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Aragonès accuses Puigdemont of refusing to debate, beyond the formats: "There's no will"

Aragonès accuses Puigdemont of refusing to debate, beyond the formats: "There's no will"

The president and candidate for ERC asserts that Junts does not want to debate his project for Catalonia

Nura Portella

Monday, 15 of april of 2024 - 22:36

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Puigdemont: "I am alarmed by Catalonia's regression as a country and its poor quality government"

Puigdemont: "I am alarmed by Catalonia's regression as a country and its poor quality government"

'ElNacional.cat' interviews the exiled Catalan president as he begins his return and his new run for office

Marta Lasalas

Monday, 15 of april of 2024 - 21:36

Spanish Congress denounces "clear interference" from PP-led Senate, warring against amnesty bill

Spanish Congress denounces "clear interference" from PP-led Senate, warring against amnesty bill

Report by Congress's lawyers defends its action and maintains that Senate's quest for a constitutional conflict is not valid

Martí Odriozola i Marcé

Monday, 15 of april of 2024 - 18:52

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Junts responds to Catalan Socialist proposals: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

Junts responds to Catalan Socialist proposals: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

The general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull, says that the PSC proposals announced by Salvador Illa have "zero credibility"

Friday, 12 of april of 2024 - 23:22

Illa unfolds his road map: audit of public services, more self-government and a tax consortium

Illa unfolds his road map: audit of public services, more self-government and a tax consortium

Catalan Socialist leader Salvador Illa outlines the model he wants to implement if elected president on May 12th

Friday, 12 of april of 2024 - 22:52

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A second wave of Catalan independentists go into exile over Tsunami terrorism investigation

A second wave of Catalan independentists go into exile over Tsunami terrorism investigation

At least seven of the 12 investigated in the Tsunami case are currently residing outside Catalonia

Alba Solé Ingla

Thursday, 11 of april of 2024 - 23:18

Pere Aragonès proposes to intensify runway use at Barcelona airport in July and August

Pere Aragonès proposes to intensify runway use at Barcelona airport in July and August

Catalan government wants to allow more flights by reorganizing runway use from 10am to 2pm daily during July and August

Nura Portella

Thursday, 11 of april of 2024 - 22:18

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EU chamber should have declared Puigdemont and Comín to be MEPs in 2019, asserts advocate general

EU chamber should have declared Puigdemont and Comín to be MEPs in 2019, asserts advocate general

Court of Justice lawyer proposes that judges annul earlier General Court ruling which backed the Parliament over Puigdemont

Mayte Piulachs

Thursday, 11 of april of 2024 - 20:01

Òmnium unfurls Barcelona airport banner, warning visitors: "In Spain, protesting is terrorism"

Òmnium unfurls Barcelona airport banner, warning visitors: "In Spain, protesting is terrorism"

Òmnium Cultural denounces the Tsunami case, in which judge's pursuit of terrorism charges has driven several into exile

Marta Sánchez Iranzo

Thursday, 11 of april of 2024 - 18:45

Spanish intelligence used same 5 internet domains for mass spying against Catalan independentists

Spanish intelligence used same 5 internet domains for mass spying against Catalan independentists

New report has identified the IT infrastructure used by Spain's CNI to investigate its pro-independence targets

Mayte Piulachs

Wednesday, 10 of april of 2024 - 23:26

A director of Catalan body Òmnium Cultural goes into exile due to Tsunami judge's persecution

A director of Catalan body Òmnium Cultural goes into exile due to Tsunami judge's persecution

Oleguer Serra, a director of the pro-independence cultural organization, is to change his address to Switzerland

Mayte Piulachs

Wednesday, 10 of april of 2024 - 22:24

Poll: Left-wing EH Bildu leads PNV for first time in election duel between Basque nationalists

Poll: Left-wing EH Bildu leads PNV for first time in election duel between Basque nationalists

For the first time, CIS agency awards victory by number of votes in 21st April election to pro-independence EH Bildu

Pedro Ruiz

Wednesday, 10 of april of 2024 - 20:52

Spain calls time on 'golden visa' which gave residency to non-EU nationals if they bought property

Spain calls time on 'golden visa' which gave residency to non-EU nationals if they bought property

Minister noted that the scheme had raised housing prices in Barcelona where "5% of housing sales are linked to it"

Germán Aranda

Tuesday, 9 of april of 2024 - 22:17

Bill to regularize 500,000 migrants in Spain, admitted to Congress with votes of Junts and ERC

Bill to regularize 500,000 migrants in Spain, admitted to Congress with votes of Junts and ERC

Popular legislative initiative proposed by 'Regularización Ya' movement passes its first test in Congress

Martí Odriozola i Marcé

Tuesday, 9 of april of 2024 - 21:21

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The PSC attacks Puigdemont: "Catalonia has already overcome personalist logics"

The PSC attacks Puigdemont: "Catalonia has already overcome personalist logics"

The Catalan Socialists criticize Puigdemont's project and stress the need to "get past the lost decade" of independentism

Pedro Ruiz

Tuesday, 9 of april of 2024 - 19:44

Carles Puigdemont will leave active politics if he is not made president after Catalan election

Carles Puigdemont will leave active politics if he is not made president after Catalan election

The Junts+ Puigdemont candidate says that if he cannot be invested as Catalan president, he will leave active politics

Alba Solé Ingla

Tuesday, 9 of april of 2024 - 19:01

Dispute in Spanish judges' online chat after message explains how to avoid applying the amnesty

Dispute in Spanish judges' online chat after message explains how to avoid applying the amnesty

A judicial association shares a guide so that judges will know how to avoid applying the amnesty on pro-independence cases

Alba Solé Ingla

Monday, 8 of april of 2024 - 22:09

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Aragonès, in the Senate: "The amnesty ceased to be impossible, as will occur with the referendum"

Aragonès, in the Senate: "The amnesty ceased to be impossible, as will occur with the referendum"

Aragonès stays for the PP barons' responses, with Ayuso asserting that “the affairs of Catalonia are everyone's business"

Abel Degà / Martí Odriozola i Marcé

Monday, 8 of april of 2024 - 20:41

Supreme Court wants Puigdemont to testify voluntarily over terrorism accusations in June

Supreme Court wants Puigdemont to testify voluntarily over terrorism accusations in June

Supreme Court asks Puigdemont and Ruben Wagensberg to testify voluntarily by video conference in the Tsunami case

Mayte Piulachs

Monday, 8 of april of 2024 - 18:37

Police analysis confirms Pegasus espionage against Carles Riera of Catalonia's CUP party

Police analysis confirms Pegasus espionage against Carles Riera of Catalonia's CUP party

Catalan police confirm data extraction from phones of 2 MPs from the pro-independence party, Carles Riera and Albert Botran

Mayte Piulachs

Friday, 5 of april of 2024 - 23:09

Salvador Illa rejects Aragonès's proposal for a PSC-ERC-Junts election debate outside Catalonia

Salvador Illa rejects Aragonès's proposal for a PSC-ERC-Junts election debate outside Catalonia

PSC rejects Pere Aragonès's idea of going outside Catalonia to make possible a debate between him, Illa and Puigdemont

Pedro Ruiz

Friday, 5 of april of 2024 - 20:33

Puigdemont shifts to Vallespir, just north of French-Spanish border, to fight Catalan election

Puigdemont shifts to Vallespir, just north of French-Spanish border, to fight Catalan election

Pro-independence leader moves from Waterloo (Belgium) to Northern Catalonia (France), from where he hopes to end his exile

Marta Lasalas

Friday, 5 of april of 2024 - 19:32

Spain's Court of Accounts reactivates case of 2017 referendum spending, despite the amnesty

Spain's Court of Accounts reactivates case of 2017 referendum spending, despite the amnesty

Public auditing tribunal gives 10 days to prosecutions to present their conclusions on Catalan referendum spending case

Mayte Piulachs

Thursday, 4 of april of 2024 - 22:23

Judge demands that spy chief clarify if espionage against Catalan leader lacked legal approval

Judge demands that spy chief clarify if espionage against Catalan leader lacked legal approval

Pegasus spyware case judge refuses to close case against ex-Spanish intelligence head over espionage against Pere Aragonès

Mayte Piulachs

Thursday, 4 of april of 2024 - 21:04

Spain's left-wing culture minister awards prize to fighting bull breeders, accompanied by royals

Spain's left-wing culture minister awards prize to fighting bull breeders, accompanied by royals

Ernest Urtasun, Sumar MP and culture minister, presented the Gold Medal of Fine Arts to the renowned Miura bull breeders

Nura Portella

Wednesday, 3 of april of 2024 - 23:25

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Pedro Sánchez disdains the Catalan referendum plan of Pere Aragonès: "I don't know why it's news"

Pedro Sánchez disdains the Catalan referendum plan of Pere Aragonès: "I don't know why it's news"

Sánchez backs the entry of Palestine into the UN with full rights, and its unification with the West Bank and East Jerusalem

Abel Degà

Wednesday, 3 of april of 2024 - 19:07

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Catalan TV weatherman Tomàs Molina enters politics with ERC to "do better against climate change"

Catalan TV weatherman Tomàs Molina enters politics with ERC to "do better against climate change"

Molina will be the number two ERC candidate in the 'Ara Repúbliques' coalition for the European Parliament in June

Nura Portella

Tuesday, 2 of april of 2024 - 22:49

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Silicon Valley executive Anna Navarro Schlegel will be number two on Puigdemont's electoral list

Silicon Valley executive Anna Navarro Schlegel will be number two on Puigdemont's electoral list

One of the tech industry's most influential women has joined the Junts+ Puigdemont list for Catalonia's May 12th election

Alba Solé Ingla

Tuesday, 2 of april of 2024 - 21:03

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"Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state?" - the referendum question proposed by Aragonès

"Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state?" - the referendum question proposed by Aragonès

Article 92 of the Spanish Constitution would be the priority method, but not the only one, for holding an agreed referendum

Nura Portella

Tuesday, 2 of april of 2024 - 19:13

The press in Seville, dumbfounded by the presence of Jordi Turull in the city for Holy Week

The press in Seville, dumbfounded by the presence of Jordi Turull in the city for Holy Week

A writer 'catches' the general secretary of Junts in the queue to visit the 'Señor del Gran Poder' religious sculpture

Joan Antoni Guerrero Vall

Thursday, 28 of march of 2024 - 23:14

PP and Vox remove Catalan as a requisite at Palma council to avoid "apartheid against Spanish"

PP and Vox remove Catalan as a requisite at Palma council to avoid "apartheid against Spanish"

They also vote for the municipal website in the Balearic Islands capital to change domains from '.cat' to '.es'

Marta Sánchez Iranzo

Thursday, 28 of march of 2024 - 22:01

Catalan Socialist leader Illa tells 'The Times' that Spain sees more danger in Vox than Puigdemont

Catalan Socialist leader Illa tells 'The Times' that Spain sees more danger in Vox than Puigdemont

Catalan election candidate Salvador Illa maintains that the far right is more feared in Spain than the independence movement

Joan Antoni Guerrero Vall

Thursday, 28 of march of 2024 - 20:07

Opinion polls for Catalonia's 2024 election: who will win on May 12th? Here's what the polls say

Opinion polls for Catalonia's 2024 election: who will win on May 12th? Here's what the polls say

Check how voter preferences for the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia on May 12th are evolving

Malena Ramajo

Wednesday, 27 of march of 2024 - 23:27

Carles Puigdemont's list will run under the name of 'Junts+ Puigdemont per Catalunya'

Carles Puigdemont's list will run under the name of 'Junts+ Puigdemont per Catalunya'

The Catalan president-in-exile is designing a candidacy that goes beyond Junts and can incorporate independents

Pedro Ruiz

Wednesday, 27 of march of 2024 - 21:44

Podemos decides not to stand in Catalonia's May 12th election

Podemos decides not to stand in Catalonia's May 12th election

With the left-wing space in some turmoil, Podem Catalunya says it wants to avoid "fragmentation that benefits the right"

Nura Portella

Wednesday, 27 of march of 2024 - 20:20

Mayor Collboni loses confidence vote, but guarantees the passing of Barcelona's city budget

Mayor Collboni loses confidence vote, but guarantees the passing of Barcelona's city budget

Mayor only wins votes of ERC and his own PSC but asserts that "expansion of the municipal government" is about to happen

Jordi Palmer

Wednesday, 27 of march of 2024 - 19:13

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Puigdemont calls for pro-independence unity, warning: "Governments can't give in before they start"

Puigdemont calls for pro-independence unity, warning: "Governments can't give in before they start"

The president-in-exile presents an agreement with seven parties for 12th May to "finish the job of October 2017"

Pedro Ruiz

Tuesday, 26 of march of 2024 - 23:20

Catalan government cools down minister Mascort's haste to ease water restrictions after rain

Catalan government cools down minister Mascort's haste to ease water restrictions after rain

Executive spokesperson says it wouldn't make sense to exit drought emergency "for a very short period" just to re-enter it

John McAulay / Nura Portella

Tuesday, 26 of march of 2024 - 22:43

Pro-independence CUP chooses Laia Estrada as candidate for Catalan election on May 12th

Pro-independence CUP chooses Laia Estrada as candidate for Catalan election on May 12th

The far-left party's members had to choose between two lists; one, headed by Estrada, and the other, by Laure Vega

Vicenç Pagès

Monday, 25 of march of 2024 - 23:15

Sánchez will go to Constitutional Court to stop "popular" bill to declare Catalan independence

Sánchez will go to Constitutional Court to stop "popular" bill to declare Catalan independence

Spanish cabinet will appeal to court to stop Catalan Parliament hearing popular initiative to declare unilateral independence

Marta Sánchez Iranzo

Monday, 25 of march of 2024 - 22:56