Catalan News

Barcelona ordered to give award back to ex-minister investigated for crimes against humanity

The Barcelona council must give former Spanish minister Rodolfo Martín Villa, who is being investigated in Argentina for crimes against humanity, the city’s gold medal back, Catalonia’s High Court (TSJC) ruled …

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Three Catalan civil society organizations bring 37 new charges against Spanish police officers in the independence referendum case in Barcelona

The Catalan National Assembly, Òmnium Cultural and Irídia have presented a new expert report which identifies more than 450 illegal acts during the October 1st, 2017 self-determination referendum. The Catalan …

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Spanish police inspector sentenced to one year in prison for ideological assault against Catalan journalist

The Spanish police inspector who assaulted photojournalist Jordi Borràs in 2018 has accepted a one-year prison sentence and paying 7.000 euros as compensation, besides the assumption of all court costs. …

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Catalan News

2017 terror attacks orchestrated by Spain’s secret service, says former police official

A former high-ranking police official, José Manuel Villarejo, has said that he believes the 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were orchestrated by Spain’s secret service. Talking before Spain’s …

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Over 50 Catalan municipalities now pay taxes to the Generalitat, not to Madrid

More than 50 Catalan municipal councils have decided not to pay taxes to the Spanish treasury, but rather, to deliver them to Catalonia’s Generalitat, as part of the campaign of fiscal …

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Assemblea requests meeting with the European Commissioner of Justice after news of a reunion with Spanish nationalist organization SCC

Commissioner Didier Reynders met Spanish nationalist organization Societat Civil Catalana at their request, with the intention of nudging the European Commission (EC) to take sides in the attack against the …

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Assemblea denounces human rights abuses against the Catalan people at the United Nations’ most important meeting on minority issues

The Catalan National Assembly (Assemblea) took part on the 2nd and 3rd of December in the 14th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, the institution’s most important …

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Assemblea consolidates bonds with Scotland’s pro-independence movement

The President of the Catalan National Assembly, Elisenda Paluzie met with representatives of the Scottish civil society, worker unions, members of the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Green Party, …

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EU intelligence agency contradicts the New York Times on Catalonia

Now, months later and following a question from Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí to clarify the origin of the report, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and …

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Meet Valtònyc, the exiled Spanish rapper reforming Belgium’s free speech laws

Josep Miquel Arenas Beltrán, professionally known as Valtònyc, is a 27-year-old exiled rapper from the Spanish island of Mallorca who has successfully reformed Belgium’s free speech laws. Provocative lyrics he …

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