Catalonia independence news
Get the news and reports from Catalonia, Spain. Catalonia has been seeking independence from Spain for several decades. Get the history and cultural news on Catalonia, as well as important information about the background of the conflict between Catalonia and the central government of Spain in Madrid. On October 27, 2017, 90 percent of Catalans who voted in a referendum chose independence. The Spanish government fails to recognize the ballot’s legality. Visit RT.com to read the news on the referendum and the events followed the vote.
- Catalan politicians to sue former Spanish intel chief for wiretapping them via ‘Pegasus’ spyware – reports
Two Catalan pro-independence leaders are reportedly taking the retired chief of Spain’s official intelligence agency to court over allegations their mobile devices were monitored using the notorious ‘Pegasus’ spyware.Jul 16, 2020 15:27World News - Parliament speaker in Catalonia demands investigation into phone tapping reports, questions Spanish govt involvementCatalonia's regional parliament speaker Roger Torrent said the Spanish government would be complicit in spying on its political adversaries if it was aware of the ongoing tapping of his phone – and negligent if it wasn't.Jul 14, 2020 12:49World News
- Catalonia’s leader calls on citizens to follow home confinement orders despite Spanish judge’s bar on lockdownThe leader of Spain’s Catalonia Quim Torra has called on the residents of the city of Lleida to follow his government’s home confinement orders, after a rise in coronavirus cases. The statement came despite a Spanish judge’s...Jul 13, 2020 09:50Newsline
- Spain’s Constitutional Court to review sedition sentences for Catalan independence leadersThe constitutional court of Spain has agreed to consider appeals filed by the leaders of Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, who received harsh prison sentences after being found guilty of sedition.May 6, 2020 15:03World News
- Is Covid-19 pandemic THE moment for Europe’s independence movements?Two of Europe’s most-determined independence movements are building on their cases as they fiddle with the keys to the handcuffs chaining them to national governments struggling with the fallout from huge Covid-19 death tallies.Apr 24, 2020 06:52
- Over 100,000 flock to watch exiled ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont speak (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)Catalonia independence supporters flocked to the French town of Perpignan for a huge rally to listen to former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaking to them in person for the first time since his exile.Feb 29, 2020 16:31World News
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