Prosecutors eye lesser sentences for Catalan ‘Indepes’
Spanish prosecutors assigned to the nation’s Supreme Court system are sad to be considering requesting lesser sentences for leaders of Catalonia’s secessionist…
Spanish prosecutors assigned to the nation’s Supreme Court system are sad to be considering requesting lesser sentences for leaders of Catalonia’s secessionist…
President Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) and Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias signed an accord Thursday for increased social…
A surprise resignation Monday night by Xavier Domènech, the leading figure of Podemos’ Catalonia affiliate Podem and co-founder with Barcelona Mayor Ada…
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena on Thursday withdrew European arrest warrants for Catalonia’s fugitive ex-President Carles Puigdemont and five other members…
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and Catalan regional President Quim Torra held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Monday at the Moncloa presidential residence in Madrid,…
After eight months in preventive detention awaiting trial on multiple charges that include rebellion and misuse of public funds in relation to…
► New cabinet includes 11 women, 6 men and first openly gay ministers ► ► Sánchez restructures ministries, brings 5 independents onto…
► Socialist leader Sánchez to be formally sworn in as President on Monday ► ► Censure vote on heels of Gürtel corruption…
The issue of Catalonia’s independence from Spain appears to be dividing the country’s labour movement, both nationwide and at the regional level…
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena is studying an appeal to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), after…
A public prosecutor’s office in Germany on Tuesday agreed that Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont should be extradited to Spain on charges…
As the country’s political parties begin to jockey for position in the run-up to next year’s European Parliament and Spanish municipal elections…
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was arrested in northern Germany on Sunday, after a Spanish Supreme Court judge re-issued European international warrants…
Supreme Court Justice Pablo Llarena announced Wednesday in Madrid that on Friday morning he will formalize charges ranging from misuse of public…
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last week rejected a request for an injunction filed by pro-independence supporters of former…
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
► Report cites freedom of speech, refugees, evictions, excessive police force ► Amnesty International has criticized the Spanish government’s handling of human…
► Jailed Catalan leaders not considered ‘political prisoners’ by Amnesty Intn’l► The president of the executive committee of Catalonia’s Parlament, Rogert Torrent,…
► Ideologically divided, Spain’s newest parties agree election reform needed ► Leadership teams of the ideologically opposed Podemos and Ciudadanos political parties…
► Opponents have 30 days to field a censure motion that could oust mayor ► Barcelona mayor Ada Colau lost a key…
► PDeCAT, ERC, CUP at odds over how to proceed with presidential selection ► A last-minute postponement of Tuesday’s scheduled parliamentary vote…
► Justices say ‘No’ to remote participation in Catalan parliamentary session ► Spain’s Tribunal Constitutional (Constitutional Court) ruled late Saturday that a…
► ‘Parlament’ legal team says leader must return to Catalonia for crucial vote ► Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont has seen a…
► Pablo Iglesias to lay out his vision for party’s future at weekend conference ► Reports that the leadership of four-year-old anti-austerity…
► Rejection of Junqueras appeal complicates Catalonia’s secessionist majority ► A ruling issued by Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) on Friday denied…
A guide to Spain’s leading trade unions from Progressive Spain: Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) ~ Workers’ Commissions Spain’s largest trade-union federation, founded in…
► Failure of either bloc to win majority of seats could lead to hung parliament ► The four most recent surveys of…
• Judge frees six ex-ministers on bail; Junqueras, Forn, two ‘Jordis’ still held A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Monday ordered the…
• Central gov’t says NGOs to receive 10.2 mn in frozen social services funding • Funds part of Catalan gov’t budget said…