Dialogue with Catalonia ‘urgent’ says Spanish government
Catalan crisis one of its main "obligations and concerns"
June 8, 2018 12:29 PM
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Catalan and Spanish presidents should meet 'immediately,' says Puigdemont
In radio interview, deposed president also criticized leader of opposition for refusing to meet with new president Quim Torra
June 8, 2018 10:41 AM
MEPs ask Spanish Interior minister to allow visits to jailed Catalan leaders
Group of 15 EU parliamentarians sign letter demanding access to Spanish prisons “without impediment”
June 7, 2018 07:03 PM
Catalan government to join legal appeals against constitutional challenges by Madrid
Authorities to contest suspension of 14 laws by Constitutional Court and will back Parliament’s allegations questioning legality of direct rule
June 7, 2018 05:38 PM
Government 'deeply' regrets Arrimadas' refusal to meet president
Spokeswoman Elsa Artadi says they won't remove yellow ribbon in solidarity with prisoners and exiled politicians from government balcony
June 7, 2018 02:18 PM
Arrimadas 'worried' about new Spanish president's willingness to meet with Catalan leader
Cs leader says she won't meet Quim Torra unless he removes yellow ribbon from government balcony, and describes his government as "xenophobic and racist"
June 7, 2018 01:38 PM
Catalan government demands explanation for leaked video of politicians jailed in Madrid
Justice Minister Ester Capella says images “undermine right to intimacy”; Spanish government opens investigation
June 7, 2018 11:54 AM
Socialist MEP calls for jailed leaders to be moved to Catalan prisons
Javi López says a priority of the new Sánchez government is “restoring political dialogue with Catalonia”
June 7, 2018 11:41 AM
Video of Catalan politicians in prison leaked to the press
'ARA' newspaper publishes recording of three former ministers in their daily activities in jail
June 6, 2018 09:48 PM
11 women and 6 men: full list of Sánchez cabinet
The new Spanish ministers include judiciary members, an astronaut and Sánchez’s closest allies
June 6, 2018 08:33 PM
Is Aznar preparing a comeback?
The former Spanish president, who joined Bush and Blair in the Iraq War in 2003, comes to the fore as his successor Rajoy resigns
June 6, 2018 04:39 PM
‘Remove yellow ribbon from government HQ,’ urges opposition leader
Arrimadas accuses Torra cabinet of governing only for people who show solidarity with jailed and exiled pro-independence officials
June 6, 2018 12:44 PM
President Torra thinks impact of direct rule should ‘worry any democrat’
New civil and political rights office will develop plan of action to “evaluate and repair” effects of suspension of self-rule
June 6, 2018 11:34 AM
Rajoy is gone: how did Catalan parties react?
Most political groups in Catalonia express satisfaction over former Spanish president’s decision to bow out
June 5, 2018 07:37 PM
Barcelona mayor offers to work with Catalan and Spanish executives
Colau welcomes new stage of “dialogue and reduced tensions” and asks jailed officials be moved to Catalan prisons
June 5, 2018 06:59 PM
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