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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 …

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 …