Tag: Carles Puigdemont

Ex-Catalan leader returns to Belgium from Germany after extradition bid fails

MADRID: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returned from Germany to Belgium on Saturday after Spain failed in an attempt to extradite him from Germany...

Hundreds of thousands gather in Barcelona in support of jailed seperatists

BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of Catalan independence supporters flooded the streets of Barcelona on Sunday calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders after...

German prosecutors file for extradition of ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont

BERLIN: German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where...

Former Catalan leader Puigdemont detained in Germany

BERLIN: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday, five months after entering self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up...

Roger Torrent delays confidence debate in Puigdemont

MADRID: The Catalan Parliament Speaker Roger Torrent announced on Tuesday morning that he was delaying the confidence debate to reappoint Carles Puigdemont First Minister...

No Belgian ‘crisis’ over deposed Catalan leader: PM

BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Wednesday denied his government was in “crisis” over the arrival of deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, an issue...