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
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Phone of Catalan parliament speaker allegedly targeted by state-level spyware
Roger Torrent accuses Spain of "dirty war" and announces legal action
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
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
Spanish regional elections raise coronavirus concerns
Basque country and Galicia ban Covid-positive patients from voting
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
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"
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
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
Laura Borràs summoned to testify in irregular contracts investigation on July 22
Spain’s Supreme Court investigates senior JxCat MP after Spanish Congress lifted her immunity last week
Puigdemont, jailed PDeCAT pro-independence politicians, and ministers set to turn JxCat into party on July 25
Former president will not wait to reach agreement with David Bonvehí's party
Puigdemont could create new political party on July 25
Move deals blow to PDeCat, political heirs of Catalonia’s historic center-right group
Covid-19 handling and response strategy under the microscope in Parliament debate
The impact of the coronavirus in nursing homes and economic recovery plans expected topics in the Catalan chamber
Spain has no concrete dates for border reopening with non-EU countries
Madrid will begin discussing travel conditions individually
Spanish president wants to resume dialogue with Catalonia in July
Pedro Sánchez warns of “electoral noise” ahead of resumption of talks that were halted during the health crisis
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