Police, protesters clash for Catalan referendum anniversary
Riot police charged in to break up a demonstration in front of Catalonia’s regional parliament on Monday, after thousands marched in Barcelona to mark the...
Catalonia independence referendum
Ousted Catalan leader calls for united front for independence
Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont called on Saturday for a united political front in the Dec. 21 election to continue the drive for independence from...
Catalonia’s leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens
Catalonia‘s leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to...
Catalan leader to lose all powers once senate approves direct rule
Regional leader of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont will lose all powers and will stop receiving a salary once the senate approves article 155 which imposes direct central government...
Rajoy says will sack Catalan government, call regional elections
The Spanish government decided on Saturday to sack the secessionist leadership of Catalonia and force the region into a new election, saying it had to...
Catalonia finds no friends among EU leaders
European Union leaders sought to minimise Spain’s crisis with Catalonia on Thursday and avoid encouraging separatists across the bloc, describing Barcelona’s secession bid as a...
Spain asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged Catalonia’s leader on Wednesday to “act sensibly” and renounce an independence bid to head off a threat by Madrid...
Catalonia refuses to renounce independence
Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course...
Spain gives Catalan leader 8 days to drop independence
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend the Catalonia’s...
Spain apologises, tone softens in Catalonia independence crisis
Spain apologised on Friday for a violent police crackdown on Catalonia’s independence referendum, in a conciliatory gesture as both sides looked for a way out...
Catalonia to declare independence ‘on Monday’
Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain following its banned referendum as the European Union nation nears a rupture that threatens the...
Catalan leader opens door to secession from Spain after vote
Catalonia’s regional leader opened the door to a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain on Sunday after voters defied a violent police crackdown and, according...
Over 460 people injured in Catalonia during referendum
More than 460 people have been injured in disturbances across Catalonia on Sunday, the Barcelona mayor said, as riot police clashed with people who had...
Violence erupts as Catalans vote on split from Spain (Update 5)
PRO-INDEPENDENCE GROUPS AND TRADE UNIONS CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE OCT. 3 IN CATALONIA Spanish riot police burst into polling stations across Catalonia on Sunday, seizing...
Catalan independence campaign kicks off
The Catalonian government on Thursday launched its official campaign for an independence referendum, which Madrid has declared illegal, buoyed by the support of the capital...
