Politics

Pedro Sánchez compares Catalan independence with Brexit in Congress and claims both are based on "invented grievances"

Milan Kucan insists Slovenia's secession was "extremely peaceful" and a "good example" for Catalonia to follow

Party non-aligned on national issue calls on Barcelona and Madrid to use "another tone and policies"

ERC's Jordi Solé calls both cases "similar" and questions "double standards" of European institutions

Government in Ljubljana wants to tell Madrid it is "absolutely wrong" saying 'Slovenian way' was not peaceful

Government sources explain in statement to the Catalan News Agency that the “violence and deaths” were tied to the “armed aggression” of the Yugoslavian army

"We urge them to think and not commit the mistake again of using Article 155 to solve political problems," says spokeswoman Elsa Artadi

Barcelona mayor, a former anti-eviction activist, says recent protests "don't help people in prison"

Socialist executive hardens tone over "breach of duty" accusations against Catalan police as protests heat up

"Crimes amount to allowing people to vote to determine their own future," says Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy

Roger Torrent avoids mentioning Slovenia after president's remarks on Balkan country

Groups of protesters cut Catalonia's main highway at the weekend with more action expected for December 21 meeting

Far right Vox party to file lawsuit against Quim Torra for conspiracy to commit rebellion

In solidarity jailed officials and their hunger strike, Quim Torra joins the protest and is set to spend two nights at the Montserrat monastery

Opposition criticizes Catalan president’s Council for the Republic presentation in Brussels arguing he is “forgetting” the “real” problems Catalans face