Saturday, 13 March 2021_The pro-independence majority in Catalonia's newly elected parliament has picked radical separatist Laura Borras for speaker, paving the way for the election of a new coalition government in two weeks.
Saturday, 06 March 2021_Anti-monarchy activists showed up at the headquarters of Spain's car manufacturer SEAT in the northwest of Barcelona to protest a visit by King Felipe and Prime Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Wednesday, 26 August 2020_With over 100 000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of pandemic, Catalonia hit a grim milestone this week prompting the region's president to issue tougher restrictions on social interaction while warning residents to brace for tough weeks ahead.
Sunday, 16 August 2020_Residents queued up since the early hours of Saturday in front of this testing site in the north of Barcelona to get tested for Covid-19. Regional health authorities have rolled out massive screening in this neighborhood in a bid to break the chain of transmission.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020_Hundreds of protesters who vowed to block a visit by Spain's king to a monastery in the west of Catalonia Monday did not make it to the gates. They could not even see the Royal motorcade but they made enough noise to cancel part of travel plans of King Felipe VI.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 _A major crisis is brewing between Catalonia's regional government and the Spanish justice after a judge blocked a stay-at-home order in the Segrià region following the recent outbreaks of COVID-19.
Tehran, 28 May_Authorities in Madrid have declared a 10-day mourning period in the wake of the global pandemic, which has cost the lives of over 27,000 people in Spain.
Tehran 16 January_Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday announced he will meet with Catalonia's President Quim Torra to address the Catalan crisis, despite a court ruling that barred the regional leader from holding public office for 18 months.
TEHRAN, Jun 27 - Spain has transferred jailed Catalan separatists from Madrid to regional prisons in Catalonia pending a verdict this fall. The Spanish Supreme Court has authorised the transfer after a four-month trial where the 12 defendants faced charges of violent rebellion, sedition and misuse of public money.
TEHRAN, Jun 5 - The Spanish parliament's speaker said on Wednesday the suspension of four Catalan lawmakers currently facing trial over their involvement in a 2017 regional independence bid would not affect the total number of seats in the house.
TEHRAN, May 21- A fragmented Spanish Parliament convened Tuesday after last month's inconclusive general election, including for the first time Catalan politicians released from pre-trial detention for the occasion, as well as two dozen lawmakers from an upstart far-right party.
TEHRAN, May 14 - Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed five jailed Catalan separatist leaders to be sworn in as lawmakers next week, but said it would not free them or grant them immunity as their trial for their role in an independence bid proceeds.
TEHRAN, Mar 12 - The former president of Spain's Catalonia region who fled the country after leading an attempt to secede in 2017 says he will return if he is elected to the European Parliament in May.
TEHRAN, Feb 03 - A demonstration in support of the Catalan leaders who were jailed after the failed independence bid in October 2017 was held in Barcelona on Friday.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 - Police in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia say they have arrested at least three people as part of an ongoing anti-terror operation.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - Spain's minority Socialist government on Monday proposed a sharp increase in overall spending for Catalonia in a 2019 budget proposal that needs votes by parties from the independence-minded region to pass through parliament.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Spain's prime minister says the solution to the separatist crisis in Catalonia is forging a consensus shared by most Catalans regarding the region's status as part of Spain.
TEHRAN, December 20 -A spokeswoman for four jailed Catalan separatist leaders says they are abandoning their hunger strike more than two weeks after starting it because they consider that their protest has achieved its goals.