Carles Puigdemont
Catalonia election: pro-independence parties increase majority
Catalan Socialist party finishes first as secessionists win more than half the vote on turnout of only 53%
Sam Jones in Madrid and Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
15, Feb, 2021 @12:05 AM
Spanish police arrest 21 in raids on Catalan separatists
People with links to separatist movement are held on suspicion of misusing public money
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
28, Oct, 2020 @4:33 PM
Catalan independence leaders seek to re-engage weary public
Pro-independence speaker of regional parliament laments disunity and failure to speak to all of society
Sam Jones in Madrid
01, Oct, 2020 @9:13 AM
The Andorra Hustle review – pulsating exposé of international corruption
A heist-movie mood carries this rigorous doc about the role of an obscure bank in a US plan to undermine Catalan separatism
Alex Mistlin
03, Sep, 2020 @6:00 AM
Catalan police chief appears in court to face charges of rebellion
Josep Lluís Trapero faces up to 11 years in prison over alleged role in failed bid for independence
Sam Jones in Madrid
21, Jan, 2020 @7:27 AM
Ex-Catalan leader who fled to Belgium takes up European parliament seat
Carles Puigdemont says he will fight for his jailed MEP colleague Oriol Junqueras
Jennifer Rankin in Strasbourg
13, Jan, 2020 @9:43 PM
Russian interview with Carles Puigdemont airs on hacked Spanish TV
Public-run +24 channel showed RT feature with the exiled Catalan separatist leader
Sam Jones in Madrid
17, Dec, 2019 @5:59 PM
Ex-Catalan minister vows to fight 'politically motivated' extradition
Clara Ponsatí, released on bail in Edinburgh after handing herself in to police, faces a sedition charge
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
14, Nov, 2019 @5:47 PM
Separatism and the rule of law in Spain | Letters
Letters: The majority of Spaniards are voiceless in discussions about Catalonia in the English-speaking media, writes León Fernando Del Canto. Arnaldo Otegi is wrong to claim that Spain is repressive, writes Ben Casement-Stoll
Letters
30, Oct, 2019 @6:18 PM
Amid turmoil in Barcelona, ex-Catalan president says of independence push: ‘We went too fast’
Artur Mas, who oversaw first referendum in 2014, explains why he thinks another is needed to calm the crisis
Sam Jones
19, Oct, 2019 @10:18 AM
Ex-Catalan leader appears before Belgian authorities over arrest warrant
Spain seeks to extradite Carles Puigdemont as Catalonia braces for general strike
Sam Jones in Madrid and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
18, Oct, 2019 @11:32 AM
Catalonia’s separatists were jailed for sedition, but brought down by hubris | Giles Tremlett
The 2017 declaration of independence threw away the campaign’s moral advantage, says Madrid-based journalist Giles Tremlett
Giles Tremlett
15, Oct, 2019 @5:00 AM
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