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Watch again: Hong Kong protests hold rally in support of Catalonia

Hong Kong demonstrators to hold protest in support of independent Catalonia.

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Demonstrators call on authorities to 'clean up the mess from Spain'

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Barcelona's Plaza España on Tuesday night, putting detergent in a water fountain. Their message to the authorities was to 'clean up the mess from Spain'.

Belgium

Puigdemont walks free after handing himself to Brussels police

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont walks free after handing himself to Brussels police. Earlier this week, authorities received a third European arrest warrant from Spain.

Spain

Authorities 'not overwhelmed' by Barcelona street violence

Masked demonstrators clashed with police in central Barcelona on Friday as a fifth day of protests over the jailing of separatist leaders turned violent.

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Spain

How do the protests in Barcelona compare with those in Hong Kong?

"Tsunami Democratic comes from the Catalan tradition of nonviolent resistance but, obviously, we have learned from other similar movements," the organizers of the protests at Barcelona airport told Euronews.

Spain

Catalan leader Quim Torra says there must be a new independence vote

Catalan leader Quim Torra wants a new vote on Catalan independence.

Spain

Catalan pro-independence protesters clash with police

Protesters clash with police in third day of Catalan pro-independence demonstrations

World

Catalan activist condemns severity of sentences for separatists as anti-democratic

A Catalan activist and political commentator has condemned the sentences handed out to pro-separatist as leaders as undemocratic. Andres da Silva told Euronews' Good Morning Europe that the severity of the sentences was undemocratic and greatly worsened the situation.

Spain

Spain's top court to rule on Catalan separatists' rebellion charges

The 12 defendants — including former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont currently in self-imposed exile — face up to 25 years in jail.

Spain

Protesters in Barcelona demand release of jailed Catalan leaders

Barcelona is getting ready for the verdict from Spain's Supreme Court in the trial of the Catalan separatist leaders, nine of whom have been in pre-trial detention for close to two years.

World

Barcelona residents use balcony flags to show stance on independence

A war of flags has taken over Barcelona's balconies with both pro and anti-independence supporters using their outside spaces to make clear where they stand on Catalonia's secession debate.

Spain

Watch again: Catalans march on anniversary of independence referendum

Spain’s acting prime minister warned demonstrators 'not to play with fire'.

Spain

Euroviews. Spain’s assault on the European Parliament’s integrity sets a dangerous precedent ǀ View

The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament decided on 3 September to submit observations to the European Court of Justice on the case of the jailed MEP from Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras. [...] The importance of the Court’s decision cannot be underestimated.

Spain

Watch: 600,000 Catalan independence supporters rally in Barcelona

The 11 September holiday marks the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish War of Succession in 1714 and has become a focus point for the region's secessionist movement.

Spain

Watch: Internal divisions highlighted on Catalonia's National Day

Catalonia celebrates on Wednesday its National Day despite internal divisions between the region's independentist parties.

World

Raw Politics in full: Deadlock ends, Brexit divide, Catalans protest

Host Tesa Arcilla sits down with European politicians and experts to discuss the latest headlines from both Brussels and Strasbourg.

Europe News

Catalan independentists mobilize in streets of Strasbourg

The demonstrators were protesting the fact that three of their elected MEPs were not allowed to go to work on Tuesday.

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Euroviews. The curious case of Carles Puigdemont ǀ View

Free to travel around Europe but persecuted in Spain. Accused of rebellion in Madrid but acquitted of it in Germany. [...] An MEP-elect thanks to the votes of one million people, but dependent on European courts in order to fulfill his mandate.

Spain

Catalan separatists await verdict after historic trial comes to an end

The high-profile trial — that has heard from more than 300 witnesses and rejected at least 50 — came to an end on Wednesday with the final statements of the defendants.

World

Last day of trial for Catalan leaders

In Spain today, the trial of a group of Catalonian separatist leaders will end. The trial itself started in February, but the road into the court system for the activists started long before then.