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Smoking to be banned on four Barcelona beaches in pilot test this summer
City council aims to raise awareness of health damage while curbing pollution of the sand and sea
Spain extends UK flight ban for non-residents until February 2
Cabinet justifies decision by citing "uncertainties" over the scope of the new variant
Smoking ban and restaurant curfew: new coronavirus measures introduced
Spanish health minister agreed the new restrictions after a meeting with regional authorities
Government considers ban on outdoor smoking where distances cannot be guaranteed
Galicia and Canary Islands first adopted measure that applies to both the street and on bar terraces
Ban on entry to Spain from outside EU extended until June 15
Barcelona port and airport only permitted entry points in Catalonia when arriving in country by plane or ferry
Spain brings in measures to contain coronavirus
Ban on direct flights from Italy, full sick pay for infected or confined workers, and sports events behind closed doors aim to limit spread of disease
Animal rights organization reports town council over ‘correbous’ incident
AnimaNaturalis and other organizations push parliament to ban bull-related events
Open Arms: Italian court lets rescue ship enter territorial waters
Catalan NGO awaits authorization to dock with 147 people on board after 14-day standoff
Madrid court overturns ban on Puigdemont running in European election
People's Party to challenge decision in Constitutional Court
MEPs consider Catalan independence vote sentencing “reprehensible” and “worrying”
Former Catalan President, Artur Mas, former Catalan Vice President Joana Ortega and former Catalan Minister for Education, Irene Rigau have received severe fines and have been banned from public office for allowing the 9-N symbolic vote on Catalan independence in 2014. “It’s a matter of regret,” Scottish MEP Alyn Smith, from the Greens/European Free Alliance group told the CNA who lamented Spain “dealing with democracy through the court”. “I find it wrong,” said European Conservatives and Reformists Group MEP Ian Duncan and admitted he was “deeply troubled” by the decision. Co-Chair for the Greens/European Free Alliance, Philippe Lamberts, lamented “the stubbornness of the Spanish authorities toward Catalonia” and insisted that Madrid’s attitude “is making dialogue nearly impossible”.
Catalan MEPs report “disgraceful and anti-democratic” 9-N sentence to the European Parliament
Catalan MEPs from left wing pro-independence party ERC Josep Maria Terricabras and Jordi Solé, and Ramon Tremosa, representing the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) sent a letter to the 751 members of the European Parliament condemning Monday’s sentence against former Catalan government figures over the 9-N symbolic vote on independence, which took place in Catalonia in 2014. They consider “disgraceful and anti-democratic” the sentencing to a two year-ban from holding public office for former Catalan President, Artur Mas and the 21-month and 18-month bans for former vice president Joana Ortega and former Catalan Minister for Education Irene Rigau for allowing the non-binding referendum to take place. The Catalan MEPs assured in their joint letter that the court’s decision “will not deter the Catalans' will to express their views at the ballot box”.
Homs enters the court rallied around by hundreds of supporters
The judicial process against Catalan politicians that helped to organise the non-binding consultation on independence on the 9th of November 2014 continues. This Monday, former Catalan Government spokesman and MP for the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDCeCAT) testifies before the Spanish Supreme Court for disobedience and perversion of justice when co-organising the 9-N symbolic vote on independence, in which 2.3 million citizens expressed their opinion about Catalonia’s political future. The Prosecutor’s temporary conclusions stated that Homs “didn’t suspend any of the articles which allowed the consultation to take place and which were accountable to the Department of the Presidency” which Homs led at that time. The document emphasises that former Catalan President, Artur Mas’ right-hand man was “absolutely aware” that “by doing so he violated the mandatory compliance of the Spanish Constitutional Court’s decisions”. Thus, the Prosecutor demands a 9-year ban from public office.