Catalonia

Carles Puigdemont threatened to topple the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez if progress isn't made on independence

Pro-independence Catalan party threatens to withdraw support for Pedro Sanchez

People protest against the investiture debate a day before the Socialist leader seeks the endorsement of the chamber to form a new government at the nearby Spanish Parliament in Madrid Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Demonstrators are protesting

Pedro Sanchez defends his controversial amnesty deal with pro-independence Catalans

SNP MP Douglas Chapman (centre, left) meets with Catalan political figures including Meritxell Serret, Catalan Minister for Foreign Action (centre, right)

COMMENT Scotland is crying out for an organisation like Catalonia’s National Assembly

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Mossos d'Esquadra officers clash with pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona, March 25, 2018

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: I went to Catalonia six years after the indyref. Here's what I learned

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The president of the Catalonian Government says it is a 'great opportunity to correct the serious historical anomaly'

Comment Why Catalan must become an official language of the European Union

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The EU is being urged to adopt Catalan as an official language

Call for Catalan to become official EU language as decision over status postponed

Independence supporters form the word 'independence' during Catalonia's National Day in Barcelona, 2018

COMMENT Scots have common cause with Catalonia

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Catalan independence supporters fly the Estelada in Plaza de Espana square in Barcelona

Catalan independence supporters fill streets in their thousands in mass demonstration

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Video from Spanish police on social media showed people being arrested after a hidden barrel was discovered above a road

'Pro-independence Catalans' arrested after alleged bid to sabotage cycling tour

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Carles Puigdemont founded the pro-Catalan independence Junts party in 2020

Pro-independence Catalans become kingmakers in Spain after hung elections

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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen addresses reporters in Henin-Beaumont, northern France

comment George Kerevan: Will a new Europe dominated by far-right really welcome Scotland?

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People cheer and dance at the closing meeting of the final pro-independence rally at Plaza Espana ahead of Sunday's referendum vote on September 29, 2017

EXCLUSIVE Catalonia watches and waits ahead of snap Spanish election

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Clara Ponsati says she intends to fight a new Spanish arrest warrant

Exclusive Clara Ponsati vows to defy 'fanatic' judge after new Spanish arrest warrant issued

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Photos from the exhibition which will be shown in Wales, Scotland, and Catalonia

Experts hail 'fundamental shift in independence studies' ahead of exhibit launch

Pedro Sanchez’s coalition government has received crucial support of Catalan and Basque members of parliament

Letters Analysis of far-right rise in Spain overlooked repression of Basques and Catalans

Clara Ponsati has returned to Barcelona for the first time in five years after facing extradition charges

Clara Ponsati ARRESTED on first visit to Spain in five years

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Raül Romeva was jailed for his part in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum but insists the calls for a new vote cannot be ignored forever

Raul Romeva: Scotland and Catalonia WILL get our independence vote

A placard calling for the freedom of Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan leader

Sedition charges dropped against Carles Puigdemont over role in Catalan indy movement

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The Catalan Yes movement won the election on the sole platform of delivering a referendum

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland must heed lessons from Catalonia’s failure

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez said the push for Catalan independence was over

Catalonia's independence drive is 'over', Spanish prime minister declares

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Diana Riba i Giner, vice-chair of the EU parliament's inquiry into the use of Pegasus, claims she was spied on by Spain

EXCLUSIVE 'I was spied on five times in a month': EU urged to halt spyware used in Catalonia

Actress Eva Longoria corrected her friend who said they were in Spain

Actress Eva Longoria refuses to call Catalonia 'Spain'

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EU investigation backs ‘Catalangate’ spying claims

EU investigation backs ‘Catalangate’ spying claims

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Antonio Banos refused to testify during the 2019 trial against Catalonia's independence leaders

Spanish court sentences former Catalan MP to four months in prison for disobedience

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Demonstrators take part in a march celebrating the Catalan National day on September 11, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

EXCLUSIVE Catalans remember general strike in the wake of 2017 independence referendum

Catalan independence supporters gathered at Plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona yesterday to take part in a demonstration marking the fifth anniversary of the Catalan independence referendum. Photograph: Josep Lago

EXCLUSIVE REPORT ‘Act or resign’: Catalans hold rally amid backdrop of tension between pro-independence parties

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A man waves a Catalan Independence flag, know as 'Estelada', on a roof of a building

THE LONG READ Catalonia in stasis: Independence parties divided on path forward after 1-O vote

William Thomson (main) from Scotonomics said there was a difference between 2014 and 2017 indeyref campaigns

SPECIAL REPORT ‘How could this happen in a democracy?’: Lessons to learn from Catalan referendum

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Catalonians went to the polls with hope five years ago, but the Spanish government has cracked down on the independence movement

SPECIAL REPORT Catalonia gears up to mark five years since independence vote that rocked Spain

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A Catalan flag and Saltire fly side-by-side

The National reports from Barcelona to mark five years since Catalan indyref

The rally has been the focal point of the movement for the past decade

Catalan independence rally draws tens of thousands of demonstrators

Independent human rights experts working with the UN say Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government

Spain violated Catalan politicians' rights after indyref, UN declares

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Alex Salmond made the calls while on a tour of Catalonia

Independence case must be heard by international bodies, Alex Salmond says

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Major disagreements persist between the Spanish and Catalan governments

Catalan president challenges Spanish government to call independence referendum

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A new push for Catalonian independence is set to begin

National Day of Catalonia to begin ‘new onslaught’ for independence

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont

Letters EU is turning a blind eye to Spain spying on Catalan activists

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Spanish and Catalan leaders may meet for first time since spying scandal

Spanish and Catalan leaders may meet for first time since spying scandal

Pro-independence activists ready their lights ahead of the Pyrenees Way demonstration. Photos courtesy of Gure Esku

IN PICTURES Pro-independence democracy demo 'Europe's biggest ever artistic political action'

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Indyref2: Catalan Government ‘always in favour of democratic expressions’

Exclusive Indyref2: Catalan Government ‘always in favour of democratic expressions’

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Catalan pro-independence leader voices support for second Scottish referendum

Exclusive Catalan pro-independence leader voices support for second Scottish referendum

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William Aitken, left, has been sentenced to five years and two months in a Spanish prison for his alleged role in a political protest in Barcelona last year

EXCLUSIVE Scot in Catalonia sentenced to five years in prison over protest allegations

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Gaudi-inspired architecture is among the sights in Palma

TRAVEL Visiting the Mallorcan capital which shows Spain in glorious miniature

'You can count on us', a former president of Catalonia has told Scotland in a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

EXCLUSIVE Indyref2 'good news for democracy everywhere', former Catalan president says

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President Quim Torra with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh in 2018, a meeting he said he 'will always remember'

INDYREF INTERNATIONAL READ IN FULL: Former Catalan president Quim Torra's letter to Nicola Sturgeon

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Carles Puigdemont, former party president

Once-imprisoned Catalan politician replaces Carles Puigdemont as party president

The scandal has put fresh strain on the relationship between Catalonia and Spain

New Catalangate revelations raise further questions

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Spanish Government claims prime minister also targeted by spyware

Spain claims prime minister targeted by spyware used against Catalans

Spain must be held accountable for espionage against Catalan activists

LETTERS Spain must be held accountable for espionage against Catalan activists

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Pedro Sanchez, Spain's prime minister

Spanish government loses support over Catalan spyware scandal

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Pere Aragones had called for an investigation

Spanish Government announces investigation into ‘Catalangate’

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Niklas Bremberg, associate professor in political science at Stockholm University

EXCLUSIVE Catalonia can learn from Scottish independence negotiations, says top political analyst

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From left: Current Catalan president Pere Aragonès, and former presidents Quim Torra and Artur Mas

Pro-independence Catalan presidents 'targeted by Spain' in spyware attacks

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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont

European court backs Spain on extradition of Catalan exiles

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Former Catalan president Quim Torra

EXCLUSIVE Top author reveals the Catalonian lessons the Yes movement must learn

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