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 Spain's central government on Thursday said the announcement of snap elections in Catalonia would delay planned talks between Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the region's separatist leadership. https://www.thelocal.es/20200131/madrid-delays-separatist-talks-over-catalan-snap-election Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:26:32 +0100 madrid-delays-separatist-talks-over-catalan-snap-election Barcelona returned to relative calm after six days of demonstrations against the jailing of separatist leaders left hundreds injured in the tourist hotspot and pro-independence groups demanding new talks with the Spanish government. https://www.thelocal.es/20191020/calm-returns-to-barcelona-after-violent-protests Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:19:12 +0200 calm-returns-to-barcelona-after-violent-protests After Spain ordered Catalonia to remove pro-independence symbols from public buildings, Catalan president Quim Torra responded Thursday by replacing a banner with a yellow ribbon outside the regional government's headquarters with another one. https://www.thelocal.es/20190321/catalan-president-seeks-way-around-independence-symbols-ban Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:23:32 +0100 catalan-president-seeks-way-around-independence-symbols-ban Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the head of the separatist regional government of Catalonia on Thursday pledged fresh dialogue to try to resolve their dispute over the wealthy region's status within Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20181220/spanish-pm-pledges-fresh-dialogue-with-catalan-separatists Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:15:52 +0100 spanish-pm-pledges-fresh-dialogue-with-catalan-separatists Catalonia's new separatist government will be sworn in Saturday, the regional presidency announced, which will spark the automatic end of Madrid's direct rule over the region. https://www.thelocal.es/20180601/direct-rule-on-catalonia-due-to-be-lifted-as-separatist-govt-sworn-in Fri, 01 Jun 2018 18:56:32 +0200 direct-rule-on-catalonia-due-to-be-lifted-as-separatist-govt-sworn-in Catalonia's separatist president on Tuesday nominated an administration without jailed and exiled former ministers who backed its independence push, paving the way for Madrid to end its direct rule over the northeastern region. https://www.thelocal.es/20180530/catalan-president-forms-govt-without-jailed-exiled-ministers Wed, 30 May 2018 14:22:34 +0200 catalan-president-forms-govt-without-jailed-exiled-ministers Catalonia's new separatist president on Wednesday postponed the swearing in of his administration after Madrid rejected four regional minister who are in jail or exile over the region's independence push. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/catalonia-postpones-swearing-in-new-regional-government Wed, 23 May 2018 17:34:48 +0200 catalonia-postpones-swearing-in-new-regional-government Spain's prime minister on Monday urged Catalonia to form a "viable" government after rejecting the region's new administration which includes jailed and exiled former ministers who backed its independence push. https://www.thelocal.es/20180521/rajoy-urges-catalonia-to-form-viable-government Mon, 21 May 2018 17:21:11 +0200 rajoy-urges-catalonia-to-form-viable-government New Catalonia president Quim Torra on Saturday named two former ministers, jailed by Madrid for backing independence from Spain, together with two others who fled into exile, to his regional government. https://www.thelocal.es/20180519/new-catalonia-president-includes-jailed-exiled-leaders-in-govt Sat, 19 May 2018 17:41:08 +0200 new-catalonia-president-includes-jailed-exiled-leaders-in-govt Quim Torra, Catalonia's new separatist leader, was sworn in Thursday in a brief ceremony without central government representatives where he avoided promising to obey the constitution and pledged instead to follow "the will of the Catalan people." https://www.thelocal.es/20180517/new-catalan-leader-sworn-in-but-shuns-king-and-constitution Thu, 17 May 2018 18:59:43 +0200 new-catalan-leader-sworn-in-but-shuns-king-and-constitution Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalonia's new separatist leader Quim Torra said Tuesday they were willing to meet, as the regional president prepares to form a government and keep fighting to break from Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180516/spanish-pm-and-catalonias-new-separatist-agree-to-meet Wed, 16 May 2018 11:51:09 +0200 spanish-pm-and-catalonias-new-separatist-agree-to-meet A Catalan anti-racism group on Tuesday slammed past comments made by freshly-elected, fiercely separatist regional president Quim Torra and deemed offensive to Spaniards, as controversy grows over the appointment of a man critics have accused of "xenophobia." https://www.thelocal.es/20180515/anti-racism-group-slams-new-catalan-leader Tue, 15 May 2018 17:57:46 +0200 anti-racism-group-slams-new-catalan-leader Quim Torra, a newcomer to politics who has campaigned fiercely for Catalonia's independence, was appointed regional president Monday vowing to keep fighting for a break from Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180514/catalan-lawmakers-set-to-elect-new-hardline-leader Mon, 14 May 2018 18:49:38 +0200 catalan-lawmakers-set-to-elect-new-hardline-leader 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