Catalan News

Ex-parliament speaker to face trial for allowing vote on independence and anti-monarchy motions

he former Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent will face trial for allowing votes on resolutions on independence as well as the Spanish monarchy two years ago. Together with three other former …

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The Guardian

Former king Juan Carlos may return to Spain after inquiries dropped

Spain’s self-exiled former king, Juan Carlos, is thought to be considering a return home after prosecutors shelved three separate investigations into his financial affairs, citing insufficient evidence, the statute of …

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Catalan News

Hundreds attend Meridiana Resisteix pro-independence protest, defying ban

Undeterred by a lack of authorization to gather and a heavy police presence, hundreds of pro-independence protesters cut off traffic on Barcelona’s Avinguda Meridiana on Saturday evening, far more than those usually …

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Catalan News

Spain downgraded to a ‘flawed democracy’ by The Economist index

Spain has been downgraded from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy” by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) index, a sister company of British The Economist newspaper, published on Wednesday reviewing …

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Vilaweb

Exposing the fallacy of Spain’s “full democracy”

Every year numerous media outlets report on indices such as those published by The Economist, which rank Spain as a “full democracy”, scoring higher than countries like France and Belgium. …

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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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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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Vilaweb

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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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 …

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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 …

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