Anna Gabriel

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Hervé Falciani, the whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Swiss bank whistleblower arrested in Spain

Hervé Falciani, the whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank, is facing extradition from Spain to Switzerland after he was ar(...)

Anna Gabriel, a senior figure in the Popular Unity Candidacy party, said she would remain in Switzerland, claiming that the Spanish judiciary would treat her unfairly. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Catalan politician flees to Switzerland to avoid court summons

A leading Catalan pro-independence politician has said she will not return to Spain to face a supreme court summons, claiming that the country’s judic(...)

Pro-independence supporters react as they watch Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on broadcast screens outside the Catalan parliament. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Catalan leader issues and suspends independence declaration

Catalan president Carles Puigdemont issued a declaration of independence on Tuesday, but said it should not come into immediate effect in order to all(...)

Members of the President of the Catalan government Carles Puigdemont after his budget speech at the parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona on June 8, 2016. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty
Catalan independence parties approve blueprint for secession

Pro-independence parties in Catalonia have defied the Spanish judiciary by formally approving a blueprint for secession in a move which, in theory, fo(...)

CUP assembly debates whether to support the investiture of Catalonian acting president Artur Mas. Photograph: EPA/Alberto Estevez
Catalan independence bid on hold after failure to elect leader

The future of Catalonia’s push for independence is on a knife-edge after a highly anticipated internal vote yesterday by the separatist Popular Unity(...)

Ireland is our home now

‘Children of this time will be able to live where they want to’ MICHAL AND JUSTYNA SZPAK Dad in the home and cosmetics chemist Michal and J(...)