Carles Puigdemont

Spanish judge demands explanations over Puigdemont’s escape

Spanish judge demands explanations over Puigdemont’s escape

World
David Turner

A top Spanish judge demanded explanations on Friday from police and government as to how fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was able to ...

Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid

Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid

World
David Turner

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the ...

Spain’s amnesty for separatists bogged down in legal wrangles

Spain’s amnesty for separatists bogged down in legal wrangles

World
David Turner

Three weeks after it was approved by Spain’s parliament, an amnesty law for Catalan separatists involved in a botched 2017 secession bid ...

Catalans vote in regional election to gauge force of separatist movement

Catalans vote in regional election to gauge force of separatist movement

World
David Turner

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Separatist parties are in danger of losing their decade-long hold of power in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region after ...

Analysis-Spain PM Sanchez’s political gambles face litmus test in Catalan election

Analysis-Spain PM Sanchez’s political gambles face litmus test in Catalan election

U.S.
Amanda Smith

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Crunch elections in Catalonia next week will test the wisdom of the latest political gambles by ...

Puigdemont confirms that he wants to stand in Catalonia election

Puigdemont confirms that he wants to stand in Catalonia election

World
David Turner

Separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled into exile in 2017, confirmed that he wants to run as the top candidate of his ...

Catalan separatist Puigdemont rocks Spanish politics, again

Catalan separatist Puigdemont rocks Spanish politics, again

Sports
Daniel Miller

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Six years after leading Catalonia’s failed bid to secede from Spain, Carles Puigdemont rocked the Spanish ...