Politics

Auditor’s court admits complaint on illegal use of public funds that could cost banned officials €5m, while Catalan executive insists independence process is ‘unstoppable’

Vice president and foreign affairs minister formally request transfer of powers to their departments for purchase of ballot boxes for October 1 vote

Provocative street poster initiative aims to remind public of “origin of Spanish institutions” on 81st anniversary of fascist dictator’s coup

Mossos d’Esquadra director expresses confidence in force while internal sources and Spanish government suggest resignation is due to political reasons

MEP Tremosa tells Catalan News that ‘in Brussels it's very difficult to justify denying not only a referendum but also political dialogue’

President Puigdemont reshuffles cabinet with Presidency, Home Affairs and Education ministers ‘stepping aside’ in what Spanish President Rajoy calls a ‘purge’

Former president Artur Mas, MEP Ramon Tremosa and Princeton political science professor Carles Boix discuss the October 1 vote in English ‘to inform Catalonia’s community of foreigners’

The Catalan president replaces the ministers of the Presidency, Home Affairs and Education

Expert Liah Greenfeld claims it is not up to Spanish authorities to decide if people of Catalonia express wish to become a state

JxSí president Turull calls police visit to national theater ‘outrageous’ while PPC leader Albiol calls it ‘normal’ when faced with ‘political coup’

Junqueras and Romeva charged with purchase while opposition accuses Catalan government of shifting blame for referendum in lively chamber debate

President of French-speaking parliamentary assembly, Jacques Chagnon, calls Catalans ‘big enough and serious enough to make their own decisions’

Catalan government and Diplocat prepare country’s future diplomatic corps with master’s degree aimed at teaching networkig and “humane diplomacy”

Catalonia’s top court upholds Prosecutor’s charges against Borràs and Esteve arguing need for investigation into evidence of criminal activity

Spanish legal action against chamber bureau members to be discussed by  Francophonie parliament in next political commission, says Forcadell