FUGITIVE Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is ‘already back in Belgium’ after he briefly returned to Spain this week for the first time in seven years. The Mossos d’Esquadra regional police force are facing serious embarrassment today after the former Catalan premier appeared outside the parliament building in Barcelona on Thursday, where he gave a speech, before vanishing and thus avoiding …
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Carles Puigdemont latest: Mossos police chiefs to be quizzed over exiled leader’s ‘humiliating’ escape from Barcelona
A SUPREME Court judge has requested reports from the Catalan regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, as well as the central Interior Ministry, after politician and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont managed to evade arrest on Thursday in Barcelona and seemingly disappear into thin air. Opposition politicians on Thursday described the situation as ‘unbearable’ and ‘humiliating’ for the Spanish state. …
Read More »Socialist leader Salvador Illa elected as President of Catalunya following investiture debate overshadowed by police manhunt for Carles Puigdemont
SALVADOR Illa, the leader of the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), has been formally elected as the President of Catalunya this evening following a controversial investiture debate in the regional parliament. Illa, a former national health minister and key ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, received 68 votes in favour of his investiture – the exact amount required to command a …
Read More »Second Mossos police officer is arrested for ‘helping separatist Carles Puigdemont disappear in Spain’ following his return from exile
THE Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a second officer over their alleged involvement in helping Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader, to escape from Barcelona following his return from a seven-year exile. It comes after the first officer was cuffed and interrogated earlier today. The first arrested male is accused of being the owner of a vehicle which investigators believe Puigdemont used …
Read More »Who is Carles Puigdemont and why are police hunting him in Spain? All you need to know about the exiled Catalan separatist leader
THE Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalunya’s police force, launched ‘Operation Cage’ this morning in an attempt to locate and arrest Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader who has lived in exile for seven years. But who is Carles Puigdemont and why has his brief reappearance in Barcelona prompted a massive manhunt that has seen police officers block off exits from the city and …
Read More »Chaos in Spain’s Catalunya: Police hunt exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont after speech near parliament declaring independence referendum legal
FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for his role in the 2017 drive for independence in the northeastern region. On arrival in Barcelona, he gave a speech to an estimated crowd of around 2,500 people outside the parliament building, during which he …
Read More »Carles Puigdemont will return to Spain this week after seven years in exile: Former Catalan president could be arrested on arrival
CARLES Puigdemont, the former Catalan president, has revealed his intention to return to Spain this week after seven years of self-imposed exile in Belgium. In a video posted on X, Puigdemont confirmed he will make the journey to Catalunya to participate in the investiture debate of Salvador Illa, a Socialist ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is set to …
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