MEPs denounce Spain for making it “difficult” to visit jailed ministers and activists
Several representatives, part of delegation that wants to visit imprisoned Catalan leaders criticize Madrid’s lack of response
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Puigdemont and Catalan ministers to face extradition hearing in Brussels next Monday at 9am
Belgian judge could decide whether or not to accept the request to send them back to Spain, or to summon them for a new hearing
All taxes should be collected in Catalonia, proposes Socialist leader
Esquerra Republicana recruits 14,000 polling agents to make sure there is no “electoral fraud”
Podemos to bring Spanish government to Constitutional Court for imposing direct rule in Catalonia
Party currently gathering signatures against Madrid’s decision to trigger Article 155, says leader Pablo Iglesias
Around 30 MEPs demand release of Catalan “political and social leaders”
Representatives from different European Parliament groups urge EU to mediate in Catalonia to ensure that the fundamental values are respected
Use of yellow to support jailed officials banned at Barcelona sights
The Spanish electoral board claims that this sign of solidarity is related to some candidacies running in election
Jailed Catalan leaders summoned to court to discuss precautionary measures
The Supreme Court is to revisit the preemptive imprisonment of ten pro-independence leaders after taking over the case from the National Court
Catalonia is a nation and Spain can't take this away, argues Together for Catalonia candidate
In an exclusive interview with Catalan News, Aurora Madaula questions whether Spain will respect election results
Pro-independence parties present election campaigns
ERC party highlights absent candidates still held in jail while Together for Catalonia ticket puts focus on Catalan president Puigdemont
“None of the arguments keeping them in prison are valid,” says Catalan officials lawyer
Defense teams of former ministers and civic leaders ask Spanish Supreme Court to review the reasons for keeping them in custody
ERC’s ministers commit to using “dialogue and political negotiation” if released
The lawyer asks the Spanish Supreme Court to review the case and to change imprisonment for a lighter penalty
Jailed minister offers thanks for ‘hundreds of letters’ he has received
Carles Mundó says Catalan officials feel very supported and “connected to the people”
‘Unpleasant things’ happened on the day of the referendum, admits Spanish president
Rajoy says that ‘no human enterprise is perfect’ referring to the October 1 Spanish police violence
Election is opportunity to end ‘40 years of nationalism’ in Catalonia, says PP official
Fernando Sánchez dismisses Socialists’ reluctance to govern with right-wing parties as ‘issues from the past’
Spanish Electoral Board asks public media to stop using terms such as “Government in exile”
It also considers transmission of November 11 protest violation of neutrality
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