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Former Catalan president Quim Torra refuses to attend ‘pantomime’ trial

QUIM Torra, the former president of Catalonia, refused to attend his second disobedience trial in Barcelona on Thursday, arguing that he would not legitimise a “repressive pantomime disguised as justice”. Torra …

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Catalan president told ‘radical turn’ needed on independence

CATALAN President Pere Aragones has faced a call to signal some progress on the cause of independence after being told that “nothing had been done” in four years. Aragones has been on …

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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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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 …

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Catalonia’s two main pro-independence parties form coalition government

SELF-DETERMINATION is back on Catalonia’s political agenda after its two main pro-independence parties yesterday announced a preliminary agreement for coalition government. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (JxCat) …

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US warns Spain over Catalan civic leaders held as ‘political prisoners’

The US government has warned Spain about its concerns over political prisoners in Catalonia and potential violations of human rights in the country. Nine pro-independence activists are serving between nine and …

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Row over immunity of three Catalan MEPs could go to Court of Justice

A LEGAL row over the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity for three MEPs took another twist yesterday when the bete noire of the Catalan independence movement said he would take the issue to …

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Carles Puigdemont calls for top diplomat to quit over Moscow humiliation

FORMER Catalan president Carles Puigdemont – now an MEP – has urged Europe’s top diplomat to quit after a humiliating visit to Moscow. Josep Borrell, Spain’s former foreign minister, was …

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Lluis Puig: Spanish bid to extradite Catalan former minister refused

AN appeal court in Brussels has upheld a ruling rejecting an extradition request from Spain for a former Catalan minister over his involvement in the indyref three years ago. Lluis …

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Spanish espionage affair haunts Borrell’s bid for top EU role

Spanish spying on British MPs and Catalan delegations in London, Germany and Switzerland, could backfire on Spain’s Josep Borrell’s bid to become Europe’s top diplomat.

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