Articles tagged with: Scotland

31 October 2019 05:06 PM

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (right) and former ministers Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí (by Nazaret Romero)

Prosecutor calls for arrest of three former Catalan ministers in exile

Supreme Court official requests reissue of extradition orders for Toni Comín, Lluís Puig and Clara Ponsatí on charges related to 2017 independence bid

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06 June 2019 01:27 PM

Nicola Sturgeon, the Prime Minister of Scotland, in the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. (Photo: Reuters)

Spanish government confirms no EU veto for an independent Scotland

People’s Party members claimed veto for fear of emboldening Catalan and Basque independence movements

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28 March 2019 06:13 PM

Miquel Iceta made the controversial comments to a newspaper in the Basque Country

Referendum 'not the solution': Catalan Socialist leader backtracks on contentious comments

Miquel Iceta rectifies remarks to newspaper suggesting self-determination vote justified "if 65% of Catalans wanted independence"

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11 October 2018 11:07 AM

The Spanish vice president, Carmen Calvo, in Barcelona on October 10, 2018 (by Andrea Zamorano)

Spanish vice president: 'There was no agreed referendum in Scotland'

Carmen Calvo claims "there is no possibility" to hold an independence vote either in Spain or in other "comparable democracies"

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08 October 2018 01:21 PM

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Catalan vice president Pere Aragonès (by Catalan government)

Catalan vice president meets Scottish first minister

Pro-independence leaders Pere Aragonès and Nicola Sturgeon pledge to strengthen economic cooperation between their governments

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27 August 2018 12:41 PM

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont at a press conference in Berlin (by Guillem Roset)

Puigdemont calls on Sánchez to make ‘specific proposals’ for Catalonia

Speaking from Scotland, the Catalan leader admits that Spain’s new Socialist executive offers an “opportunity” for dialogue

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24 August 2018 08:29 PM

Carles Puigdemont at press conference in Brussels on Saturday (ACN)

Puigdemont in Scotland to take part in diplomatic forum

First trip of former president after Spanish courts withdrew European arrest warrant against him, enabling him to return to Belgium from Germany

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05 July 2018 05:44 PM

Catalan president Quim Torra in Parliament (by ACN)

Torra urges Spain to follow UK example and allow referendum

Ahead of meeting with Scottish First Minister next week, President highlights "peaceful and democratic agreement" between London and Edinburgh on independence vote

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