On the 15th of October 2019, the Supreme Tribunal gave the sentence which has been for so long awaited: the one regarding the 12 Catalan ex-leaders, imprisoned since their attempt to give Catalonia its independence in October 2017. The Catalan ...
This article is the first one of a set of three, trying to highlight the key facts, the causes, and the consequences of the separatist events that took place in Catalonia in the decade 2010. In Spain, it has been ...
Catalonians had a referendum on the 1st of October as a step towards the separation from Spain in the hopes of an independent, free republic. Whilst the referendum did take place, it was dismissed on several grounds, one being that ...
Catalan lawmakers voted on Friday to declare independence from Spain but Madrid moved swiftly to quash the breakaway bid in a sharp escalation of a crisis causing jitters in secession-wary Europe. As thousands of pro-independence activists cheered outside, the regional parliament ...
The regional Government of Catalonia held a referendum on Catalan independence on 1 October 2017, also known as 1-O. Self-determination is the right people have to determine its own destiny. In particular the principle allows a people to choose its ...
By Adrien Gonin, Palau de la Generalitat, Placa de Sant Jaume Current politic and economic situation in Catalonia Catalonia is seeking since the new election of its president, Puigdemont, to a secession process with the Spanish government. After 100 days ...
More than two months after general elections, the Spanish parliament will begin what will likely be the first of several attempts to form a government March 2. No party has enough seats to govern alone and coalitions are proving difficult ...
Summary Three and a half months after regional elections concluded, the Catalan Parliament finally appointed a government Jan. 10. The new regional president, Carles Puigdemont, promised that his administration would proceed with a plan to declare independence from Spain within ...
Spanish Elections are making their appearance in the near horizon. This year, the Spanish people might be faced to meaningful unexpected and never-seen-before outcomes. This year has given place to the rise of new players in the political game and ...
There are no large avenues in Barcelona that have not succumbed yet to push for the sovereignty of Catalonia. If last year the Diagonal and Gran Vía formed a woven path filled in by people dressed in red and yellow ...