Unlikely Puigdemont will be able to return to Catalonia if elected as president, he says
"Most direct way of not accepting Article 155 is to defeat it in the polls," says the deposed president in Belgium
November 26, 2017 11:07 AM
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PP candidate wants to shut down Catalan public broadcaster and reopen it hiring “normal people”
Xavier García Albiol says TV3 is not plural and journalist are studying possible lawsuit against him
November 25, 2017 06:04 PM
Catalans will ratify they want independence in upcoming election, says Puigdemont
Catalan president presents electoral list in Belgium and urges Spain and the EU to respect results on December 21
November 25, 2017 02:45 PM
Catalan leader invites Spanish president to talks in Brussels
Carles Puigdemont’s offer to meet Mariano Rajoy in Belgium is roundly rejected by state government spokesmen
November 24, 2017 07:23 PM
PSC’s Esther Niubó: “We need a very broad social compact to overcome this situation”
The spokeswoman for the Catalan socialists says that there’s no legitimacy in disobeying the law
November 24, 2017 06:25 PM
People’s Party leader calls on unionists to focus on election
PP candidate tells Socialists and Ciutadans parties to leave the “cockfight” over the presidency and potential political alliances until after the December 21 vote
November 24, 2017 04:32 PM
Supreme Court takes over the case against pro-independence leaders
The only exception will be the trial against the former Catalan police chief Josep Lluís Trapero
November 24, 2017 03:06 PM
Civic organization Òmnium shows its “commitment” to “legitimate government” in Brussels
Òmnium spokesperson says they are “determined” to defend “the Catalan government and the future that Catalonia decides to take”
November 24, 2017 02:18 PM
Catalan socialists urge all political parties to “back down” and work for “reconciliation”
Main candidate for PSC says that he doesn't accept “the country model that the pro-independence parties left behind”
November 24, 2017 02:13 PM
Seventeen MEPs to visit Catalan leaders in prison
Representatives from five different European Parliament parties will visit imprisoned pro-independence leaders in Madrid jails
November 24, 2017 11:36 AM
Sacked Education minister urges Catalans to “face up” to Madrid schools' intervention
Clara Ponsatí meets parent associations, students and teachers unions in Brussels, where she is fighting extradition to Spain
November 23, 2017 07:51 PM
ERC's Alfred Bosch: “We are not going to surrender”
Republican Left leader in Barcelona says that if pro-independence parties win the next election they will "continue" to make the Republic "grow"
November 23, 2017 04:57 PM
Socialists rule out backing ‘right-wing’ unionist government after vote
Ciutadans leader responds urging PSC to stop thinking of “votes and seats”
November 23, 2017 04:07 PM
Judge will say ‘no’ to extradition if hesitant, prestigious Belgian lawyer says
Denis Bosquet claims that prosecutor rejecting charges of corruption for Puigdemont and his four Catalan ministers in Brussels is a sign of the international arrest warrant’s “weakness”
November 23, 2017 12:57 PM
Puigdemont rejects 'president's pension'
Accepting it would have meant that he acknowledges being ousted by the Spanish government
November 23, 2017 11:13 AM
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