Puigdemont stresses Catalonia's European credentials
President in exile explains remarks about a referendum on the EU in the country and calls for a Europe where the public has more say
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PP leader and Catalan public broadcaster workers clash over lack of diversity allegations
Xavier García Albiol calls programming on Catalan TV is "unacceptable" and “should be changed from top to bottom”
Prison, exile and electoral campaign: the aftermath of the Declaration of Independence
Q&A: Where is Catalonia one month after parliament voted on declaring the Republic and Madrid suspended self-rule?
Barcelona council removes “Freedom for political prisoners” banner as requested by election board
The electoral body argues that the message of the poster “affects the neutrality of government institutions”
Head of prosecutor’s office in Catalonia dies at 69
José María Romero de Tejada passes away nine days after Spain’s attorney general
Socialist leader “dismisses” Junqueras and Puigdemont as bad “policy makers”
It is “normal” for politicians to be “dismissed” if they do their job badly said Miquel Icetas
“Stop putting Spanner in the works,” says Cs candidate to Socialist leader
Arrimadas also called on people to vote en masse in coming election to “put an end to this madness”
Catalans should vote on remaining in EU or not, argues Puigdemont
The dismissed president, who is a supporter of European Union, called it a "club of decadent and obsolete countries," in interview with Israeli TV channel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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