Tag: Carles
Carles Puigdemont announces his candidacy for the May elections in Catalonia
Independentist Carles Puigdemont, in exile in Belgium for more than six years to flee Spanish justice, announced on Thursday March 21 that he would be a candidate in the regional…
Spain: the Supreme Court opens an investigation for “terrorism” against Carles Puigdemont
Spain’s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court, announced on Thursday the opening of an investigation for “terrorism” against Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont, in connection with unrest in 2019 following…
In Spain, the Supreme Court announces the opening of an investigation for “terrorism” against Carles Puigdemont
The ousted president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, gives a press conference on July 25, 2018 in Berlin. TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP Spain’s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court, announced on…
Dakar 2024: Spanish driver Carles Falcon died after his serious accident
Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: ANTONIN VINCENT / DPPI via AFP 4:24 p.m., January 15, 2024modified to 4:44 p.m., January 15, 2024 A little more than a week…
Mourning for Carles Falcon: Death overshadows stage eight of the Dakar Rally
Mourning for Carles Falcon Death overshadows stage eight of the Dakar Rally January 15, 2024, 7:29 p.m Spanish motorcycle rider Carles Falcón has died after crashing during the second stage…
Spanish motorcyclist Carles Falcon dies after serious accident
Driver Carles Falcon on the Dakar-2024, between Al-Ula and Al-Henakiyah, on January 6, 2024, the day before his accident. HAMAD I MOHAMMED / REUTERS Spanish biker Carles Falcon died Monday…
Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan exile who holds the key to the Spanish government
He remains, for many Spaniards, public enemy number one, but he now holds the key to the next government. The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya (the government of…
European justice confirms the lifting of the immunity of Catalan separatists, including Carles Puigdemont
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected, on Wednesday July 5, the appeals of three Catalan separatist MEPs, including Carles Puigdemont, who challenged the lifting of their…
In Spain, the sedition charges against Carles Puigdemont dropped
Former President of Catalonia and separatist leader Carles Puigdemont speaks to the press in Alghero, Italy, October 4, 2021. GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE / REUTERS While at the end of November a…
the independence leader Carles Puigdemont leaves the presidency of his party
Independence leader Carles Puigdemont (here in June 2017), the main figure in Catalonia’s secession attempt in 2017, leaves the presidency of his party, Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia). ALBERT…
Carles Puigdemont’s arrest jeopardizes dialogue between Madrid and Barcelona
Demonstration in support of Carles Puigdemont, in front of the Italian consulate in Barcelona on September 24, 2021, after the arrest of the former Catalan president in exile in Italy.…