Spain to reopen land borders from June 22
Spain will open its land borders with France and Portugal on June 22. The restrictions, which have been effective since a State of Alarm was imposed on Spain to halt the [...]
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Junqueras vows to defend Catalan independence
Catalonia’s political leaders will appear before High court in Madrid facing charges of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of public funds, while the region’s president [...]
Puigdemont in Brussels in search for diplomatic solution
Today President of self-proclaimed Catalan Republic Carles Puigdemont visits Brussels for a number of high-profile meeting in Belgium government and with the EU diplomats. [...]
Spain unionists export violence to Barcelona
Concluding the day of a massive anti-independence rally in Barcelona, numerous incidents of violence against journalists, police, transport workers, and damages to public [...]
Rajoy to react on Catalan Declaration of Independence
The statement of Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Spain is awaited at 18:00 European time, after a day of consultations. Spain's PM to give press statement on [...]
Juncker in Barcelona to persuade Catalans renounce independence
The historic session of Catalan Parliament is postponed for one hour, reportedly president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker tries his powers to persuade [...]
Swiss mediate Spain-Catalonia
Neutral Switzerland is in touch with Spain and Catalonia about resolving a row over the region’s moves towards independence but conditions for promoting talks are not yet [...]
Council of Europe urges to investigate Spanish police violence
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muiznieks, urged Spanish home affairs minister, José Ignacio Zoido, to investigate Spain’s police actions [...]
Catalonia: overwhelmed by democracy
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The time has come for Catalonia to reject the repressive response of the Spanish government to our call for a referendum on self-determination by [...]
No Brexit deal without Gibraltar
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he had “cast iron assurances” from Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis that the government would [...]
#Catalonia: Who is afraid of democracy?
Jordi Solé i Ferrando, MEP, OPINION Those who would deny Catalonia’s right to self-determination said back in 2015 that Catalan voters would never elect a majority of [...]
Catalans to vote independence
President Carles Puigdemont of Catalonia informed about the date of a referendum on independence, when people will decide whether they wish to become citizens of a new [...]
Europol: 170 kg cocaine in Antwerp
Police in Alicante (UDYCO) is conducting an investigation on a criminal group involved in cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe. In the framework of this [...]
EP: Catalan referendum – standing ovation
DEPECHE Anna van Densky Today at European Parliament a conference on Catalan referendum took place hosted by Liberals (ALDE) and Greens groups. The participants declared [...]
Europol reports on stolen artefacts
The aim of Operation Pandora was to dismantle criminal networks involved in cultural theft and exploitation, and identify potential links to other criminal activities. [...]
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