Spain's Pedro Sanchez, seeking to form new government, pledges dialogue with Catalan separatists
Spain's acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez, seeking parliament's backing to form a government, pledged to resolve the Catalan dispute through dialogue as he received renewed support from separatists in the restive region. As Sanchez set out his priorities on Saturday in an attempt to end ...
Catalan independence protesters block major Spain-France road link
Hundreds of Catalan pro-independence protesters blocked a border point on the AP-7 highway that connects Catalonia with France on Monday, stopping traffic in both directions the day after a parliamentary election in Spain. Since around 0800 GMT, the highway — an important truck route from ...
Thousands gather in Barcelona for fourth day of protests for separate Catalonia
Thousands gathered in Barcelona in a fourth day of protests that have led to the worst sustained street violence in Spain in decades after Catalan leaders were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a 2017 bid for independence. Protesters draped in the ...
Cars burn in Barcelona as pro-Catalan independence protesters snub calls for calm
Protesters clashed with police in the Spanish region of Catalonia on Wednesday, with some setting cars ablaze on the third day of disturbances caused by convictions handed down to leaders of a failed bid to declare an independent state. Divisions over the secession drive that ...
Spain braces for landmark ruling on 12 in Catalan independence trial
Spain's Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday its highly anticipated verdict in the trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their role in the region's 2017 banned referendum and short-lived independence declaration. Much is at stake, both for Spain and for its wealthiest ...
Thousands protest in Madrid against government's Catalonia policy
Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's proposed talks to ease political tensions in Catalonia, in a protest organized by center-right and far-right opposition parties. Demonstrators waving Spanish flags filled the Plaza de Colon in the city center ...
Human tower builders in Catalonia kick off with pro-independence protest
Protesters calling for Catalan independence kicked off Spain's bi-annual human towers building competition on Sunday that is being held for the first time since Catalonia's failed 2017 independence referendum. Though the competition is not an official pro-independence event, human towers building is a deep-rooted tradition ...
Catalan separatists face reality check after leader Carles Puigdemont's detention in Germany
Carles Puigdemont's removal from Catalonia's political scene to a German jail forces the separatist movement to make a decision: keep bickering on the way ahead, or set aside differences and form a regional government. The former Catalan president's detention in Germany on Sunday was hailed ...
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont remains defiantly in self-imposed exile and has condemned Spanish authorities for staging a witch hunt against him and his cohorts. The entire Catalan leadership is due in Madrid to face allegations of sedition after its doomed declaration of independence on ...
Catalonia's independence movement unravels as Rajoy prevails; Puigdemont flees to Belgium
As Spain seized control of Catalonia's government, the independence movement was left leaderless and struggling for a way forward, with grass-roots supporters enraged by the betrayal of their cause. Carles Puigdemont, ousted by the government in Madrid after the region declared independence, abandoned Catalonia for ...
As weekend routines of normalcy prevailed in Catalonia, the first test of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's decision to take over the breakaway region approached, with many having to choose between compliance and defiance. When schools and government offices open Monday, teachers and civil servants ...
Catalan police call on officers to maintain neutrality as Spain exerts control
Catalonia's police force told its officers to remain neutral in the struggle over the region's fight for independence from Spain, a step toward averting possible conflict as the Madrid government starts to impose control on Saturday. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy dismissed the Catalan government, ...
