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Earthquake in the Comuns: Jaume Asens won't continue as head of party list in Congress

The new candidate for Barcelona will be fellow deputy Aina Vidal, followed by Gerardo Pisarello and Gala Pin

The kidnapping in the Andalusian Socialists: an inside job, using a 'pistol' bought on Amazon

Details of bizarre abduction of municipal councillor set up by her PSOE party colleagues emerge just before local elections

More and more Spanish is spoken in Catalan TV's electoral debate: the triumph of diglossia

Three representatives of Spanish nationalist parties spoke for 1,133 seconds in Castilian in the debate on Catalonia's TV3

Iranian death threats to dissident Masih Alinejad: UK police mount 24-hour protection

The activist is meeting British politicians on plan to declare the Islamic Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization

Exam fiasco obliges Catalan minister Vilagrà to re-run all civil service tests

This time, the Catalan ministry has put out a call to government workers to supervise the entry exams on July 1st and 8th

Pedro Sánchez, still sitting on the EU Covid funds which he presented as Spain's panacea

Of the €77 billion of EU funding agreed, less than 12% has actually reached companies, according to Reuters

France takes Elna town council to court for allowing Catalan to be used at meetings

First municipality in Northern Catalonia to recognize the right to speak in Catalan will have to argue its case on April 18th

'The Economist' asserts that the Catalan language will benefit from the arrival of AI

The British business weekly celebrates ChatGPT's technology which has levelled the playing field between languages

'Neues Deutschland' warns that Ponsatí's arrest is an "antidemocratic precedent" in Europe

German daily says that the MEP, who has immunity from arrest, revealed the contradiction between Spanish and European law

Catalan is gaining ground in the ranking of world languages, according to France

The French culture ministry's barometer places Catalan as the 12th most important language, when in 2010 it was 20th

Israel responds to Ada Colau: "You won't succeed in damaging the mutual friendship"

The Israeli message, sent in Catalan, says breaking off relations reinforces "extremists, terrorist groups and anti-Semites"

Joint declaration by Morocco and Spain treats Western Sahara as belonging to Rabat

Pedro Sánchez definitively abandons support for the Sahrawi independence claim recognized by the United Nations

Bundestag report says any Spanish espionage against Puigdemont when in Germany was illegal

German parliamentary report asserts that action taken by Spanish secret services in German territory is "punishable"

Spanish presidency minister Bolaños discredits pro-independence protesters against Spanish-French summit

"In Barcelona, the Catalonia of the past, of tension, division and conflict held a demonstration" he said.

International media report Catalan pro-independence protests in Barcelona

Leading media report the demonstrations against the Sánchez-Macron summit and the incidents that took place

French interior minister, willing to reopen Coll de Banyuls border crossing on one condition

The proposal, not yet accepted by Spain, will require further talks

Emmanuel Macron: "There is a permanent dialectic between the Spanish and Catalan questions"

French president acknowledges in an interview that Catalonia is a conditioning factor in Spanish politics

French representatives fall from Thursday's Barcelona summit: tension in Paris

Macron's delegation could shorten programme of meeting with Spanish leaders due to France's general strike, says the Élysée

Aragonès, convinced that Catalan budget will pass: "There's very broad public support"

Catalan president reviews his government's work and assures that 2023 budget "will find political support to become reality"

Spanish judge Lesmes accepts recusal from case of Catalan leaders' pardons

Lawyers had said Lesmes "lacked impartiality" to hear appeals by PP, Cs and Vox against pardoning of pro-independence leaders

Spain's Constitutional Court tells Congress that it can be "limited" by the judges

In 6-to-5 decision, the Spanish Constitutional Court situates itself above the legislature, which does not have "immunity"

Spain, "in an institutional mess": verdict of 'The Economist' and 'Libération'

Leading European media watch aghast at a Spanish crisis that they saw coming in the bitter disputes centred on the judiciary

Puigdemont asks EU Commission about Josep Borrell's possible role in Qatargate

Catalan MEPs Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí seek to clarify EU foreign chief's alleged links to corruption scandal

Socialist baron Lambán says Spain "would have gone better" without Pedro Sánchez

Spain's prime minister is openly questioned from within his own party as Aragón's president Javier Lambán speaks his mind

Graphic videos of events at Melilla border could spell the end for minister Marlaska

Loud calls for Spanish interior minister's departure over deaths of up to 70 migrants on Spanish-Morrocan border in June

Spanish PM at G-20: Catalonia's 2017 independence declaration was a "big problem"

Pedro Sánchez tells media that he "inherited the problem from the PP", not mentioning his votes in support of direct rule

Spanish nationalist assaults Carles Puigdemont at Vienna Airport: "To jail!"

The Central European University in Vienna had received Spanish pressure to not allow the pro-independence politician to speak

European Parliament decides that Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy

The first EU rebuke to a member state is a precedent that the independence movement believes should be considered for Spain

The day that Elizabeth II learned what England and Catalonia have in common

World media report UN conclusion that Spain violated rights of Catalan leaders

Media in Europe and the US note the Committee's concern that the Catalan MPs had been suspended before their case was decided

CUP deputy floats idea of early election in Catalonia if ERC rejects confidence vote

Eulàlia Reguant defends midterm confidence vote and is critical of the policies of the minority Catalan government so far

Scholz urges completion of Catalonia-France gas pipeline, "enormously" strategic

Germany, concerned about dependence on Russian gas, calls for extension of pipeline that ends in Catalan town of Hostalric

Why a German newspaper says Spain is among the 10 poorest countries in the EU

Business daily Handelsblatt doubts that Spanish tourism can lift up the economy after the pandemic

Council for the Republic announces location for 1st October rally in Barcelona

Rally marking the 5th anniversary of the Catalan independence referendum calls to "defend the 1-O" and "win independence"

Northern Catalan senator appalled by Spain's "lack of respect" for Council of Europe

François Calvet denounces the Spanish pressure to prevent the key European body from publishing its conclusions on Catalonia

Berga's Patum festival draws pro-independence fervour - and a noise complaint | VIDEO

After two years lost to Covid, the UNESCO-recognized Patum returns to the Catalan town - but now faces a noise complaint

Mireia Boya resigns from the CUP criticizing the "silence" of her colleagues

Former Catalan MP believes the left-wing sovereignist party "mismanaged" her sexual harassment complaint

Germany, unperturbed by prospect of a Scottish referendum "against the law"

Sturgeon's launch of campaign for a second referendum made the pound fall: the City takes her seriously

'Frankfurter' warns of the rise of colonialist glorification in Spain (unlike Portugal)

German daily focuses on new Lisbon monument to enslaved peoples, and asks whether such a memorial would be possible in Madrid

Spanish army sacks captain whose unit had a special blessing at Valle de los Caídos

Dismissal follows appearance of video in which soldiers receive blessing at controversial monument built by dictator Franco