The Spanish Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the nation’s Parliament did not have the power to pass an amnesty for Carles Puigdemont, the exiled head of the Catalan separatist movement, and several of his top aides facing criminal charges for misappropriating public funds.
The socialist government Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez suffered a major blow this week as his Catalan separatists amnesty bill was shot down.
STRASBOURG, France (AP) – Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrived for his first session as a member of the European Parliament on Monday despite facing an arrest warrant against him in Spain.
Supporters of the Catalan separatist movement protested outside of the European Parliament in Strasbourg because pro-independence Members of European Parliament have been barred from taking their seats.
A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders got underway Tuesday in Spain’s Supreme Court amid protests and the possibility of an early general election being called in the country.
BERLIN (AP) – A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into custody pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Spain. Puigdemont was detained by German police
BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors have asked a court to permit the extradition of former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain. Prosecutors in the northern town of Schleswig said Tuesday they have submitted a request to the regional court
Contents: Violent clashes with police in Spain’s Catalonia follow arrest of Puigdemont in Germany; Spain’s arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memories of Franco’s brutal atrocities
BERLIN (AP) — Catalonia’s former president, Carles Puigdemont, is to be brought before a court in Germany to determine whether he stays in custody pending further decisions on extradition proceedings.
Pro-independence parties will continue to enjoy a majority in Catalonia’s regional parliament, following snap elections imposed by Madrid.
Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said Catalans should decide if they still want to remain part of the European Union if independence is achieved, and slammed the bloc for ignoring abuses to democracy.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The fugitive leader of Catalonia’s secessionist movement said Wednesday that he will repeat as his party’s leading candidate in upcoming elections for the Spanish region while he fights extradition from Belgium. Carles Puigdemont told El Punt-Avui
Around three-quarters of a million Catalans have marched to demand the release of local politicians arrested for their role in the drive for independence.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the crisis in Spain over lawmakers in Catalonia voting for independence (all times local): 4:05 p.m. Catalonia’s ousted leader says he’s ready to cooperate with Belgian authorities after Spain issued a European warrant for
The Spanish prosecutor has called for the controversial European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to be used against Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his government after they refused to appear in court to face accusations of misuse of public funds, rebellion, and sedition.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Catalonia’s ousted regional president said Tuesday he traveled to Brussels to seek “freedom and safety” after Spain blocked his bid for Catalan independence and sought to bring charges against him that could put him in prison for decades.
The Catalan government has suggested that the European Union will not survive if it allows Spain to impose direct rule.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Catalonia’s leader called for dialogue with Spain and a meeting with the country’s prime minister, complying with a Monday deadline to respond to a request from the central government to state explicitly whether the regional president
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pressure is mounting from within the Catalan separatist movement on Friday for the regional president to declare independence from Spain once and for all, a move that could prompt the central government to take over the region’s powers of self-governance.
Catalan’s regional president Carles Puigdemont has declared Catalonia has won the right to be an independent country, but has called on parliament to suspend the effects of the results of the October 1st referendum to allow for ‘mediation and dialogue’ with
Contents: Cameroon police shoot and kill English-speaking protesters on Sunday; Catalonia’s leader says the region has ‘won the right to statehood’ from Spain
Contents: Catalonia referendum poised to go ahead despite Spain’s harsh repressive measures; Hundreds of Catalan families occupy school buildings in defiance of police
