All set for Catalan parliament to approve €40bn 2023 spending plan
Minority government's budget to move forward after securing support of Socialists and Comuns
March 10, 2023 12:06 PM
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Renewed calls for accountability after revelations on origin of 'Operation Catalonia' smear campaign
Congress restarts investigatory committee on covert state actions against independence movement
March 9, 2023 02:10 PM
Spanish government partners at odds in congress on amending consent law
Socialists and Unidas Podemos unable to find consensus on how to avoid offenders having lower sentences
March 7, 2023 09:29 PM
Spanish government approves 'pioneering' gender parity in politics and business bill
40% of ministers, board members, and professional associations' governing bodies must be women
March 7, 2023 01:25 PM
Catalonia to provide all women with free reusable period products
Some 1.8m people entitled to menstrual cups and underwear as part of new government program
March 7, 2023 03:45 PM
Catalan Cooperation Fund in Algeria to back Western Sahara
Delegation also including MPs visit Sahrawi camps: 'Morocco blocks any possibility for dialogue'
March 5, 2023 11:17 AM
Catalan universal basic income pilot program voted down by opposition
Minority government's €800/month experiment defeated in vote on budget bill amendment
March 3, 2023 01:55 PM
Parliament urges Google Maps not to translate Catalan and Aranese place names into Spanish
Pro-independence parties, Socialists, and En comú Podem back motion
March 3, 2023 09:38 AM
Prosecutor keeps 6 year sentence request for suspended speaker as trial ends
Others accused in corruption case have proposed convictions lowered after deal
March 1, 2023 10:55 AM
'We love Barcelona, the relationship will flourish' – Israeli minister after suspension of ties
Nir Barkat visits Catalan capital to 'do business' as investment from Middle Eastern country plummets
February 28, 2023 03:22 PM
Court to investigate alleged state smear campaign against independence movement for first time
Magistrates will consider case filed by former FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell against several former Spanish police officers
February 28, 2023 03:54 PM
Suspended parliament speaker testifies: Contracts were approved by auditors
Laura Borràs says corruption charges are result of "political persecution" against her
February 27, 2023 06:36 PM
Sinn Féin open to recognizing independent Catalonia if party rules Ireland
Catalan president Pere Aragonès promises to "work harder" to achieve Quebec-style Clarity Act to set independence referendum conditions
February 24, 2023 05:16 PM
Public prosecutor asks for 15-year sentence for Spain's ex-interior minister in charge of Catalan espionage operation
Jorge Fernández Díaz could be barred from public office for 33 years for police spying on former PP treasurer
February 24, 2023 03:43 PM
Catalonia eying return to international debt market with green bonds, president says
In an interview with Bloomberg, Aragonès says it is an "opportunity to finance the decarbonization of our economy"
February 22, 2023 09:52 AM
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