Catalonia

In the general election of December 2019, the Scottish National Party (SNP) achieved a very good result and now considers itself even more entitled to pursue Scottish independence to avoid ‘Scotland being dragged out of the EU’ in the long run, starting with a second independence referendum in the near…

(Bloomberg) -- Catalonias separatist President Joaquim Torra said he will call early elections, adding a fresh element of instability to Spains national political scene by bringing his two-year-old administration to an end. The Catalan legislature has reache…

Jan. 29, 2020 at 4:38 am Updated Jan. 29, 2020 at 4:45 am MADRID (AP) — The regional president of Spain’s conflict-riven Catalonia says he will soon call an early election amid splits in his government’s unity. President Quim Torra, who leads a pro-Catalan independence administration, said Wednesday that he…

The former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, asked pro-independence supporters on Tuesday to donate money after Spanish authorities ordered him and 19 others to pay back €4.1 million of public money spent on a banned independence referendum. On October…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - A Catalan separatist leader briefly released from prison to testify in the region’s parliament said on Tuesday he was confident the northeastern Spanish region would eventually vote again on independence. Oriol Junqueras and five other…

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet with Catalonia’ regional leader Quim Torra on February 6, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said on Tuesday. The meeting, which will take place in Barcelona, is due to set the agenda…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia’s parliament stripped the head of the region’s pro-independence government of his rights as a regional lawmaker on Monday, angering supporters who scuffled with police outside the assembly. The parliament’s speaker, Roger Tor…

The former head of Catalonia's regional police has stood trial in Madrid for his alleged role in the illegal bid for independence in 2017. Josep Lluis Trapero, and three others, are charged with rebellion and sedition during the attempt by the Catalan region…

Spain's state prosecutor said on Monday that he would seek charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against members of Catalonia's ousted secessionist government, pushing the crisis over the region's independence declaration into an uncertain new phase. Chief prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza said he would ask judges for preventive measures against the politicians…