Catalonia

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…

BARCELONA (Reuters) -Two separatist parties in Catalonia agreed to renew their coalition, one of them said on Wednesday, paving the way for a new pro-independence government in the northeastern Spanish region three months after an inconclusive election. Leftist Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and centre-right Junts finished second and third in…

The Catalan leader of the Republican Left Party (ERC), Pere Aragones and Junts Per Catalunya's Jordi Sanchez pose for pictures at a news conference on the agreement to form Catalonia regional government, in Barcelona, Spain, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea Two separatist parties in Catalonia agreed to renew their coalition,…

BARCELONA: Catalonia voted Sunday in an election overshadowed by the pandemic and which Madrid hopes will unseat the region’s ruling separatists more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain. The vote in the wealthy northeastern region could see a high level of abstentions as Spain…

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MADRID (AP) - The Spanish region of Catalonia will hold an election on Feb. 14 if regional lawmakers don’t elect a candidate to replace ousted president Quim Torra, parliamentary speaker Roger Torrent announced on Friday. The competing pro-independence parties in Catalonia’s ruling coalition say they refuse to put forward a…