Cabinet approves 2023 budget, month-long parliamentary procedure to follow
Pro-independence opposition Junts to vote against, with unionist Socialists involved in governance for first time in decade
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2023 budget to 'modernize' airport, increase health spending, and promote renewables
All-time high €40bn spending plan set to come into effect in March after Esquerra-Socialist deal
Governing Esquerra and opposition Socialists announce 2023 budget agreement
Government to approve spending plan on Thursday after weeks of negotiations end in deal
Spain's Supreme Court 'satisfied' that EU court ruling means Belgium cannot question its authority
Spanish government says judgement "will make it easier to hold Puigdemont to account before Spain's judiciary"
EU Court: arrest warrants may be denied with proof of risk of rights violation
Judges say 'deficiencies affecting judicial protection of group' may be reason to reject warrant
Independence camp claims victory after CJEU ruling on extradition requests
Former Catalan president Puigdemont says arrest warrants are now "inviable"
Spain to raise minimum gross annual wage to €15,120 this year
8% increase on last year after agreement with unions and rejection of business associations
What next in independence leaders' extradition cases after latest EU court ruling
Myriad interpretations of nuanced decision but Belgium’s stance on expected new arrest warrants still unclear
Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian Nobel Peace Prize winners defend democracy at Barcelona event
Nobel laureates take part in Catalan parliament's first peace conference
Governing party Esquerra to vote for motion of B-40 road, paving way for 2023 budget deal
New highway plan backed by Socialists main obstacle for approval of spending plan until now
Puigdemont 'will return in a relatively short time,' says lawyer as Spain aims for extradition
Former president questions whether Spanish and Catalan government parties discussed handing him in during penal code reform talks
Supreme Court cannot issue arrest warrant without EU parliament permission, Puigdemont argues
Ex-president says judges do not have authority to try him in response to new charges after penal code reform
Key EU court decision affecting Puigdemont's extradition case to be revealed on Tuesday
Judges to announce binding opinion on Spanish court doubts after advocate general sided with Spain's attempts at extradition
Spain's government lawyers request reduction of disqualification penalties for referendum leaders
Solicitor general asks Supreme Court to halve ban from holding public office after reform of criminal code
Prosecutors request to keep disqualification penalties for some referendum leaders
Attorneys ask for highest-ranking former leaders to still be barred from public office but sentences for others to be reduced
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