23 April 2021

The Court of Auditors summons for 29 June the allegedly responsible parties to determine who is financially responsible for the Catalan Government’s expenses in foreign affairs policies between 2011 and 2017

Breaches:

They are former presidents Carles Puigdemont and Artur Mas; former ministers of Economy Oriol Junqueras and Andreu Mas-Colell; former minister of foreign affairs Raül Romeva; former presidential advisers Jordi Turull, Neus Munté and Francesc Homs; and about thirty former holders of high positions including the former secretaries-general of the Presidency Joaquim Nin and Jordi Vilajoana; the former secretary-general of Foreign Affairs Aleix Villatoro; the former secretary-general of Diplocat Albert Royo; the former financial controllers Mireia Vidal and Rosa Vidal; and the delegates of the Catalan Government in several different countries.

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28 April 2021

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia accepts the appeal of Impulso Ciudadano against the banner bearing the message ’Freedom for political prisoners and exiles’ on the façade of the Palau de la Generalitat
28 April 2021

The Supreme Court dismisses the Parliament’s appeal against the decision of the Central Electoral Board of 3 January 2020 to remove President Torra’s seat
23 April 2021

The Court of Auditors summons for 29 June the allegedly responsible parties to determine who is financially responsible for the Catalan Government’s expenses in foreign affairs policies between 2011 and 2017
22 April 2021

The Constitutional Court dismisses Turull’s appeal for protection against the judgement of the independence process
15 April 2021

The activist Marcel Guillén is sentenced to one and a half years in prison for blocking the Meridiana

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Institutions

Catalan Foreign AffairsDepartment for the Vice-Presidency and EconomyDIPLOCATGovernment of CataloniaPresidency of the Government of Catalonia

Persons

Albert RoyoAleix VillatoroAndreu Mas-ColellArtur MasCarles PuigdemontFrancesc HomsJoaquim NinJordi TurullJordi VilajoanaMireia VidalNeus MuntéOriol JunquerasRaül RomevaRosa Vidal

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