Jailed Catalan official brought to hospital after 2 weeks of hunger strike

Jailed Catalan leader Jordi Turull has been transferred to an infirmary, after his health deteriorated 14 days into the hunger strike he and a colleague began, to demand a fair trial over their role in the independence referendum. The former spokesman for the regional Catalan government of Carles Puigdemont was relocated to the infirmary inside […]

Exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany

Daniel Biskup/BILD Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday. The arrest was in response to a warrant issued by Spain, where Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison for organizing an illegal secession referendum last year. Puigdemont had entered Germany from Denmark after leaving Finland on Friday out of concern […]

Clashes in Barcelona as thousands protest over jailing of Catalan leaders (PHOTOS)

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Barcelona to protest against a Supreme Court decision to prosecute 13 Catalan independence leaders on rebellion charges and to jail five of them ahead of their trials. Supreme court judge Pablo Llarena ruled that 13 Catalan leaders be put on trial for their part in last […]

Top court insists fugitive Catalan leader must return to Spain to be re-inaugurated

Spain’s Constitutional Court says Carles Puigdemont, the only presidential nominee put forward by the ruling Catalan pro-independence coalition, cannot be sworn in while in exile, demanding he attends the ceremony in person. Puigdemont, who faces charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement of funds for his role in the Catalan referendum and subsequent declaration of independence […]

Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU

Francois Lenoir/Reuters Catalonia’s separatist parties won a slim majority in regional elections on Thursday. Spain’s Prime Minister called the election in the wake of Catalonia’s declaration of independence in October. Mariano Rajoy hoped the elections would quash the pro-independence movement. Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan president, remains in self-imposed exile in Belgium. BARCELONA (Reuters) – […]

Meet The Politician Turned YouTuber Who Became The Loudest Voice Of The Catalan Election

BARCELONA, Spain — While the unionist Ciudadanos party is currently set to win the most seats of any one party in Catalonia’s snap parliamentary election, Thursday’s vote was actually a huge victory for the region’s pro-independence movement. More than half the seats in Catalonia’s 135-seat parliament will be occupied by pro-independence parties. Spanish Prime Minister […]

‘Music for freedom’: Watch 10,000 sing & play in Barcelona square to support jailed Catalan leaders

Published time: 4 Dec, 2017 14:40 Some 10,000 musicians and volunteers took to the heart of Barcelona to stage a flashmob-like concert in support of the imprisoned pro-Catalonian independence leaders and activists. It comes a day ahead of a court decision on their possible release. People flooded one of Barcelona’s most prominent squares Plaza de […]

Barcelona square lit up as hundreds demand freedom for jailed Catalan politicians (VIDEO)

Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 03:44 Hundreds of Barcelona residents have filled the city’s central square, lighting it up with glow sticks and cell phones in a show of solidarity with the imprisoned Catalan leaders. Scores of demonstrators formed a ribbon of solidarity at the Sant Jaume Square, holding yellow glow sticks and turning on […]

WATCH Alex Salmond's full 21-minute interview with leading Catalan secessionist Carles Puigdemont

RT Exclusive Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 00:47 In the first episode of the Alex Salmond Show, Scotland’s former first minister speaks to deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont about the prospects for independence. Watch the full 21-minute interview here. You can also watch the full first episode of the Alex Salmond show here. Let’s block […]

EU became a ‘caricature’ of its founding values – former Catalan leader

Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has lashed out against the European Union (EU) over its response to the Catalan crisis, in which Brussels sided with Madrid in suppressing the independence drive of the region. Puigdemont criticized the EU as a “caricature of what Europe is and of what we want Europe to be,” claiming, there […]