Pere Aragonès, the Catalan president who stayed away from the parade in Madrid, has demanded a vote

BARCELONA, Spain--Supporters of independence for Catalonia protested Sunday against a visit to its regional capital Barcelona by Spain’s King Felipe VI, as high-level efforts to allay tensions there gain new momentum. The king was in Barcelona to help mark the opening of a major international wireless trade fair, called Mobile World Congress, which begins Monday. Demonstrations against visits to Catalonia by the monarch, who is a symbol of rule from Madrid and who has criticized separatist movem

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Carles Puigdemont, a member of the European Parliament, was arrested after arriving in Sardinia, Italy, for a Catalan folklore festival, his lawyer said. The former Catalonia leader has been in exile since 2017 over his role in an independence referendum that the Spanish government considered illegal.... He is also charged with misusing public funds. Puigdemont was detained by Italian border police upon arriving at the airport in Alghero, according to his ch

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been released from custody in Sassari, Italy. The MEP and former president of Spain's Catalonia region had been detained by border police upon arriving at the Alghero airport on Thursday evening, according to his chief of staff Josep Lluís Alay. Speaking after his release, he said of his detention: “ Very good, no problem.... The police and prison guards were very professional, very serious people.” Authorities said Puigdemont was free to travel w

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Also, a negative test result must be shown to enter Portuguese cinemas, theaters, sports events, weddings and baptisms until at least Jan.... 9. Portugal will impose exceptional measures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, including having a negative test result to enter restaurants and public celebrations.... The omicron strain has shot up from 5% of new cases in Spain to 47% within one week. Advertisement The decision by Catalonia comes a day bef

ADVERTISEMENT Six years after plunging Spain into its worst political crisis in decades, Catalonia's separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the north-eastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday's election.... The Socialists' Party of Catalonia( PSC), led by former health minister Salvador Illa, savoured their best result in a Catalan election, claiming 42 seats, up from 33 in 2021, when they also barely won the most votes but