https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Catalonia's self-declared leader-in-exile is suing to be allowed to take up his seat as a member of the European Parliament despite Spanish charges against him, officials said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190702/catalan-exiled-leader-sues-for-right-to-take-eu-parliament-seat Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:22:55 +0200 catalan-exiled-leader-sues-for-right-to-take-eu-parliament-seat Spain's Supreme Court on Sunday said Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 after a secession attempt, could contest EU polls this month. https://www.thelocal.es/20190506/puigdemont-can-run-in-eu-polls-spains-supreme-court-rules Mon, 06 May 2019 16:41:05 +0200 puigdemont-can-run-in-eu-polls-spains-supreme-court-rules Election authorities have banned Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 after a secession attempt, from running in EU polls, his party said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190429/puigdemont-banned-from-standing-in-eu-polls Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:32:34 +0200 puigdemont-banned-from-standing-in-eu-polls The former chief of Catalonia' police force said Thursday his officers were ready to arrest the region's ex-president Carles Puigdemont during the failed 2017 independence bid, if they had been asked to do so by judicial authorities. https://www.thelocal.es/20190315/ex-catalan-police-chief-says-he-was-ready-to-arrest-puigdemont Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:00:53 +0100 ex-catalan-police-chief-says-he-was-ready-to-arrest-puigdemont Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who led a failed attempt to break Catalonia from Spain in 2017, was chosen to represent his separatist party in European Parliament elections in May, the party said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190310/ex-catalan-leader-puigdemont-picked-by-separatist-party-for-eu-polls Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:39:23 +0100 ex-catalan-leader-puigdemont-picked-by-separatist-party-for-eu-polls The directors of Netflix documentary "Two Catalonias" said Tuesday they had returned a German award because the involvement of Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont in the ceremony had "politicized" the "neutral" spirit of their work. https://www.thelocal.es/20190213/directors-of-netflix-catalonia-documentary-return-award Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:36:54 +0100 directors-of-netflix-catalonia-documentary-return-award A year after threatening the unity of Spain with an attempt to declare independence, the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont launched a new party on Saturday, as he tries to rally separatists from his base in Belgium. https://www.thelocal.es/20181028/catalan-former-leader-forms-new-party-a-year-after-independence-bid Sun, 28 Oct 2018 08:53:04 +0100 catalan-former-leader-forms-new-party-a-year-after-independence-bid The former Catalan president is listed among the favourites to win the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Pope Francis, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.es/20181004/is-carles-puigdemont-about-to-win-a-nobel-peace-prize Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:03:23 +0200 is-carles-puigdemont-about-to-win-a-nobel-peace-prize Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont will launch a new party on October 27th, the first anniversary of the Spanish region's failed declaration of independence, his spokesman said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180928/catalan-ex-leader-to-launch-new-party-a-year-after-independence-bid Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:05:20 +0200 catalan-ex-leader-to-launch-new-party-a-year-after-independence-bid Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont returns to Belgium on Saturday to keep pressing for his region's independence after a Spanish judge dropped a European arrest warrant for him. https://www.thelocal.es/20180728/puigdemont-to-return-to-belgium-to-carry-on-with-catalan-independence-cause Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:06:59 +0200 puigdemont-to-return-to-belgium-to-carry-on-with-catalan-independence-cause Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont, who has been in Germany for four months, said Wednesday he will return to Belgium after a Spanish judge dropped a European arrest warrant for him. https://www.thelocal.es/20180725/deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:52:35 +0200 deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium Now he is rid of a Spanish international arrest warrant, Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont can go anywhere he pleases save Spain, and continue playing a central role in his region's separatist politics from afar. https://www.thelocal.es/20180723/what-next-for-deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:36:11 +0200 what-next-for-deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont A Spanish judge on Thursday dropped European and international arrest warrants for deposed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and other separatist leaders who fled abroad, the Supreme Court said, which means they no longer face extradition. https://www.thelocal.es/20180719/spain-drops-international-arrest-warrants-for-puigdemont Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:00:28 +0200 spain-drops-international-arrest-warrants-for-puigdemont Self-exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Monday appealed for unity among the disparate factions of Catalonia's independence movement, in his continued determination to turn the wealthy northeastern region into a republic. https://www.thelocal.es/20180717/catalan-leader-launches-bid-to-unite-separatist-factions Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:00:50 +0200 catalan-leader-launches-bid-to-unite-separatist-factions Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday that Catalonia's deposed independence leader Carles Puigdemont and other separatists "must be tried by the Spanish courts". https://www.thelocal.es/20180713/catalan-separatists-must-be-tried-in-spanish-courts-pm-sanchez-puigdemont Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:59:13 +0200 catalan-separatists-must-be-tried-in-spanish-courts-pm-sanchez-puigdemont A German court ruled on Thursday (July 12) that deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont may be extradited to Spain but only for alleged corruption and not on the more serious charge of rebellion. https://www.thelocal.es/20180712/germany-can-extradite-puigdemont-to-spain-for-graft-but-not-rebellion Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:51:56 +0200 germany-can-extradite-puigdemont-to-spain-for-graft-but-not-rebellion Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and five other separatists be suspended as regional lawmakers after concluding a probe into their secession bid. https://www.thelocal.es/20180711/spain-court-orders-puigdemont-suspended-as-lawmaker Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:07:24 +0200 spain-court-orders-puigdemont-suspended-as-lawmaker Germany's federal prosecutors said Friday they have filed a formal request to extradite deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion and corruption. https://www.thelocal.es/20180601/german-prosecutors-seek-puigdemont-extradition-to-spain Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:02:02 +0200 german-prosecutors-seek-puigdemont-extradition-to-spain A German court on Tuesday rejected a second request from prosecutors to put deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont behind bars pending a decision on his extradition to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180522/german-court-again-refuses-to-jail-puigdemont Tue, 22 May 2018 15:06:03 +0200 german-court-again-refuses-to-jail-puigdemont Quim Torra, the man chosen by ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to be his successor, may be a newcomer to politics but has long been a committed separatist. https://www.thelocal.es/20180511/profile-quim-torra-the-catalan-separatist-anointed-by-puigdemont Fri, 11 May 2018 10:41:35 +0200 profile-quim-torra-the-catalan-separatist-anointed-by-puigdemont