Tag: Catalonia Independence

• Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 05:47 UTC

  Catalonia to appeal Rajoy's measures; if not successful it will pursue the case in international courts

  

  Catalonia’s political leaders intend to bring a legal challenge to prevent the Spanish government from removing them from office and taking over running the region to stop its push for independence, a spokesman has said.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 09:54 UTC

  Catalan parliament convened for Thursday to respond to Madrid

  

  The ruling Catalan separatist coalition has said the regional parliament will hold a meeting on Thursday which many fear will become a cover for a vote on declaring independence from Spain.

• Friday, October 20th 2017 - 07:49 UTC

  Spanish special cabinet meeting to take over powers of Catalonia

  

  Spain is to hold a special Cabinet meeting at the weekend to activate measures to take control of Catalonia’s semi-autonomous powers after the region’s leader said he would formally declare independence if no talks were offered.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 11:41 UTC

  Madrid tells Catalonia's leader he has until Thursday to comply with Spanish law

  

  Spain’s deputy prime minister has said that Catalonia’s leader did not give an adequate response in his letter about the region’s independence and has until Thursday to comply with the country’s laws. Carles Puigdemont’s letter, issued two hours before a Monday deadline, did not clarify whether he in fact declared Catalonia’s independence from Spain. He called for talks with Spain’s government.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 11:35 UTC

  Two Catalan independence leaders remanded and charged with sedition

  

  A Spanish judge has remanded two key members of the Catalan independence movement in jail. Jordi Sánchez, who heads the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), and Jordi Cuixart, leader of Omnium Cultural, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition.

• Monday, October 16th 2017 - 11:26 UTC

  Madrid open to dialogue but Catalonia must first reject independence: clock ticking on countdown

  

  The Spanish government will seize control of Catalonia if regional leader Carles Puigdemont gives an ambiguous reply to Madrid’s question about whether he has declared independence from Spain, the interior minister warned Saturday.

• Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Catalonia's leader under mounting pressure from separatist allies and Madrid

  

  Catalonia’s leader faced mounting pressure on Friday from all sides, with hardliners in the separatist movement demanding he declare independence from Spain once and for all. Spain’s government and the European Union, on the other hand, want him to abandon the secession plans altogether.