Financial Times
Spanish PM offers little change for Catalonia, says Puigdemont
Region’s former leader criticises Sánchez and fears climate for dialogue is deteriorating.
Financial Times
Associated Press
Catalan separatists on hunger strike speak out
Separatist politicians from Spain’s Catalonia region who are entering the third week of a prison hunger strike say their upcoming rebellion trial will give them a platform to peacefully promote …
Vilaweb
[INTERVIEW] Carles Puigdemont: “There are at least two million Spaniards who want to stop being Spanish”
VilaWeb meets the exiled President for an in-depth interview about how he sees the future Catalan Republic
Total Slovenia News
Slovenian Foreign Ministry to ducate Spanish Ambassador on the Nature of the Country’s Independence
After heated reactions in Spain to the Catalan leader suggesting Catalonia take the Slovenian path to independence, the issue is expected to be discussed as the Slovenian Foreign Ministry hosts …
El Nacional
Ten days of hunger strike: insomnia and weight loss of up to 7kg
The Catalan political prisoners on hunger strike are in good physical condition “in general terms”. That was the announcement this Monday by their spokesperson, Pilar Calvo, ten days after Jordi …
Vilaweb
MEP urges Tajani to speak up following hunger strike by Catalan political prisoners
“Crimes amount to allowing people to vote to determine their own future” says Matt Carthy from Sinn Féin
The Guardian
Grave concern for electoral monitors facing jail in Spain
More than 400 academics in the fields of political science, law and other disciplines express their worries that electoral monitors in Spain are being threatened with jail over their role …
Full House of Democracy and Human Rights in Berlin with the screening of the “Oct 1” documentary and the talk with Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Nagel
A predominantly young audience filled the “Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte” in Berlin last Friday, to watch this documentary by Mediapro about the Catalan referendum of self-determination on October 1, …
The National
Row between Spanish and Belgian ministers over Catalonia hunger strikes
Spain was heading for another diplomatic tussle with Belgium last night after the Belgian defence minister tweeted his support for Catalan political prisoners who are on hunger strike.
Catalan News
[VIDEO] Spain prevents us from going to European justice, say jailed leaders on hunger strike
President of doctors association warns of potential health ‘risk’ of protest from first day