Politics

The Catalan former president Carles Puigdemont being released from jail in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on April 6, 2018 (by Guifré Jordan)

24 September 2021 02:03 AM

Why Puigdemont has been arrested and why previous attempts to extradite him failed

Belgian and German courts have never accepted handing former president in to Spain

Catalan president Pere Aragonès, with vice president Jordi Puigneró and presidency minister Laura Vilagrà, September 21, 2021 (Rubén Moreno/Government)

21 September 2021 04:47 PM

Primary health care, public energy company, public transport discounts for under 30s: Government plan out

5,000 more social flats a year, independence talks with Spain and promoting Catalan language among priorities for current term

'ERC does not represent the independence movement as a whole', says Junts

16 September 2021 01:50 PM

Talks with Spain aggravate cracks between Catalonia’s ruling parties

Bid to solve independence dispute through dialogue seen as a "step backward"

Members of the Catalan government (right) facing members of the Spanish government (by Jordi Bedmar-Catalan government)

15 September 2021 09:38 PM

Catalonia and Spain agree to favor ‘progress over deadlines’ in independence conflict talks

Governments met in Barcelona on Wednesday, kickstarting high-stakes negotiation

Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez (left), and Catalan president, Pere Aragonès, ahead of their meeting in Catalan government headquarters, on September 15, 2021 (by Guillem Roset)

15 September 2021 07:38 PM

'Historic' Catalonia - Spain talks on independence issue get underway

First session in Barcelona, preceded by presidents' meeting, without junior Catalan government coalition partner

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Spanish president Pedro Sánchez, left, and Catalan president Pere Aragonès in Madrid on June 29, 2021 (by Bernat Vilaró)

15 September 2021 10:54 AM

Catalonia and Spain face arduous task of solving independence issue from polar opposite standpoints

Talks joined by both presidents and ministers to begin on Wednesday with Catalans calling for referendum and Spain denying it as 2023 looms on horizon

Former parliament speaker Roger Torrent photographed with other former members of the parliament bureau Josep Costa, Eusebi Campdepadrós, and Ariadna Delgado (by Marta Sierra)

15 September 2021 09:35 AM

Former parliament speaker faces court hearing for disobedience case

Roger Torrent, now business minister, and four other ex bureau members potentially face disqualification if ultimately found guilty

'I made it clear that the Catalan delegation had to be made up of government officials', says president

14 September 2021 05:24 PM

Catalan government crisis as coalition partners disagree on who should attend upcoming talks with Spain

President Aragonès has only confirmed presence of members of his party for now for first meeting after JxCat proposes politicians not in cabinet

Afghan women protesting in front of the Catalan government headquarters on September 14, 2021 (by Àngela Sànchez)

14 September 2021 11:49 AM

Catalonia criticizes 'low' number of Afghan evacuees and asks for greater resources

Afghan women in Barcelona call on Spain to do more for those in need

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