Government to launch body linking Catalans around the world
Foreign minister hopes Council of Catalonia Abroad will be up and running by end of year
council of catalonia
Catalonia’s foreign affairs plan curtailed for ‘undermining’ Spain’s authority
Spain's Constitutional Court cuts back plan for overstepping state-level powers
Students want more resources, support and engagement as classes return
National Youth Council of Catalonia president "disappointed" with public administrations
Diplocat to hold online debates on post-Covid world 'from a decentralizing perspective'
Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia's "Digital Talks" on sub-state entities and sustainability will begin on June 25
Barcelona airport expansion must be subject to environmental impact analysis, says council
Barcelona City Council also supports 'efficient' rail connection between El Prat airport and those in Girona and Reus
Over 40% of Europeans want EU to mediate in Catalan conflict, says poll
Survey by Catalan public diplomacy council also says Catalonia's image has improved while Spain's has worsened due to political crisis
Public Diplomacy Council holds first event after forced closure
Diplocat secretary general says body will 'continue' work of officials in charge before Spain shut it down in 2017
Witnesses defend ‘plurality’ of Diplocat in Catalan trial
Diplomacy body under scrutiny for alleged use of public funds to promote independence bid abroad
Former Diplocat head denies international observers hired for referendum
Albert Royo says team of foreign experts was hired to write a report on Catalan-Spanish relations
Catalan government to fight against Diplocat's ‘illegal’ closing
Public diplomacy council was shut down by Madrid during period of direct rule
International experts urge political leaders to help solve refugee crisis
Barcelona hosts a conference with international experts on refugee integration
Spain’s promises of dialogue have had “zero” impact at international level, DIPLOCAT says
Spain’s so-called ‘dialogue operation’ with Catalonia has had “zero” impact at international level. This statement was made this Tuesday by the Secretary General of the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (Diplocat), Albert Royo, during the conference ‘Catalan Public Diplomacy in a changing world’. The talk was organised by the Federation of Internationally Recognized Catalan Organisations (FOCIR, going by its Catalan initials). According to Royo, what is transcending abroad is the “persecution of 400 Catalan elected officials being carried out by Spain”. “Until now the dialogue operation has not materialised and been translated into concrete facts, we neither see it in Catalonia nor abroad”, he added. Furthermore, he warned that with the dialogue promises Spain is “paving the way to legitimate future coercive measures [against Catalonia] at international level”.
DIPLOCAT to observe parliamentary elections in Macedonia
The Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (Diplocat) has been invited by the Electoral Commission of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to observe the early parliamentary elections that will take place on Sunday. A team of eleven observers trained in international electoral observation, who are currently following the final days of the election campaign and the preparations for the vote in the regions of Skopje, the Northeast, the Southwest, and Pegalonia. On Sunday they will observe the actual vote itself, the vote count, the compiling of the results, and the final announcement of the results. This is not the first time that Catalonia’s Public Diplomacy Council sends an observation mission to another country; recently, in October, they travelled to Morocco and so far they have also been present at elections in Uruguay, Costa Rica and Armenia.