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SPAIN'S DIRECT RULE TAKES HOLD IN CATALONIA AS SECESSIONISTS ACCEPT ELECTIONS
Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont travelled to Belgium with several other members of his sacked administration, a senior member of Spain's ruling People's Party said... READ MORE›
'WE WON'T LET SPAIN BE TORN APART'
Catalonia Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona calling for Spanish unity... READ MORE›
SPANISH PM SEEKS POWERS TO DEPOSE PRESIDENT AS CRISIS COMES TO HEAD
The Senate will vote later on whether to activate article 155, a constitutional clause which gives Madrid the authority to seize control of Catalonia's autonomous powers... READ MORE›
SECOND-BEST SOLUTION BETTER FOR BOTH SIDES ON CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE
By Victor Lapuente Gine Within a few days, the Catalan regional parliament may declare Catalonia's independence, after 500 years of history with Spain... READ MORE›
D-DAY FOR CATALONIA: EUROPE BRACES FOR CATALAN LEADER'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Mr Puigdemont, a 54-year-old former journalist and life-long independence advocate, will address Catalan lawmakers on Tuesday in an extraordinary parliamentary session beginning at 6pm local time... READ MORE›
SPANISH PM WON'T RULE OUT SUSPENDING CATALONIA'S AUTONOMY
Businesses and the government have kept up economic pressure on Catalonia, with several big companies announcing moves to shift their headquarters to other parts of Spain... READ MORE›
CATALONIA'S LEADER EXPECTED TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
Spanish police officers stand guard at the entrance to the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday... READ MORE›
CARLES PUIGDEMONT TO ADDRESS SPAIN'S UNITY
Catalonia independence Carles Puigdemont to address Spain's unity... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S PM SAYS COUNTRY WON'T BE DIVIDED BY CATALAN INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Separatist leaders in Catalonia have declared valid a pro-independence victory in a disputed Oct. 1 referendum that Spain calls illegal... READ MORE›
SOME 350,000 STAGE DEMONSTRATION IN BARCELONA AGAINST CATALAN INDEPENDENCE AS TENSIONS MOUNT
Companies that have already decided to move their head offices out of Catalonia include Spain's third-biggest lender, Caixabank, and the fifth-biggest, Sabadell... READ MORE›
IN CATALONIA, WOMEN HOPE TO BUILD A FEMINIST REPUBLIC
We're not saying Catalonia is better than Spain... READ MORE›
'WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR VOICES' CATALANS RALLY TO THE PRO-UNITY CAUSE
The so-called silent majority in Catalonia who oppose independence from Spain make their feelings known in Barcelona... READ MORE›
'WHAT THE LAW SAYS': CATALONIA WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION - LEADER
Spain can stop catalan independence says spain's prime minister... READ MORE›
CATALONIA WILL APPLY REFERENDUM LAW CALLING FOR INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
Catalonia will apply referendum law calling for independence declaration leader... READ MORE›
CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IS THE LATEST EU SHOCK WAVE
Meanwhile, Catalonia, with its tourist-occupied capital, Barcelona, has barely 16 percent of Spain's population, but accounts for 20 percent of GDP and a larger share of profitable exports... READ MORE›
WORRIED, CATALANS AGAINST INDEPENDENCE WONDER WHAT NEXT
She points to a graphic of the tumbling share price of CaixaBank, the biggest bank in Catalonia, a region which is threatening to split from Spain... READ MORE›
HUGE SPAIN UNITY RALLY HELD IN BARCELONA
At least 350,000 people gathered in Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, for a rally against independence from Spain... READ MORE›
I AM SPANISH THOUSANDS IN BARCELONA PROTEST A PUSH FOR INDEPENDENCE
Lucas Fernandez, 66, from Barcelona, stood next to him, holding a Spanish flag and yelling, Long live Spain toward Mr. Puigdemont's office... READ MORE›
'WE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT HERE'
She said that the secessionists keep talking about how Catalonia is oppressed... READ MORE›
PROTESTERS HEAD TO THE STREETS IN BID TO DEFUSE CATALONIA CRISIS
Demonstrators dressed in white gathered outside city halls in Barcelona, Madrid and across Spain on Saturday to demand the two sides stop sparring and hold talks... READ MORE›
SPAIN PROTESTERS DEMAND ACTION ON CATALONIA CRISIS
If Catalonia declares independence, Spain could respond by suspending the region's existing autonomous status and imposing direct rule from Madrid... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S FM SAYS CATALAN CLAIMS OF VIOLENCE EXAGGERATED
TALKING EUROPE Spain's Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis has spoken to FRANCE 24 as the ongoing crisis over Catalonia's push for independence shows little..... READ MORE›
CATALONIANS IN MADRID NOTE THE CHANGES AROUND THEM
Despite the wealth and dynamism of Catalonia, not everyone stays. Only last year nearly 50,000 Catalans left for other parts of Spain. Vicente is one... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS RALLY IN MADRID OVER CATALONIA'S PUSH FOR INDEPENDENCE
Tens of thousands of people gathered in central of Madrid on Saturday amid tensions over Catalonia's recent push for independence... READ MORE›
SPANISH COURT MOVES TO PRE-EMPT CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
Sabadell is Spain's fifth-largest bank and the most important company to announce that it would leave Catalonia, where it has been based since the 19th century... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S PM RAJOY SAYS THERE WAS NO CATALAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
File photo of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Su... READ MORE›
CATALONIA CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION AS SPAIN VOWS TO STAND GROUND AFTER INDEPENDENCE VOTE
The Spanish central government denies the referendum even took place, while Catalan separatists say it was valid and justifies making a final break with Spain... READ MORE›
SPANISH POLICE BEAT CATALAN VOTERS IN PR NIGHTMARE FOR RAJOY
In another, police rip ballot boxes from the hands of would-be electoral officials... READ MORE›
'THERE WAS NO INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IN CATALONIA TODAY' - SPAIN PM
After polling stations closed in Sunday's controversial Catalonia independence referendum, Spain's Prime Minister announced that no referendum took place in the country... READ MORE›
CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE VOTE: WHAT ITS ABOUT, WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW
More Leader of Catalonia separatist vote vows to press ahead for independence President Trump has appeared to take Spain's side on the issue... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Catalanism
BULLS KILL SEVEN AT SPAIN SUMMER FESTIVALS
Among them was a 36-year-old town councillor gored in Penafiel a town near Valladolid north of Madrid... READ MORE›
AS CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NEARS MADRID ESCALATES TENSIONS
As Catalonia Independence Referendum Nears, Madrid Escalates Tensions... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT
Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY TO TELL WORLD LEADERS THAT BRITAIN HAS 'A RIGHT' TO PROTECT ITS BORDERS
It will be Mrs May's first major intervention on immigration since she became Prime Minister in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union... READ MORE›
EMBATTLED MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB DROPS SPEECH TO GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION GATHERING
Mahathir Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister Photo Rex Mr Najib has accused Mr Mahathir of leading a conspiracy to oust him... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON ADMITS HE DID HAVE A STAKE IN FATHER'S OFFSHORE INVESTMENT FUND AFTER PANAMA PAPERS LEAK
David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, but sold it for around ?30,000 before he became Prime Minister... READ MORE›
'YOU DON'T KNOW FAMILIES ON THE BREADLINE'
David Cameron has rejected Phillip Schofield's suggestion he is out of touch and does not know any poor working families... READ MORE›
FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT DEFIANT BEFORE TRIAL OVER SECESSION VOTE
Artur Mas accused of criminal disobedience for holding symbolic independence referendum in Catalonia in 2014... READ MORE›
CATALAN SEPARATISTS WIN ELECTION AND CLAIM IT AS YES VOTE FOR BREAKAWAY
Spain set for political crisis as regional government election result spurs coalition on with plans for independence... READ MORE›
KIDS COMPANY'S CAMILA BATMANGHELIDJH ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY GOVERNMENT
The Cabinet Office is withholding A?3m unless Kids Company moves on its chief executive, Camila Batmanghelidjh... READ MORE›
SIR ALAN DUNCAN MP SAYS CRITICS OF DAVID CAMERON ARE LOW-ACHIEVERS WHO HATE WEALTHY PEOPLE
Panama papers Sir Alan Duncan MP says critics of David Cameron are low-achievers who hate wealthy people... READ MORE›
SPANISH PRINCESS CRISTINA TO FACE FRAUD TRIAL
Melbourne age spain's princess cristina to stand trial on tax fraud charges in royal first 40 mins ago... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS
The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›
BARCELONA: THOUSANDS PROTEST AS ARTUR MAS STANDS TRIAL
Independence isn't on trial here, democracy is on trial, Mas told journalists in the court... READ MORE›
CATALAN VOTE SEEN AS REFERENDUM ON SECESSION FROM SPAIN
The vote was expected to confirm separatist parties as the main political force in Catalonia... READ MORE›
MORE THAN ONE MILLION MARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE AHEAD OF CONTROVERSIAL CATALONIA VOTE
We pay the same taxes as elsewhere in Spain and have more expensive universities and worse infrastructure... READ MORE›
6 CHANGES FOUND IN THE FINE PRINT
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced his cabinet Wednesday, the new faces weren't the only changes afoot... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE IS RUBBING ITS HANDS WITH GLEE OVER THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS
The media have focused on the human tragedy of the tens or hundreds of thousands of people from areas under the bloodthirsty murderers of Isil... READ MORE›
CAMERON'S TAX CRITICS ARE 'LOW ACHIEVERS'
What matters most is the winning the election and David Cameron becoming the prime minister... READ MORE›
MASSIVE PROTESTS IN ICELAND OVER PM'S LINK TO OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS
The prime minister walked out of the interview, saying What are you trying to make up here?... READ MORE›
CATALAN PRO-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES WIN MAJORITY IN REGIONAL ELECTION
Madrid dismisses such claims, saying Mr Mas is stirring nationalism to distract from his own political and economic failings... READ MORE›
ANTI-ISLAM DUTCH POLITICIAN GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY OF DISCRIMINATION
Geert Wilders goes on trial for hate speech Three PVV hating judges declare that Moroccans are a race and convict me and half of the Netherlands... READ MORE›
ROMA BABY BURIAL SPARKS FRANCE PROBE
The prime minister called it an insult to France and the French official in charge of defending human rights announced an inquiry... READ MORE›
A NEW WAY TO INTERVIEW THE PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Trudeau will also join us at that time as we review the encounters and the issues they reveal... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU MEETS MONTREAL MAYOR AS ENERGY EAST PROMPTS NATIONAL UNITY QUESTIONS
The meeting between the prime minister and the former Liberal cabinet minister was held at Montreal City Hall... READ MORE›
IN SPAIN NEW POLITICAL PARTY MAKES GAINS FROM SURPRISING PLACE THE CENTER
Citizens, in particular, has cut into Podemos's support by similarly capitalizing on Spaniards' increasing disgust with the institutionalized corruption within Spain's two-party system... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS PREGNANCY CASE CONFIRMED IN SPAIN
Spain has confirmed that a pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus... READ MORE›
DOCTORS FURY AT MINISTERS OVER DELAYS TO PLAIN CIGARETTE PACKAGING
Nearly 4,000 health professionals have written to the prime minister to express alarm that plain packets may be delayed... READ MORE›
WITH SPAIN IN POLITICAL DEADLOCK CATALANS RENEW CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE
The president of the Catalan regional government, Carles Puigdemont, on Sunday became the first in that office to join the annual pro-independence demonstrations... READ MORE›
CATALONIA VOWS TO CONTINUE SECESSION PROCESS DESPITE SPANISH COURT'S ORDERS
Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, described the Catalan legislation as an affront to democracy... READ MORE›