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Contents: Violent clashes with police in Spain’s Catalonia follow arrest of Puigdemont in Germany; Spain’s arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memories of Franco’s brutal atrocities

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Friday charged 13 Catalan separatist politicians, including fugitive former regional president Carles Puigdemont, with rebellion for their attempt to declare independence from Spain.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister said Friday he intends to convene Catalonia’s new parliament on Jan. 17 and hopes the restive region’s next government won’t renew the push for independence that fueled a serious political crisis.

Pro-independence parties will continue to enjoy a majority in Catalonia’s regional parliament, following snap elections imposed by Madrid.

BRUSSELS (AP) – The prime ministers of Spain and Belgium have held talks over their testy bilateral relations as ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four secessionist allies prepare for an extradition court appearance in Brussels. Friday’s court hearing for

Around three-quarters of a million Catalans have marched to demand the release of local politicians arrested for their role in the drive for independence.

MADRID (AP) — Six Catalan lawmakers were testifying Thursday before a Spanish judge over claims that they ignored Constitutional Court orders and allowed an independence vote in Catalonia’s regional parliament. The Catalan parliament’s speaker, Carme Forcadell, was the first to

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin made statements in support of a united Spain during a visit to the country on Monday, amid efforts by the country’s restive Catalonia region to declare its independence.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Catalan crisis is being called a “nightmare” and a “time bomb” for Belgium’s government.

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the crisis in Spain over lawmakers in Catalonia voting for independence (all times local): 4:05 p.m. Catalonia’s ousted leader says he’s ready to cooperate with Belgian authorities after Spain issued a European warrant for

The Spanish prosecutor has called for the controversial European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to be used against Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his government after they refused to appear in court to face accusations of misuse of public funds, rebellion, and sedition.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Catalonia’s ousted regional president said Tuesday he traveled to Brussels to seek “freedom and safety” after Spain blocked his bid for Catalan independence and sought to bring charges against him that could put him in prison for decades.

The crisis in Catalonia has its origins in cultural and political conflicts going back decades and even centuries, sharpened by contemporary economic disputes and confused European Union policies.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s state prosecutor said Monday that he would seek charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against members of Catalonia’s ousted secessionist government, pushing the crisis over the region’s independence declaration into an uncertain new phase. Chief

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Tens of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain rallied in downtown Barcelona on Sunday, two days after a separatist majority in Catalonia’s parliament voted for the wealthy region to secede. Organizers say the

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain took direct control of Catalonia on Saturday, firing the region’s defiant separatist government a day after Catalan lawmakers passed a declaration of independence for the prosperous northeastern region.

The Catalan Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to declare independence from Spain.

The European Union has responded to Catalonia’s overtures to Brussels by saying it will back the Spanish government’s plan to impose direct rule.

The Catalan government has suggested that the European Union will not survive if it allows Spain to impose direct rule.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain announced an unprecedented plan Saturday to sack Catalonia’s separatist leaders, install its own people in their place and call a new local election, using previously untapped constitutional powers to take control of the prosperous region that is threatening to secede.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his government will announce on Saturday the specific measures it plans to take control of the Catalonia region now that an agreement has been reached with the country’s main opposition parties.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Spain’s government on Thursday immediately rejected a threat by Catalonia’s leader to declare independence unless talks are held, calling a special Cabinet session for the weekend to activate measures to take control of the region’s semi-autonomous

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Catalonia’s leader called for dialogue with Spain and a meeting with the country’s prime minister, complying with a Monday deadline to respond to a request from the central government to state explicitly whether the regional president

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pressure is mounting from within the Catalan separatist movement on Friday for the regional president to declare independence from Spain once and for all, a move that could prompt the central government to take over the region’s powers of self-governance.

Catalan’s regional president Carles Puigdemont has declared Catalonia has won the right to be an independent country, but has called on parliament to suspend the effects of the results of the October 1st referendum to allow for ‘mediation and dialogue’ with

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Police are guarding public buildings and closing off a park surrounding the regional Catalan parliament in Barcelona where a declaration of independence on Tuesday evening is likely to be met with a harsh response from Spanish

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Organizers say that 930,000 people have marched in Barcelona on Sunday to protest the Catalan government’s push for secession from Spain.

MADRID (AP) — The speaker of Catalonia’s regional parliament has called a Tuesday evening session where the separatist regional leader will answer questions on the turbulent political situation.

The best thing about Brexit will be the fact Nigel Farage will never speak in the European Parliament again, a Spanish MEP blasted in the chamber.

The European Union has doubled down on its support for police brutality in Catalonia, with European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans dubbing it “proportionate use of force”.

As Catalonian leaders signal they could declare independence from Spain within a week, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is reportedly pitching himself as a mediator between the two sides.

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Labor unions and grassroots pro-independence groups are urging workers to hold partial or full-day strikes throughout Catalonia to protest alleged brutality by police during a referendum on the region’s secession from Spain that left hundreds of

The EU has broken its silence on the violent suppression of Catalonia independence referendum, with the Commission backing Madrid and the Vice-president of the European Parliament branding the vote a “nationalistic coup against Europe”.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says that 431 National Police and Civil Guard agents suffered wounds or bruising during violent clashes with civilians in Catalonia.

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