‘This racist treatment of the Catalans is inadmissible’; the witness account of a Corsican citizen at Barcelona’s el Prat airport

Claude Lefebvre was searched and held on the ground for the sole fact of having worn a sticker with the Catalan flag

Thousands march in Barcelona urging Spain to take in more refugees

The day Puigdemont gets tossed in prison

"The trials that are now underway are just a foretaste. The moment of truth will not take long to arrive. I don't think we will have to wait until June to see president Puigdemont before the courts."

TC suspends referendum resolution and could take further legal action against Forcadell

The list of the 34 judicial rulings by the Constitutional Court in favour of Catalonia with which the Spanish government has failed to comply

Here is a complete list of the final judicial rulings which the Rajoy government has failed to comply with

MEPs from all parties consider 9-N trial 'counterproductive' and call for 'political' solution

'A political issue should be solved in a political way, in a democratic way, through dialogue and not by sending politicians to court because you don’t like their opinion'

Homs during 9-N trial: 'We were not violating any law'

Homs admitted to being 'surprised' when the Spanish Government presented an appeal before the TC for alleged conflict of competences

Puigdemont: 'Spanish democracy has gotten sick'

Puigdemont accused the Spanish State of taking former Catalan President, Artur Mas and former Catalan Minsters, Irene Rigau and Joana Ortega before the court in what he considered 'a political trial'

9-N trial proceedings focus now on Ministry for Education’s role

The magistrates aim to find out whether high school directors were pressed by the public bodies to cede the centres and turn them into polling stations

Thousands hit the streets to support those summonsed for 9-N symbolic vote on independence

Puigdemont: 'We are all being tried and thus we will show our outrage'

He warned that the people’s dignity 'will be defended with loyalty by the accused'

Mas before the court: '9-N was not a personal whim' but an 'unstoppable' consultation

Catalan President, Artur Mas, testified before the court this Monday when accused of alleged disobedience and breach of trust when allowing the non-binding consultation

Artur Mas: 'this is a political trial, that has very little foundation in law'

Barcelona’s Port President arrested for alleged irregular funding of former CDC

The police arrested two former CDC representatives too, Antoni Vives and Francesc Sánchez

Puigdemont to the consular corps: 'The referendum will take place with all the legal and democratic guarantees'

'The will of the Catalan citizens to exercise their right to self-determination is incorruptible', he warned

MEPs from fourteen countries and all political groups attend hearing with Puigdemont, Junqueras and Romeva in Brussels

It was a far cry from a ‘cafeteria event’, as González Pons had described it, given that the conference room in question holds twice the capacity of the largest hall of the European parliament

László Tőkés’s Europe welcomes Catalonia

«The Hungarian MEP yesterday challenged the Spanish Partido Popular, his own party mates, by ignoring its call to boycott a hearing where a large group of MEPs heard firsthand from top Catalan politicians about their vision for a new European dream»

Puigdemont on the referendum: 'Europe cannot look the other way and should be part of the solution'

Despite the calls from the Spanish People Party to boycott the event, many MEP attended

Diplocat argues that Germany would deal with a case like Catalonia’s 'more intelligently' than Spain

'Merkel would have dealt with a situation like this one in a different way from the Spanish government', said Royo

Tajani urged to keep his word and allow Catalan in the European Parliament

In a letter written in catalan, Tajani said that he would put 'no obstacles' to introducing Catalan

Spanish Prosecutor demands 9-year ban from public office for Homs for allowing 9-N symbolic vote

'Homs played a key role during 9-N', the document states

New record for El Prat Airport: Over 44 million passengers in 2016

The number of passengers whom passed through Barcelona airport in 2016 grew by 11.2%

Unemployment falls by 62,023 in 2016, biggest decline since 2008

Puigdemont won’t stand for president in next Catalan elections

'I don’t have any vocation to be a candidate for the presidency', he assured

New government in Spain, same old deadlock for Catalonia?