Spain’s National Court refuses to probe link between Spanish intelligence and Barcelona attack mastermind
Barcelona | 20/09/2019
According to El País, the court is of the same opinion as the prosecutor's office and declines to request more information from the CNI or the directors of the prisons where he was held
Spain’s Public Prosecutor: the verdict in the case of the Catalan leaders will be announced before 12 October
Barcelona | 19/09/2019
During a lecture in Buenos Aires Javier Zaragoza stated that Germany’s justice made “a mistake” when it refused to hand over Carles Puigdemont
Pedro Sánchez’s failure
| 19/09/2019
Spain’s caretaker PM has not held serious talks with anybody to secure his re-election
Borrell thwarts Catalan government plans for 5G Med corridor
Barcelona | 18/09/2019
Josep Borrell, Spain’s caretaker Foreign Minister, insists the Catalan government must refer to Catalonia as a “region” and claims it lacks the necessary powers
European Commission: Spain couldn’t request extradition of rap singer convicted for song lyrics
Barcelona | 17/09/2019
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU will publish the conclusions on the case on November 26
Poker players
| 15/09/2019
600,000 is too few
| 13/09/2019
The pro-independence leaders ought to take what happened during the Diada as a warning
As much as ever
| 12/09/2019
Catalonia’s independence movement has lost neither heft nor diversity
Michael Ignatieff: “The judgement of the Supreme Court will not be the end”
Madrid | 11/09/2019
Professor Ignatieff stresses the urgent need for a dialogue based on the Canadian experience
The upcoming phase
| 11/09/2019
After a two-year hiatus, you could be led to believe that the problem has been assimilated
Another four Spanish officers indicted over riot police charges in Barcelona during 2017 independence vote
| 10/09/2019
Up to 55 Spanish police, including eight senior officers, have been prosecuted as a result of their actions in the Catalan capital
Where is the Catalan independence movement headed?
| 08/09/2019
A useful analysis of the situation will only be possible if the independence movement first rejects a certain political paternalism and it acknowledges its serious misjudgement of the Spanish State’s might, the miscalculation of its own strength, the pitfall of undue haste and the price paid owing to internal discrepancies
No, there is no crisis of coexistence in Catalonia
| 06/09/2019
'Crisis', 'division' and 'conflict' give the impression of a society in which violence is an everyday occurrence
ERC: Pedro Sánchez’s proposal for Catalonia is “awful” but Podemos should vote him in
Madrid | 05/09/2019
Pedro Sánchez insisted he is not prepared to discuss a referendum with the Catalan authorities
European Parliament to submit observations on Oriol Junqueras’ immunity to CJEU
Brussels | 04/09/2019
Sassoli accepts MEPs’ request to forward the opinion of the European chamber’s legal service
The constitutional crisis persists
| 03/09/2019
Catalan nationalism showed that it wasn’t strong enough to prevail, but it could rock the boat
The enemies of the people
| 01/09/2019
Global Spain: a finger-pointing campaign
| 30/08/2019
A report by Global Spain goes as far as to suggest that Germany’s justice erred when they denied Puigdemont’s extradition
Spain and the Spanish
Barcelona | 29/08/2019
This is the sheer underlying manipulation: confusing the Spanish state with the Spanish people
70.3% of Catalans believe prison and exile are unjust
| 27/08/2019
Catalan government pollster: two thirds of respondents believe rights and liberties have been eroded in Catalonia
Wake up, Europe!
| 25/08/2019
The old continent remains disoriented by the centre of the world shifting to Asia and by Trump
Cuixart calls to “disobey unjust laws when necessary”
| 23/08/2019
The president of Òmnium Cultural insists he will continue his “struggle for human rights” whatever the verdict
Catalan government to take Spain to court over non-payment, encourages other regional governments to join in
22/08/2019
The Catalan administration had denounced the “financial stranglehold” caused by the Spanish government withholding funds
Catalan government slams Madrid over “financial stranglehold”, demands outstanding €1.3bn payment
21/08/2019
It hopes to pass the 2020 budget bill with backing from several political groups who “feel comfortable” with it
Open Arms: the egg on Spain’s face
| 20/08/2019
The Spanish government treats NGO Proactiva Open Arms and its boat as if they were a political opponent
Censoring music in Spain: how it works
| 17/08/2019
The case of C. Tangana has brought back into the public eye a problem that artists encounter more often than you would think: having concerts cancelled for political reasons
Catalan president contemplating action against anti-independence Spanish government report
Barcelona | 16/08/2019
Quim Torra has instructed the Catalan government’s legal service to look into the “criminalisation” of Catalonia’s independence movement
Ayuso is elected president of Madrid region propped by Ciudadanos and far-right Vox
Barcelona/Madrid | 15/08/2019
The PP candidate was voted in on the second day of the election debate in the regional assembly
Hong Kong
| 14/08/2019
China doesn’t mind the images of the clampdown getting out: it doesn’t even attempt to conceal them
In Spain the rule of law is morphing into rule by the judges
| 13/08/2019
The verdict in the case of the 2017 Catalan independence bid will be ready in early October
