President Puigdemont: 'December 21 will prove that someone deceived the EU’s institutions'

Interview with the Catalan president

Police enter Catalan government to remove yellow ribbons

Electoral Board cracks down on the colored motif after it became a symbol protesting the imprisonment of pro-independence leaders

Extradition case against Puigdemont closed

The Belgian justice officially puts an end to the proceedings a week after the Spanish Supreme Court withdrew the European Arrest Warrant

Oriol Junqueras letter from Estremera prison

Letter of the legitimately elected Vice-President of Catalonia

Spanish Supreme Court requests investigation into Catalan officials

The judge in charge of the case rules to investigate the members of so-called 'strategic committee' for independence, including ERC candidate Marta Rovira

45,000 people attend demonstration in Brussels, according to Belgian police figures

Original route changed due to large influx of protesters

Two great victories in Brussels

Spanish Supreme Court withdraws international arrest warrant for Puigdemont

The Catalan president and the four ministers in Belgium testified Monday in Brussels over their extradition case

Belgian judge to decide on Puigdemont’s extradition on December 14

Catalan president and ministers in Brussels finish their three-hour hearing in the EU capital

Judge keeps four pro-independence leaders in prison

Vice President Junqueras, Home Affairs Minister Forn, and pro-independence civil leaders Cuixart and Sànchez will remain in jail, while six other officials granted 100,000€ bail

Bojan Brezigar: 'Article 155 is a remnant of Francoism'

An interview with Bojan Brezigar, the Slovenian journalist who has written Six Days in Catalonia

Madrid dismisses employees of Catalan Government delegations abroad

“Explicit instructions” from Spain’s foreign office ordered “all staff” to be fired on November 30 under application of Article 155

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: 'You’ll have to go down the path of civil disobedience'

An interview with Ireland’s Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: 'You’ll have to go down the path of civil disobedience'

An interview with Ireland’s Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

795 charged, 24 arrests and 10 political prisoners: diary of a repression that does not stop

We do a chronological review of all acts of Spain aimed at suppressing independentism that have been resolved with 795 charged, fifty-six registrations, twenty-four arrests and two prohibited acts

Fresh ban by electoral board: Barcelona city must remove 'Free our Political Prisoners' banner

Any individuals manning polling stations on December 21 will not be allowed to wear the yellow ribbon demanding freedom for Catalonia’s political prisoners

Fear of voting, now also on the EU

«It is the EU which has a real problem nowadays and, unfortunately, is it headed for its demise unless it changes radically and starts listening and respecting the will of the people again»

Judge will say ‘no’ to extradition if hesitant, prestigious Belgian lawyer says

Denis Bosquet claims that prosecutor rejecting charges of corruption for Puigdemont and his four Catalan ministers in Brussels is a sign of the international arrest warrant’s “weakness”

The EU is beginning to grasp the high price it is paying for the repression in Catalonia

«The EU had based its international projection on the notion that it was the most advanced space worldwide in terms of democracy and peace, and on the promotion of those values. But the recent events in Catalonia, with the EU’s official blessing, have shattered that narrative»

Sergi Blázquez: 'In Catalonia we attorneys are afraid of providing legal counsel because our own words might be construed as a criminal offence'

Interview with the chairman of Drets, which is a lawyers association in Catalonia

China brings up Catalan situation in a meeting with EU

The Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China met with European Parliament representatives in Strasbourg

Artur Talvik: 'We have understood that the Spanish government behaves in a non-European manner'

An interview with Estonian MP Artur Talvik, who criticises the silence of Estonia’s PM on the subject of Catalonia

Hywel Williams: 'Some actions by the Spanish government are clearly anti-democratic'

VilaWeb interviews Hywel Williams, a Welsh MP in Westminster

Mikko Kärnä: 'If Catalan secessionists win the elections, it will mean that the Republic is taking hold'

Interview with the deputy of the Finnish parliament

Puigdemont to head 'Together for Catalonia'

President to run on party ticket on December 21 including also independent candidates

Spain’s police operation against Catalan referendum classified as ‘state secret’

Mariano Rajoy’s government rejects answering questions about the cost of the deployment of officers

Mass protest demands release of ‘political prisoners’

750,000 people march in Barcelona according to local police under the motto ‘Freedom for political prisoners, we are the republic’

Belgium’s three main parties question Spain’s actions against the Catalan government

Former French minister Ségolène Royal has also criticised the decision to keep Vice President Junqueras and seven cabinet ministers in remand

Belgian judge releases president Puigdemont and his ministers

The judge is to decide within the next 15 days whether to accept the extradition petition from Spain

Why the obsession with destroying President Puigdemont?

«While in Brussels, he has internationalised the Catalan conflict, exposed Spain’s justice and kept himself and his government free to continue acting as what they are. All with a single blow»

Catalan vice president and seven ministers sent to prison without bail

Spain’s National Court sets bail at €50,000 for former Business minister

President Puigdemont from Brussels: 'Use 21D polls to consolidate Catalan Republic, fight Article 155'

The Catalan leader has explained that he has opted to protect the general public and Catalonia’s civil servants by averting the violence that Madrid was readying

The light is beginning to shine through

«These days we are making Europe and the international community understand that it's not possible to solve the Catalan crisis without counting on the Catalan government as the main interlocutor»

No easy path for unionists

«Those of you who are so vocal about the fact that we haven’t managed to accomplish what we meant to should make a note that the Spanish authorities haven’t, either»

Catalan Parliament declares independence

Resolution declaring independent Catalan republic passed with 70 votes in favor, 10 against and 2 abstentions

Former Slovenian president Kučan slams EU for inaction over Spanish violence in Catalonia

Kučan states Catalonia cannot be compared to Slovenia, but has right to self-determination

CECOT’s Antoni Abad: 'Without freedom there is no democracy, no future'

Cecot’s chairman emphasises that Catalan employers have been making the same demands for twenty years: 'This is not normal! We’re in this situation because solutions haven’t been explored'

Catalan Parliament to discuss response to self-rule suspension on Thursday

Pro-indy groups aim to hold a plenary session a day before the Spanish government’s takeover could come into effect

Prepare to defend freedom later this week

«By shattering its own constitution, Spain has put us in the most favourable of positions, from an international standpoint: that of the last resort remedy»

Catalan president calls Parliament meeting to discuss Catalonia’s future

Carles Puigdemont deemed that the activation of Article 155, which will seize Catalonia's self-government, was "the worst attack" on Catalan people and institutions since the Franco dictatorship