Tag: catalan
Catalan protesters attempt to block transport to mark referendum anniversary
BARCELONA: Hundreds of protesters attempted to block roads and train tracks in the Spanish region of Catalonia on Monday while students marched in Barcelona...
Catalan govt to re-launch campaign to split from Spain
MADRID: Catalan leader Quim Torra will relaunch on Tuesday his region's campaign to split from Spain, rebuffing an offer from the central government in...
Spanish, Catalan leaders meet to breach gap over secession
MADRID: The new heads of Spain's central and Catalonia's regional governments held talks Monday for the first time since yearnings for independence in the...
Catalan secessionists cut formal ties with Spanish monarchy
MADRID: Catalonia's pro-independence political leaders are snubbing the Spanish king in their latest public challenge to rule from Madrid.
Catalan President Quim Torra says his...
Spain raids Catalan public offices amid probe into aid money
MADRID: Authorities in Spain say police are raiding several public and private offices across Catalonia in an operation against the alleged misappropriation of public...
Catalan parliament to vote on new leader today
MADRID: Catalonia's parliament is to vote to approve a new leader of the region today (Saturday), in the fifth attempt to form a government...
Catalan assembly speaker urges release of jailed presidential candidate
The speaker of the Catalan parliament urged Thursday a Spanish judge to free regional presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez from jail so he could be...
Catalan parliament to meet, but without sacked leader Carles Puigdemont
BRUSSELS: Catalonia's parliament meets for the first time on Wednesday since it was dissolved following a failed attempt to break from Spain – but...
Spain asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’ as direct rule deadline...
MADRID: Spain appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, just 24 hours before a government deadline for the region to...
Spain High Court jails Catalan separatist leaders
A Spanish court has ordered two powerful Catalan separatists to be detained, threatening a further escalation of the political crisis on Tuesday as both...
Catalan leader signs document declaring independence from Spain
BARCELONA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and other regional politicians signed a document declaring Catalonia’s independence from Spain, but it was unclear if the document...
Catalan leader says ‘has mandate to declare independence’, proposes more dialogue
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont says he has a mandate to declare independence for the northeastern region, but proposes waiting “a few weeks” in order...
Catalan leader under pressure to drop independence
Catalonia’s secessionist leader faced increased pressure on Monday to abandon plans to declare independence from Spain, with France and Germany expressing support for the...
Protests but no talks as Catalonia crisis goes down to wire
BARCELONA: The Spanish government and its Catalonia region showed no signs of compromise on Monday, a day after hundreds of thousands of pro-Spain unionists protested...
Catalan students rally to defend independence vote
Barcelona: Thousands of striking high school and university students rallied in Barcelona Thursday to defend Catalonia's right to hold an independence referendum which Madrid...
