Tag: Spain
Catalan crisis enters crucial final days
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont kept friends and foes guessing on Wednesday on whether he intends to unilaterally declare independence as the Spanish government prepares...
Catalan parties discuss next move after Spain dismisses autonomy demand
Barcelona: Catalan parties were due to meet Monday to discuss their next steps at the start of a week that will see Spain dismiss...
Spanish tourist killed by falling stone fragment in Florence
FLORENCE: A Spanish man was killed on Thursday when a falling fragment of stone struck him in Florence’s Basilica of the Holy Cross, ambulance services...
Merkel, Macron back Spain in Catalan crisis
BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron voiced strong support for Madrid in the Catalan independence crisis on Thursday, backing the...
Spain to suspend Catalonia’s political autonomy
MADRID: Spain’s government will trigger on Saturday the Article 155 of the constitution, which allows suspending Catalonia’s political autonomy, the Prime Minister’s Office said...
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...
Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally
BARCELONA: Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a...
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’s letter doesn’t clarify independence status
Catalonia's leader hasn't clarified whether he declared independence from Spain in a letter to the central government and has renewed a call for dialogue.
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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 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...
Spain braces for more protests in Catalonia crisis
Madrid: Spain braced for more protests Saturday despite tentative signs that the sides may be seeking to defuse the crisis after Madrid offered the...
Pique scrutinised in Spain team for Catalonia stance
BARCELONA: Spain could clinch their place in the 2018 World Cup on Friday but the figure of Gerard Pique has cast a shadow on...
Catalan leader says region will declare independence in ‘matter of days’
Spain was braced for further political upheaval Wednesday after Catalonia's leader said the region would declare independence "in a matter of days".
Carles Puigdemont said...
Spanish leftist politicians call on Spain PM to resign over Catalonia
Several left-wing Spanish politicians on Sunday demanded Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy resign after police used force to block voting in a banned independence referendum...
Catalan leader opens door to secession from Spain after vote
BARCELONA: 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,...
