Spain's prosecution and attorney defend amnesty to Puigdemont on independence push charges
March 10, 2025 12:56 PM
Former president Carles Puigdemont, residing in Belgium, faces misuse of public funds charges
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L'Hospitalet celebrates city's centenary amid 'fascist' controversy
Municipality gained city status in 1925 during Primo de Rivera dictatorship
March 11, 2025 10:32 AM
Catalonia to manage immigration after Junts reach deal with Spanish government
Catalan police will collaborate on border control and Catalan government will manage return of foreigners with entry bans
March 4, 2025 10:31 AM
City Council backs push for Barcelona Airport expansion
Deputy mayor stresses the need for 'political consensus'
February 28, 2025 05:16 PM
Catalonia to increase tourist tax to maximum of €15 per night
Barcelona hotel sector rejects measure and condemns "fiscal asphyxiation"
February 27, 2025 10:41 AM
Solidarity quota on payrolls comes into force for workers earning over €59,094 annually
Measure aims to support retirement funding ahead of baby boomers’ retirement
February 27, 2025 01:42 PM
ECHR backs Spanish court over Catalan resolutions on self-determination and monarchy
Strasbourg deems Constitutional Court's block on 2019 parliamentary motions "proportionate and necessary"
February 27, 2025 12:26 PM
Government celebrates Spain forgiving over €17bn debt as 'recognition' after years of underfunding
People's Party regional ministers walk off from meeting considered "a joke"
February 26, 2025 07:25 PM
Spain to forgive over €17bn of Catalan debt after ERC deal
Spanish government will cancel over €83 billion in debt from the Autonomous Communities
February 24, 2025 12:42 PM
Bilateral Spain-Catalonia committee meets for the first time in three years
Commissions reach pacts on security, justice, and transfers of powers
February 24, 2025 10:27 AM
Junts withdraws no-confidence motion against Spanish PM Sánchez
Decision comes in efforts to 'avoid total breakdown' between parties
February 24, 2025 02:05 PM
Catalans in Berlin concerned over AfD 'tension' but confident of cordon sanitaire post elections
Possible victory of CDU to detriment of Social Democrats also causes concern about social policies
February 22, 2025 01:58 PM
Political upheaval pushed Catalan language to the backburner, says minister
Francesc Xavier Vila: "Real integration into Catalan society must include learning Catalan"
February 21, 2025 06:00 PM
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