Tag: Catalonia

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 07:03 UTC

  Lockouts re-imposed in areas of Galicia and Catalonia

  

  The northwestern Spanish region of Galicia imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people on Sunday following a COVID-19 outbreak, a day after Catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

• Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  A Catalan separatist party could help confirm Sánchez as Spanish prime minister

  

  A Catalan separatist party said on Thursday it would abstain during the Spanish parliament's upcoming vote to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister, potentially ending the prolonged national political deadlock.

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Barcelona-Real Madrid derby turns into world stage for Catalans demanding independence

  

  Protesters have clashed with police outside a Barcelona and Real Madrid football match at Nou Camp in Spain. Thousands of fans inside the stadium held up banners urging the Spanish government to “sit and talk” with those demanding Catalan independence.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Ex Catalan minister hands herself in at a police station in Edinburgh, before a court appearance

  

  Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati, wanted in Spain for her role in the region's unilateral bid for independence in 2017, was arrested by Scottish police on Thursday.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:33 UTC

  Next EU foreign affairs commissioner gets caught in the Catalan brawl

  

  The European Commission fielded questions on Friday over a Twitter gaffe by its next foreign policy chief, current Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, who posted a sensitive extradition-related document from UK authorities on his feed.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Spanish Supreme Court issues international warrants for ex Catalan officials

  

  Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday issued international arrest warrants for three former Catalan regional government officials who fled abroad after the failed independence bid of 2017, court documents showed. A similar arrest warrant was issued on Oct 14 for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, just hours after the Supreme Court handed long jail terms to nine other separatist leaders on charges of sedition.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Protests all over the world: are we witnessing an emerging global society?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs, too. And what they’re writing this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the seemingly synchronized outbreak of protests in a large number of very different countries around the world.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Counter march with Catalonian and Spanish flags: “Enough! streets belong to everyone”

  

  Tens of thousands of people marched on Sunday for Spanish unity, staging a counter-rally in Barcelona a day after 300,000 Catalan separatists held a protest over the jailing of nine regional leaders.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  China attacks Western hypocrisy equaling Hong Kong with Chile and Catalonia situations

  

  China is seizing on violent protests in Europe and South America to bolster its condemnation of demonstrations in Hong Kong and defend its handling of the unrest.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

  Catalonia independence vote in two years, proposes head of the region

  

  Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.