Spanish government won’t interfere to reduce charges for Catalan leaders
Madrid rules out telling prosecutor to drop rebellion accusations
July 16, 2018 03:09 PM
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Madrid rules out telling prosecutor to drop rebellion accusations
July 16, 2018 03:09 PM
Josep Borrell rules out right to self-determination for Catalonia and calls on pro-independence parties to worry about 'real' problems
July 15, 2018 04:38 PM
Members of CDR group squat building ‘for Republic and dignity' during protest to demand freedom for jailed leaders and stay for almost a full day
July 15, 2018 12:33 PM
Catalan president and parliament speaker among attendees
July 14, 2018 09:18 PM
Nine pro-independence politicians in pre-trial prison, some for nine months, with seven more in exile
July 14, 2018 07:00 PM
Parliament speaker asks prosecutor to drop rebellion charges for leaders involved in pro-independence case
July 14, 2018 05:01 PM
Main unionist opposition party demands the speaker “comply” with the law
July 13, 2018 06:30 PM
"Crime of rebellion does not exist, they made it up," say prisoners' defense
July 13, 2018 01:01 PM
Former president appealing to German Constitutional Court or Spain's judiciary taking the case to EU justice, other possible outcomes
July 13, 2018 11:19 AM
Days after the heads of both governments met for the first time, their deputies find the “opportunity” to reach agreement
July 12, 2018 08:19 PM
Schleswig-Holstein court accepts misuse of funds offense but rejects rebellion charge brought by Spain against Carles Puigdemont
July 12, 2018 02:53 PM
Defense expresses conviction that Germany “does not want to play any part” in the “criminalization of a democratic behavior"
July 12, 2018 02:45 PM
Madrid "hopes" Spanish judiciary can "do its work with all the accused," while unionist Cs warns "the ones who fled can benefit" from European arrest warrants
July 12, 2018 02:40 PM
Former minister and government representative in Brussels insists Catalonia has “plenty to offer” Europe
July 12, 2018 12:25 PM
The Catalan president assured that first minister of Scotland expressed “the solidarity of the people of Scotland with Catalonia” during the ‘Edinburgh Declaration’
July 11, 2018 09:43 PM
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