The Basque Country is different
| 10/07/2020
On Sunday the Basque Country will declare itself a distinct society
You prove your willingness to talk by talking
| 09/07/2020
The Spanish government is looking for excuses not to resume talks with its Catalan counterpart
The king is in check
| 08/07/2020
I reckon that the Spanish king is in check at the moment. But not in checkmate
Endurance and corruption
| 07/07/2020
With its handouts, the State will curb our collective liberties
Misaligned
| 05/07/2020
Hong Kong, China and Spain
| 03/07/2020
Catalan political prisoners: prison boards unanimously propose granting them level 3 status
Barcelona | 03/07/2020
Catalonia’s Justice Ministry still needs to ratify the decision, which the Prosecutor will be opposing
The anniversary of the Statute and bilateral talks
30/06/2020
The pro-independence camp may harbour reservations about holding bilateral talks with the Spanish government, but it mustn’t leave the negotiating table
Ten years later
| 28/06/2020
Not a good time for the King of Spain to promote holidaying at home
Barcelona | 26/06/2020
The latest revelations about Spain’s royals are notoriously absent from the more crown-friendly newspapers
Letting the monarchy fall
| 24/06/2020
Despite the embarrassment, the Spanish monarchy will stay put
60% of Spain’s top civil servants come from Madrid
Madrid | 23/06/2020
In the last four years only one Catalan has joined the service’s senior management ranks
“Here we go, here we go”?
| 22/06/2020
Spain’s Constitutional Court unanimously denies sentence suspension request in case of Catalan political prisoners
Barcelona | 17/06/2020
The leaders of the 2017 independence referendum had asked to be released until the Constitutional Court hands down a decision following their appeal
Spain’s justice system targets the Catalan language
| 16/06/2020
It is absurd for a court of law to pass judgement on matters that pertain to linguistics
A place to go to
| 14/06/2020
President Torra faces Spain’s Supreme Court
| 12/06/2020
Former PM Mariano Rajoy determined the outcome of the last election in Catalonia and the Supreme Court will decide the next one
Say I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout Madrid
| 11/06/2020
Trapero’s case: egg on the Prosecutor’s face
10/06/2020
Spain’s Public Prosecutor has dropped all rebellion charges and would now accept a conviction for disobedience
Accountability
| 07/06/2020
So they did have a “patriotic police”
| 05/06/2020
EU institutions leave about a thousand freelance interpreters out in the cold
Brussels | 04/06/2020
Many cannot apply for benefit in their country, so they are asking to be paid a basic income
Spain’s Supreme Court forbids “unofficial flags” on public buildings
| 03/06/2020
A ruling has struck down the Council of Tenerife’s decision to fly the tricolour flag of the Canary Islands used by separatist groups
Operation Save the Crown
| 02/06/2020
A small country or a petty one?
| 31/05/2020
Public Prosecutor files appeal against Joaquim Forn’s work release
| 29/05/2020
The Prosecutor’s Office claims Forn has effectively been granted level 3 status “on the sly” and that the Catalan leader hasn’t learnt to “respect the law”
The Spanish government clashes with the “deep state”
| 28/05/2020
The State powers that targeted Catalonia’s independence movement are now zeroing in on PM Sánchez’s administration
Cobos, Ceña: men of honour
| 27/05/2020
Why has the Spanish government waited until now to take action against De los Cobos?
Spain’s Interior Minister sacks officer who headed police op against 2017 Catalan indy vote
| 26/05/2020
The reason could be a Guardia Civil report that advised against allowing the demonstration for women’s rights staged in Madrid on March 8
Reconnecting
| 24/05/2020
