The National

Spain to prosecute Carles Puigdemont aide over expenses

Prosecutors in Spain are seeking a three-year prison sentence for one of former president Carles Puigdemont’s chief advisers. Josep Lluis Alay could also face a 17-year disqualification from public office …

Read more
Catalan News

WHO head in Europe: ‘I congratulate Catalonia on very impressive vaccination figures’

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has praised the Covid-19 vaccination rollout in Catalonia. During the presentation of the Catalan government’s health plan for the …

Read more

EU Commission’s double standards concerning Spain’s abuses against Catalonia are “unjustifiable” says a new European study

The Binding the Guardian report questions the EU Commission’s willingness to protect the rule of law, which condones threats to the rule of law and systematic abuses of power, such …

Read more
Elnacional.cat

Hywel Williams, MP: “It is Catalonia’s right to be an independent country”

If the Catalan cause has reached the Westminster parliament, it is largely thanks to Hywel Williams. Member of the Welsh pro-independence party Plaid Cymru and a staunch supporter of minority languages, Williams (born …

Read more
Catalan News

Belgian court strikes down country’s slander to monarchy law due to Valtònyc extradition case

The Belgian Constitutional Court struck down the country’s law against slander to the monarchy due to Spain’s request to extradite Valtònyc, a Catalan-language rapper. According to the court, the 1847 law, …

Read more

Assemblea denounces Spain’s human rights abuses against Catalan civil society and political representatives before the OSCE

The Catalan National Assembly has taken part in the OSCE event marking the 30th anniversary of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), to denounce the continued repression …

Read more

Assemblea denounces human rights abuses against the Catalan people at the United Nations European Forum on national minorities

The Catalan National Assembly (Assemblea) has taken part in the United Nations European Regional Forum on conflict prevention and the protection of the human rights of minorities on the 12 …

Read more
Elnacional.cat

Poland’s defence in its legal challenge to the EU: “Spain did the same” “

“Spain did the same, and that was accepted. So why punish us?” That is the argument which the Polish government is now making in its head-on clash with the European Union. Last Thursday, …

Read more
Vilaweb

Gonzalo Boye: “The EU will have to call for sanctions against Spain”

Pablo Llarena is the Spanish judge who has been pursuing the politicians in exile for four years. Since the end of October 2017, lawyer Gonzalo Boye has been engaged in …

Read more
Catalan News

Italian judge suspends Puigdemont’s extradition process pending EU court decisions

The court in Sassari, Sardinia, has suspended Carles Puigdemont’s extradition procedure pending EU court decisions on his immunity and on the Luxembourg court’s response to the questions raised by Spain’s …

Read more