Catalonia

Catalan politics are now, it seems, a far cry from 2017’s infamous, unauthorised independence referendum. It was violently repressed by national police forces, led to widespread rioting, triggered a constitutional crisis in Spain, and saw leaders like Carles Puigdemont flee the country. The 2024 regional elections were a stark contrast.…

It will be achieved through seawater desalination plants 2.3 billion euros. That’s the price tag that Catalonia will have to pay to solve its increasingly chronic water shortage conditions. The number was announced by the autonomous region’s government in a recent press conference as the estimated investment that will go…

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont , a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and an equally sensational getaway from a speech in the city with the alleged help of local police officers. The…

Oriol Junqueras (4L), part of a failed secession push in Spain's Catalonia, has no regrets - Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA Rosa SULLEIRO Five years after the failed secession push in Catalonia which landed him in jail, Oriol Junqueras remains convinced that defying Spain with a banned independence referendum was the…

MADRID (AP) — The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights group said Monday. Citizen Lab, a research group affiliated with the University of Toronto, said a…

Updated 21 hours ago · Published on 15 Sep 2021 10:30AM · Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez believes that nothing will be achieved if the government and separatists enter talks with maximalist demands. – EPA pic, September 15, 2021. SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Barcelona today to resume dialogue…

Supporters of independence for Catalonia have protested against a visit to its regional capital Barcelona by Spain’s King Felipe VI ByThe Associated Press June 28, 2021, 12:30 AM • 2 min read BARCELONA, Spain -- Supporters of independence for Catalonia protested Sunday against a visit to its regional capital Barcelona…

/ Europe Issued on: 21/06/2021 - 16:19 Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures as he explains his plan to issue pardons to Catalan separatist leaders, at Gran Teatre del Liceu, in Barcelona, Spain, June 21, 2021. © Albert Gea, Reuters Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government would pardon…

/ Europe Issued on: 13/06/2021 - 15:15 A man holds a placard reading "Sanchez leave now" as others wave Spanish flags during a protest by right-wing protesters to denounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence bid, in Madrid, June…