Catalonia

Mossos d'Esquadra arrested a 25-year-old man on Thursday for an alleged rape on February 13 in Montjuïc gardens, Barcelona. The detainee, previously convicted of four sexual assaults in 2018, was on prison leave at the time. The Central Unit for Sexual Assaults identified him at Quatre Camins prison.

2026년 03월 25일 AI에 의해 보고됨

Judge Santiago Pedraz of Spain's National Court has dismissed the ambulances case, a spin-off from the 3% case on irregular financing of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC). The ruling comes after three years of investigation failing to prove criminal irregularities in a 2014 tender. Anticorruption Prosecutors support the dismissal.

Following the government's announcement of a new regional financing model, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has convened his party's 11 regional presidents to a summit on January 18 in Aragón. The meeting aims to unify opposition, criticizing the model as favoring Catalan independence, amid defenses from Salvador Illa and Oriol Junqueras.

2026년 01월 10일 AI에 의해 보고됨

Catalan police dispersed hundreds of antifascist protesters in Sentmenat, Barcelona, after firecrackers were thrown at an event by the neonazi group Núcleo Nacional. Four officers were injured in the clashes. The far-right group, based in Madrid, held a private gathering in an industrial polygon over 30 km from the Catalan capital.

Catalan businessman Carles Vilarrubí Carrió died early this morning in Barcelona at age 71. A key figure in the founding of Convergència i Unió and close to Jordi Pujol, he also served as vice president of FC Barcelona from 2010 to 2017.

2025년 12월 26일 AI에 의해 보고됨

Generalitat President Salvador Illa used his December 26 Christmas speech to warn about the advance of ultra-right ideas in Catalonia, Spain, and Europe, defending humanity and solidarity as essential pillars. Amid the eviction of 400 homeless people in Badalona and the growth of parties like Aliança Catalana and Vox, Illa emphasized that responses to challenges do not involve blaming the most vulnerable.