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 Quim Torra, who heads Catalonia's separatist government, on Monday lost his status as a lawmaker in the region's parliament following a disagreement between the chamber's two main pro-independence parties. https://www.thelocal.es/20200128/catalonias-separatist-president-loses-mp-status Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:22:40 +0100 catalonias-separatist-president-loses-mp-status Spain's electoral board ordered Friday that Catalan separatist president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia's regional parliament, meaning he would lose his presidential post. https://www.thelocal.es/20200104/spain-electoral-board-disqualifies-catalan-president-from-office Sat, 04 Jan 2020 10:17:42 +0100 spain-electoral-board-disqualifies-catalan-president-from-office A court in Spain ruled Thursday that Catalonia's president Quim Torra was unfit to hold public office for 18 months because he failed to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20191219/catalan-president-quim-torra-banned-from-holding-public-office-over-disobedience Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:45:49 +0100 catalan-president-quim-torra-banned-from-holding-public-office-over-disobedience The president of Catalonia's regional government went on trial in Barcelona on Monday for "disobedience" after refusing to remove separatist symbols from public buildings, amid heightened tensions in the Spanish region. https://www.thelocal.es/20191118/catalan-president-quim-torra-goes-on-trial-for-disobedience Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:17:50 +0100 catalan-president-quim-torra-goes-on-trial-for-disobedience The head of Catalonia's regional government on Thursday denied having links to seven separatist activists jailed in September on suspicion of belonging to a "terrorist" group that planned to occupy the Spanish region's parliament. https://www.thelocal.es/20191108/catalan-leader-denies-ties-to-jailed-radical-separatists-accused-of-terrorism Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:51:23 +0100 catalan-leader-denies-ties-to-jailed-radical-separatists-accused-of-terrorism The separatist president of Catalonia will be tried for disobedience after he refused to remove symbols of his movement from public buildings, the Spanish region's high court said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190713/catalonian-president-to-face-trial-for-disobedience Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:59:12 +0200 catalonian-president-to-face-trial-for-disobedience Spanish public prosecutors said Wednesday they have filed a criminal lawsuit against Catalan president Quim Torra for disobedience after he ignored orders to remove pro-independence symbols from regional public buildings. https://www.thelocal.es/20190328/spain-files-lawsuit-against-catalan-president-over-pro-independence-symbols Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:52:31 +0100 spain-files-lawsuit-against-catalan-president-over-pro-independence-symbols The trial on Tuesday of 12 Catalan leaders over their role in Catalonia's failed independence bid will be fought between Madrid and the separatists in the international media as much as in the courtroom. https://www.thelocal.es/20190210/catalan-separatists-trial-to-be-fought-in-international-media Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:34:56 +0100 catalan-separatists-trial-to-be-fought-in-international-media For Catalan separatists, the trial of 12 of their leaders in Madrid next week is intensely personal, as AFP's Daniel Bosque explains. https://www.thelocal.es/20190209/catalan-separatists-they-are-judging-all-of-us Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:59:20 +0100 catalan-separatists-they-are-judging-all-of-us Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday asked Catalonia's separatist leader Quim Torra to start a dialogue with those against independence and ditch his "posturing" to ease tensions in the region. https://www.thelocal.es/20180906/spain-pm-asks-catalan-leader-to-talk-to-those-against-independence Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:48:39 +0200 spain-pm-asks-catalan-leader-to-talk-to-those-against-independence Catalonia is not "giving up" on independence, regional separatist president Quim Torra said Monday after meeting Spain's Pedro Sanchez for the first time, although both agreed to keep talking to ease tensions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180709/catalan-leader-wont-give-up-on-independence-but-will-pursue-madrid-talks Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:23:39 +0200 catalan-leader-wont-give-up-on-independence-but-will-pursue-madrid-talks Spain's new leader Pedro Sanchez on Monday meets separatist Catalan president Quim Torra for the first time in a bid to kickstart dialogue after the region's failed attempt at secession which sparked the country's worst crisis in decades. https://www.thelocal.es/20180707/spanish-pm-meets-catalan-president-to-defuse-tensions-monday Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:47:25 +0200 spanish-pm-meets-catalan-president-to-defuse-tensions-monday Spain's new prime minister on Tuesday urged Catalan separatist leaders to "turn the page" on a contested independence referendum after regional president Quim Torra said he wanted another vote. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/new-spanish-pm-urges-catalans-to-turn-page-on-referendum Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:04:46 +0200 new-spanish-pm-urges-catalans-to-turn-page-on-referendum Catalonia's separatist president Quim Torra called on Saturday for talks with Spain's new prime minister as the Catalan regional executive was sworn in at an emotional ceremony full of pro-independence symbolism. https://www.thelocal.es/20180602/catalan-president-calls-for-talks-with-spains-new-pm Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:46:17 +0200 catalan-president-calls-for-talks-with-spains-new-pm