Constitutional Court greenlights leader's preventive detention but without unanimity
For first time, discrepancies over Catalan crisis-related issues arise among Spain's top judges
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Backlash in Catalonia against new decree to stop 'digital republic'
Catalan executive aims to challenge measure from Spanish Socialists, comparing it to internet policies in "authoritarian states"
Unionists accuse government of corruption in parliament spat
Cs MP says executive is surrounded by "putrefaction and corruption" and clashes with speaker over "sexist" comments
Brexit: where do Catalans stand?
Think pro-independentists would be pro-Brexit too? Think again…
41 MEPs call on newly-elected EU Commission to 'mediate' in Catalan crisis
Representatives of 4 groups urge Ursula von der Leyen to "ensure that human and fundamental rights are protected in Spain"
Spain ignores UN's demands to release Catalan leaders, says pro-independence group
The body had set a 6-month deadline for the freedom of the jailed political figures
Court provisionally suspends decrees creating new Catalan offices abroad
Argentina, Mexico and Tunisia delegations seen by Madrid government as 'harmful' for Spain and part of 'secessionist plan'
Pope calls for 'dialogue and peace' in Spain
Supreme pontiff believes there is a "problem" implicitly referring to Catalan crisis and urges talks to "resolve" issue
EU Parliament rejects Vox proposal to debate inclusion of pro-independence groups on terror list
The chamber's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs votes against Committees for the Defense of the Republic discussion
Parliament accuses Spain's Constitutional Court of 'censorship'
MPs pass motion backlashing top judges' veto on self-determination stances in chamber, as part of text reacting to jailed leaders' verdict
Decree 'eliminates obstacles' to fostering renewable energy
Government introduces new rules to "simplify and speed up" Catalonia's transition to alternative energy sources
Supreme Court considers investigating senior pro-independence MP for alleged irregular contracts
The tribunal has asked the prosecutor’s office should Laura Borràs, the JxCat MP, be investigated after receiving case from a Barcelona court
Dialogue with vote, mediator: pro-independence conditions to back Spain's government
Catalan Socialists propose recognizing Catalonia as a nation and Spain as a plurinational state, and urge discreet talks
Former Catalan MEP Francesc Gambús dies aged 45
The politician was a member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2019
Paul Engler on Spain’s handling of the Catalan crisis: ‘I would expect that from a dictatorship’
The author visits Barcelona to present ‘This Is An Uprising,’ an exploration of civil resistance throughout history
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