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Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatist leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2021 0

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said his government would pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence. According to Sanchez, this is in a bid toward ending the political conflict over the wealthy region. Sanchez spoke in Barcelona’s opera house,

Sports

Breaking: Catalonia tension forces Barcelona vs Real Madrid el-clasico game postponed

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

The match scheduled to take place in Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium on Saturday, October 26, has been be moved to Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium. Tensions have heightened in Barcelona after Monday’s decision to jail nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in an illegal referendum and subsequent failed independence bid. […]

News

Spain’s court sentences Catalonia leaders for sedition

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence referendum in 2017. Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience and fined, but will not serve prison sentences. The 12 politicians and activists had all denied the charges. READ […]

World

Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

Catalan MPs in Barcelona have elected a pro-independence speaker at their first meeting since Madrid dissolved the region’s parliament. The choice of Roger Torrent is the first step to reinstating local government. Separatist parties, who remain dominant after December’s election, want Carles Puigdemont to be president again. But the ex-leader risks arrest if

News In Brief

#DTNalert: Catalan leader calls for resistance to Spain

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, who was fired by the Spanish government over the province’s declaration of independence, has called on the people to non-violently resist Madrid’s takeover bid. More to follow

World

Catalonia Spain: Officials ‘won’t follow orders from Madrid’

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

Catalan authorities will not follow orders from the Spanish government if Madrid moves to reassert control over the region, a senior official says. Foreign affairs spokesman Raul Romeva told the BBC the central government was acting against the will of Catalans. Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced plans to sack the region’s government and […]

Politics World

Catalan Leader Fails To Declare Independence

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont has written a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy requesting a meeting within 60 days. Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont has failed to give a clear answer about whether he has declared independence for Catalonia. He has written a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy requesting a meeting within the […]

World

EU official warns of war possibility in Catalonia

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

The European Union has called for negotiation to arrest building tension in Catalonia and Spain, to avert war situation. This was coming as Agency report announced that Andrés Iniesta ,the team captain Barcelona football club of Spain, which has become a focal point of secessionist Catalan sentiment, urged politicians in Madrid and the Catalan capital […]

Opinion Sports

Barça has to consider the real cost of Catalan freedom

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

Somewhere, someplace in the world it seems, the people are out in the streets. None has caught the world’s attention in the past few weeks than the near constant marches and rallies being organised in the name of the freedom of Catalonia from Spain. With a referendum on the independence question slated for 1 October […]