The Socialist Party’s decision to remove Salvador Illa from his role has been controversial given the ongoing health crisis, and has been subject to fierce criticism from the political opposition
Health Minister Salvador Illa expected to quit in order to campaign despite not knowing if there will be a vote on February 14
Plans are hampered by delays in criminal code reform and clemency requests, as well as an adverse court decision on flexible prison regimes
The top tribunal’s ruling said it is ‘premature’ for the prisoners to be allowed more flexible conditions for their incarceration, and rejected regional penitentiary and government suggestions that they had been jailed for their political beliefs
The center-left executive expects greater political stability in exchange for concessions on regional taxes and spending control
Bars and restaurants will be allowed to close later than initially planned following industry criticism and an internal government crisis
Justice ministry wants to reduce the penalty for sedition to adapt the crime to “current reality"
Spain’s High Court has cleared Josep Lluís Trapero and three other defendants of all charges related to the events in Catalonia, which included an illegal referendum on independence
Quim Torra described the Supreme Court’s decision as a “coup” and urged separatist parties to stay united ahead of a regional election in the coming months
The decision means that Quim Torra will have to step down from his position, paving the way for a new institutional crisis in Catalonia
Right-wing parties warn they will legally challenge any move to grant clemency to the imprisoned leaders of the 2017 failed secession attempt
Events were scaled back due to Covid-19 concerns but were still attended by 59,000 people, according to one estimate
Pro-independence association ANC defends the need for the public events despite a call by the Barcelona Medical Association to cancel them
A judge has ended a years-long probe into alleged commissions paid by companies for public works contracts when the region was governed by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
Prosecutors argued the move was not aimed at rehabilitating the prisoners, who were jailed for their involvement in the 2017 breakaway bid, but rather at softening their sentence
Roger Torrent, the speaker of the regional parliament and a supporter of independence, was targeted with a program used by government clients worldwide
A court says there is enough evidence to try the one-time regional chief, his wife and their seven children for taking bribes in exchange for government contracts and other favors
Pegasus, supplied by an Israeli company called NSO, is alleged to have been used in an attempt to access the handsets of parliamentary speaker Roger Torrent and deputy Ernest Maragall
The Interior Ministry, National Police and Civil Guard all deny having hired the services of NSO, the Israeli company that created the software
The decision, which the public prosecutor will appeal, means that politicians such as Oriol Junqueras will be spending just four nights a week in prison
According to an investigation by EL PAÍS and ‘The Guardian,’ Roger Torrent was one of many people targeted in 2009 by software which can only be bought by national security forces to fight crime and terrorism
The assessment boards of three jails have unanimously agreed to pass on the inmates’ request to move to Grade 3, which would mean they only have to spend the nights of Monday through Thursday behind bars
Quim Torra’s regional government has been criticizing Madrid’s handling of the epidemic on a daily basis, and promoting the idea that an independent Catalonia would have handled the situation better
Criticized by government officials for “misrepresenting the truth,” Quim Torra later said his words had been poorly translated
“We believe that we have to anticipate a very fast evolution of the disease in our country,” says Quim Torra in televised address on Friday night
Oriol Junqueras, of the Catalan Republican Left party, is currently serving a 13-year sentence for his role in the 2017 independence drive
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and regional premier Quim Torra were present at the first negotiations on the future of the region this Wednesday