The former president of the Spanish region of Catalonia, has announced he will run for the European Parliament in a bid to win immunity from criminal charges.
Politics is normally decided at the ballot box in modern democracies but in Spain it has been events in the court room which have proved decisive.
With pro-independence protests erupting in Catalonia to mark the anniversary of the events in October 2017, the Spain is still grappling for a long-lasting solution to the unrests.
The battle over the yellow ribbons, dubbed by some the “yellow ribbon war,” has intensified in Catalonia this summer.
The regional parliament of northeastern Catalonia approved a plan Monday to set up road map for independence from Spain by 2017, in defiance of the central government
Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation won a landmark vote Sunday by capturing a regional parliamentary majority
Sports and politics are never far apart in Barcelona’s Camp Nou football stadium
For a fourth consecutive year, hundreds of thousands of pro-independence Catalans are gearing up to rally Friday to break away from Spain
The nationalist parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia are poised to win in the semi-autonomous area’s election, increasing the possibility for the region to hold a referendum to break away from the rest of Spain.
The former president of the Spanish region of Catalonia, has announced he will run for the European Parliament in a bid to win immunity from criminal charges.
Politics is normally decided at the ballot box in modern democracies but in Spain it has been events in the court room which have proved decisive.
With pro-independence protests erupting in Catalonia to mark the anniversary of the events in October 2017, the Spain is still grappling for a long-lasting solution to the unrests.
The battle over the yellow ribbons, dubbed by some the “yellow ribbon war,” has intensified in Catalonia this summer.
The regional parliament of northeastern Catalonia approved a plan Monday to set up road map for independence from Spain by 2017, in defiance of the central government
Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation won a landmark vote Sunday by capturing a regional parliamentary majority
Sports and politics are never far apart in Barcelona’s Camp Nou football stadium
For a fourth consecutive year, hundreds of thousands of pro-independence Catalans are gearing up to rally Friday to break away from Spain
The nationalist parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia are poised to win in the semi-autonomous area’s election, increasing the possibility for the region to hold a referendum to break away from the rest of Spain.