Criminal code: Spanish government distances itself from reform of misuse of public funds
Spokesperson says executive not looking beyond crime of sedition despite PM hinting at further changes
November 15, 2022 07:07 PM
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Trial of former parliament bureau to be repeated for lack of impartiality from judges
Former speaker and other officials tried in Catalan High Court for allowing self-determination votes
November 15, 2022 03:25 PM
Spain wants to get rid of 90-day limit and allow long-term stays for UK visitors
Government set to ask EU for exception as Brits accounted for 20% of country’s tourists before Brexit
November 14, 2022 04:31 PM
Spanish government open to modifying crime of misuse of public funds
Catalan president wants to "revert" changes made by People's Party executive in 2015 soon
November 14, 2022 02:54 PM
Government wants 50% of farmland to be sustainable by 2030
Goal announced at COP27 Climate Conference in Egypt
November 14, 2022 11:19 AM
Penal code reform: proposed changes explained
Sedition erased and replaced with public order offences after agreement between Catalan and Spanish governments
November 13, 2022 07:05 PM
'Impunity has never brought unity' – opposition react to sedition reform
Junts per Catalunya suggest new law could be "tailor-made" to call 2017 independence referendum a crime
November 11, 2022 06:38 PM
Maximum penalty of new crime of aggravated public disorder will be 5 years in jail
Socialist MP Patxi López says reform of criminal code may ease extradition of Puigdemont
November 11, 2022 10:40 AM
Catalan president: 'Repealing sedition makes it more difficult to persecute the independence movement'
Aragonès welcomes deal to reform Spanish criminal code but asks for full amnesty
November 11, 2022 09:29 AM
Spanish government argues 'technical difficulties' to introduce Catalan in European parliament
Spain agreed to ask for language to be used in EU chamber in summer talks with Catalan cabinet
November 11, 2022 02:55 PM
Spain to replace crime of sedition with ‘aggravated public disorder’
PM Pedro Sánchez announces plans to "reform" crime that saw decade-long sentences for independence leaders
November 10, 2022 09:46 PM
ECHR rejects ex-Catalan president's defamation claims against Spanish newspaper
El Mundo falsely published during 2012 election campaign that Artur Mas had secret bank accounts in Switzerland
November 10, 2022 11:00 AM
Pro-independence parliament majority at risk with major losses for party that broke coalition, says poll
Socialists would extend lead, governing Esquerra remains level, conservative PP surpass far-right according to CEO
November 9, 2022 12:26 PM
Former Spanish king argues immunity in legal hearing over ex-lover's harassment claims
Corinna Larsen says privileges as a monarch do not protect Juan Carlos I in matters of a private nature
November 9, 2022 10:18 AM
Draft EU spyware inquiry findings suggest Spain behind espionage of independence movement
Spanish executive was "probably" NSO Group's first European Union client
November 8, 2022 11:46 AM
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