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MEPs have overwhelmingly agreed to strip immunity from the former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his associates. Puigdemont fled to Belgium in October 2017, fearing arrest after holding an independence referendum for Catalonia that the Spanish courts and its government said was illegal. He was later elected as a Spanish […]
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Puigdemont and other Catalan leaders have lost their immunity from prosecution. What happens next?
March 11th, 2021 
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No Comments »Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Germany
March 25th, 2018 Awake Goy An arrest warrant had been issued for Puigdemont in Finland after the former president visited the country for talks with lawmakers. He was returning to Belgium, where he lives in self-imposed exile, when he was detained by German authorities after crossing the border from Denmark. “First Minister Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany when […]
We discussed EU and Europol, not Puigdemont and Catalonia, claimed Charles Michel
November 18th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy met on the sidelines of the EU Social Summit in Gothenburg, […]
Posted in World News Tags: catalonia, charles, claimed, discussed, europol, michel, puigdemont No Comments »Puigdemont asks Jucker: Are you continuing to support Mr Rajoy and his putsch?
November 9th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont spoke at a gathering of Catalan mayors at the Bozar cultural centre in in the Belgian capital […]
Former Catalan leader Puigdemont & 4 ex-ministers granted conditional release in Belgium
November 6th, 2017 Awake Goy Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his ministers were released after a court in Belgium granted conditional release to them on Monday, AP reports, citing Belgian prosecutors. “The request made this afternoon by the Brussels’ Prosecutor’s Office for the provisional release of all persons sought has been granted by the investigative judge,” according to […]
Posted in World News Tags: catalan, conditional, former, granted, leader, ministers, puigdemont No Comments »Catalonia’s deposed President Carles Puigdemont and four Ministers released from bail in Belgium
November 6th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdmont and four of his also deposed ministers were released with conditions in Belgium on November 5 after […]
Posted in World News Tags: carles, catalonia, deposed, ministers, president, puigdemont, released No Comments »Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont turns himself in to Belgian police – public broadcaster
November 5th, 2017 Awake Goy Four former Catalan ministers who arrived with Puigdemont in Brussels also turned themselves in to police, VRT reports. Puigdemont appeared in Brussels alongside other members of his cabinet on Monday. That same day, the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had filed a lawsuit against him, other members of his cabinet, and some regional MPs […]
Posted in World News Tags: belgian, catalan, himself, leader, police, puigdemont, turns No Comments »Catalonia’s Puigdemont vows to respect December 21 election in Brussels speech
October 31st, 2017 Awake Goy Speaking in Brussels on Tuesday, Puigdemont reiterated his support for democracy and peaceful resistance to Madrid’s pressure on Catalonia. He said he arrived in the Belgian capital to put the issue of Catalan independence “in the heart” of the European Union. Puigdemont said he and his government, which has been sacked by the central government […]
Posted in World News Tags: brussels, catalonia, december, election, puigdemont, respect, speech No Comments »Deposed Catalan Leader Puigdemont Faces Imminent Arrest as he Continues to Defy Madrid
October 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan leader who has been ousted by the Spanish government, faces imminent arrest after he continued to defy Madrid by standing by the declaration of independence he led in Catalonia’s parliament. Mr Puigdemont could face more than 30 years in prison and sources from the Spanish public prosecutor’s office said they would demand that […]
Posted in World News Tags: arrest, catalan, deposed, faces, imminent, leader, puigdemont No Comments »Catalonia’s parliament to decide on independence: Carles Puigdemont
October 27th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Carles Puigdemont, president of Spain’s Catalonia region, said on Thursday that independence from Spain will hang on a decision by the parliament […]
Posted in World News Tags: carles, catalonia, decide, independence, parliament, puigdemont No Comments »Catalan President Carles Puigdemont congratulated Masoud Barzani on Kurdistan independence referendum
September 27th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Carles Puigdemont, President of Spain’s Catalonia region, congratulated Masoud Barzani, President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Autonomous Region, on the occasion of Monday’s Kurdish […]
Posted in World News Tags: barzani, carles, catalan, congratulated, masoud, president, puigdemont No Comments »
