Catalan public media faces sanction over Madrid protest coverage
Spain's Electoral Authority forbids Catalan public media using terms like "exile," "political prisoners," and "repressive trial"
March 28, 2019 08:19 PM
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Referendum 'not the solution': Catalan Socialist leader backtracks on contentious comments
Miquel Iceta rectifies remarks to newspaper suggesting self-determination vote justified "if 65% of Catalans wanted independence"
March 28, 2019 06:13 PM
Spain's Solicitor General calls for investigation into referendum voters
State prosecutor joins police union appeal, alleging groups outside polling stations used "intimidatory force" to impede officers from stopping October 1 vote
March 28, 2019 05:16 PM
Court of Auditors to investigate Catalan diplomatic activity after ‘signs of irregularities’
Prosecutors looked into use of public funds to promote independence bid abroad from 2011 to 2017
March 28, 2019 03:11 PM
‘You’re continuously lying’: Spanish minister walks out of interview on Catalonia
Josep Borrell refuses to answer questions on Catalan independence and Spanish constitutional reform during ‘Conflict Zone’ on German public TV Deutsche Welle
March 28, 2019 01:05 PM
Foreign ministry denounces 'violation of fundamental rights' on Court of Audits investigation
'No irregularities,' says department in allegations against report putting Catalan foreign action in the spotlight
March 28, 2019 11:01 AM
'Over 700 people' sign manifesto against jailing leaders in Italy
Catalan foreign minister in Rome to meet civil society and "main political parties" representatives
March 28, 2019 10:48 AM
More Catalan and Spanish police officers testify in day 24 of Catalan trial
Session will revolve around protests during the peak of independence bid and around 15 agents are expected to give testimony
March 28, 2019 10:34 AM
Jailed pro-independence candidate calls for election debate from prison
Jordi Sànchez sent a request to the jail and the Spanish electoral authority
March 27, 2019 03:37 PM
Spanish president publishes 110 election pledges with no direct mention to Catalonia
Pro-independence parties criticize Pedro Sánchez for showing "lack of respect" towards Catalonia
March 27, 2019 02:34 PM
Prosecutor launches criminal lawsuit against president Torra over yellow ribbon row
Catalan head of government accused of “disobedience" for defying Spain’s electoral authority orders to take down “partisan" symbols
March 27, 2019 01:14 PM
Court suspends Catalan parliament committee investigating king’s ‘criminal activities’
Working group temporarily blocked after Constitutional Court accepts Spanish government appeal
March 26, 2019 09:51 PM
Mexico requests apology from Spain, Madrid rejects it
Mexico and Spain have "always” been able to see their “shared past without anger,” laments the Spanish government
March 26, 2019 11:41 AM
President to give talk on self-determination in Lisbon on Friday
Quim Torra to travel to Portugal while Cs party to report him to electoral authority over yellow ribbon on interior patio of government HQ
March 25, 2019 09:14 PM
40 French senators urge dialogue over Catalonia, Paris rejects it
Representative denounce "repression" by Spain and call for "respect for fundamental rights"
March 25, 2019 08:53 PM
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