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German separatist leader files criminal complaint against Puigdemont's detention

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Catalan police break up pro-independence motorway protest

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Police and demonstrators clashed in Barcelona after former Catalan leader...

Germany

Can Spain extradite Puigdemont more easily from Germany than Belgium?

Spain

Clashes in Barcelona after Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is held

Finland

Puigdemont flees Finland amid arrest fears

Spain 24/03/2018

Finnish police receive arrest warrant for Puigdemont, but they don’t know where he is

Fugitive Catalan leader Puigdemont arrived in Finland on Thursday for a series of meetings, an arrest warrant was issued for him a day later.

Catalan politician Jordi Turull at the Supreme Court in Madrid, March 23

Spain 23/03/2018

Spanish court detains leading Catalan separatists on rebellion charges

25 pro-Catalan independence leaders face trial for rebellion, misuse of public funds and disobedience as the Supreme Court in Madrid steps up legal action following last year’s illegal referendum and independence declaration.

Spain 23/03/2018

Deadlock continues as Catalan separatists fail to elect new leader

Mainstream candidate Jordi Turull was denied victory by far-left CUP party

no comment 18/03/2018

Thousands of pro-unity supporters protest in Barcelona

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Barcelona on Sunday March 18th in support of a pro-unity regional government in Catalonia.

Spain 18/03/2018

Thousands march in Barcelona for Spanish unity

Holding Catalan, Spanish and EU flags, the demonstrators demanded the election of a leader "for all Catalans" to the regional parliament.

no comment 04/03/2018

Spanish unionist rally mocks Catalan separatist movement

Thousands of Spaniards joined a rally in Barcelona called by a grassroots group that uses humour to mock Catalonia's separatist push.

Spain 02/03/2018

No second term in office for Puigdemont

Puigdemont faces charges of sedition and rebellion in Spain and is currently in self-imposed exile in Brussels

Spain 01/03/2018

Puigdemont withdraws candidacy for Catalan presidency

Puigdemont said his party would propose pro-independence campaigner Jordi Sanchez as an alternative campaigner.

Joaquin Reyes dressed as Carles Puigdemont

Spain 23/02/2018

Madrid local calls police on Puigdemont look-alike comedian

Spanish comedian Joaquin Reyes thought it was all fun and games when he was shooting for TV in a park outside of Madrid dressed as exiled Catalan president Carles Puigdemont. But his apparent likeness had one local soon call police.

Spain 09/02/2018

Who is Elsa Artadi, the emerging future president of Catalonia?

An aide to Carles Puigdemont could be installed as the next leader of Catalan’s parliament, according to local media, while Puigdemont governs de facto from his refuge in Brussels.

brussels bureau 07/02/2018

Puigdemont's 100 days of attitude

100 days have passed since the ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont established what he called a "government in exile" in Brussels. Puigdemont fled over the Pyrenees on October the 29th, a day after the government in Madrid dissolved self-rule in Catalonia and removed him from office.