01:42 PM
Government passes legal reform to reimpose lockdown measures amid coronavirus surge
Lleida will face additional restrictions from midnight despite Monday's court ruling as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat residents advised to stay home
July 14, 2020 11:20 AM
Phone of Catalan parliament speaker allegedly targeted by state-level spyware
Roger Torrent accuses Spain of "dirty war" and announces legal action
July 14, 2020 09:53 AM
Court lifts tougher lockdown order for Lleida as protesters take to the streets
Catalan government criticizes ruling and calls on 160,000 people to follow lockdown measures
July 13, 2020 06:46 PM
Court lifts stay-at-home order for Lleida as protesters take to the streets
Catalan government criticizes ruling and calls on 160,000 people to follow lockdown measures
July 13, 2020 10:50 AM
Spanish regional elections raise coronavirus concerns
Basque country and Galicia ban Covid-positive patients from voting
July 12, 2020 12:27 PM
Torra insists on resuming the dialogue table with Spain despite wariness in JxCat
Catalan president hopes meeting with the pro-independence bloc can refocus the movement
July 10, 2020 12:09 PM
Spanish president open to constitutional change limiting monarchy’s immunity
Pedro Sánchez calls corruption allegations against king emeritus Juan Carlos I "disturbing" and promises "no space for immunity"
July 9, 2020 12:29 PM
Barcelona mayor calls Spanish monarchy ‘corrupt’ and demands vote on republic
"We’ve got a corrupt monarchy that does not deserve more privileges and impunity," says Ada Colau
July 6, 2020 02:33 PM
Catalan parliament denounces Spain’s pandemic management as ‘propagandistic’
Plenary session approves text calling centralized coronavirus handling ‘detrimental’ and that Catalonia needs the resources of a state
July 3, 2020 01:31 PM
Latest updates and breaking news on politics and political affairs from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and Europe. Keep up to date with the territorial crisis and Catalonia’s independence push, stories from the Catalan government and parliament, latest developments in the Spanish government, and the decisions in Europe that affect our shores too.