ERC's Alfred Bosch: “We are not going to surrender”
Republican Left leader in Barcelona says that if pro-independence parties win the next election they will "continue" to make the Republic "grow"
November 23, 2017 04:57 PM
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Socialists rule out backing ‘right-wing’ unionist government after vote
Ciutadans leader responds urging PSC to stop thinking of “votes and seats”
November 23, 2017 04:07 PM
Judge will say ‘no’ to extradition if hesitant, prestigious Belgian lawyer says
Denis Bosquet claims that prosecutor rejecting charges of corruption for Puigdemont and his four Catalan ministers in Brussels is a sign of the international arrest warrant’s “weakness”
November 23, 2017 12:57 PM
Puigdemont rejects 'president's pension'
Accepting it would have meant that he acknowledges being ousted by the Spanish government
November 23, 2017 11:13 AM
'We want neutral schools without any political ideology,' says Ciutadans MP Susana Beltrán
Beltrán said that the Dec 21 election is an opportunity to 'create a new government, a non-nationalist government that thinks of all citizens'
November 22, 2017 09:09 PM
“Not even a war finishes without dialogue,” says Catalunya en Comú candidate
A pacted referendum is possible, but it won't be easy, said Marta Ribas in exclusive interview to Catalan News
November 22, 2017 08:55 PM
Constitutional Court suspends prison sentences of far-right assailants
Right-wing extremists who attacked Catalan national day celebration in Madrid remain free while judges consider appeal
November 22, 2017 07:14 PM
Spanish academics deny accusations of State repression in open letter to EU
In response to letter criticizing Spain's "violation of rule of law" 300 signatories justify Madrid's actions against independence process, including imprisonment of pro-independence leaders
November 22, 2017 02:44 PM
Pro-independence parties negotiate common points of respective manifestos
Puigdemont and Junqueras’ candidacies are working on nine issues, while far-left CUP says the aim of the next term should be ‘building the republic’
November 22, 2017 01:32 PM
National Court judge in favor of transferring case against Catalan leaders to Supreme Court
“Those being investigated are part of a complex organization,” says judge Carmen Lamela
November 22, 2017 11:34 AM
China brings up Catalan situation in a meeting with EU
The Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China met with European Parliament representatives in Strasbourg
November 21, 2017 08:39 PM
Cs leader says she could turn down Catalan presidency
Main candidate for Ciutadans in December 21 elections says she would forego top job if her party fails to get most unionist votes
November 21, 2017 07:30 PM
Catalan ministers ask to be released
Three ministers claim to abide by Article 155, while vice president Junqueras says the government has not acted after being dismissed
November 21, 2017 02:53 PM
Enforcement of Article 155 halts exhumation of Civil War mass graves
The recent discovery of 35 bodies in an old cemetery in western Catalonia will be the last of its kind because of the Spanish suspension of self-rule, according to Catalan Foreign Affairs department
November 21, 2017 02:09 PM
Puigdemont: Spain was ready to respond with ‘casualties’ if independence was carried through
The Catalan president had warned the pro-independence MPs of a violent response by Madrid in the event the Catalan state had been implemented
November 21, 2017 12:14 PM
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