Tag: Catalonia

Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 10:23 UTC
Rajoy rules out talks with exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday said he would not hold talks with exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont in the wake of the results of Catalan regional elections held Thursday.
Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:16 UTC
Catalonia is back at starting point: separatists win a slim majority

Catalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday, deepening the nation's political crisis in a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and European Union leaders who backed him. With nearly all votes counted, separatist parties won a slim majority in Catalan parliament, a result that promises to prolong political tensions which have damaged Spain's economy and prompted a business exodus from the region.
Thursday, December 21st 2017 - 10:23 UTC
Catalonia hangover vote: challenge for a stable Spain, and for Europe

As voters in Catalonia ready themselves for Thursday’s election results, they will not be alone in anxious anticipation. Nobody has bet more on the outcome than Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who has urged Catalans to step back from what he sees as an illegal, reckless insistence on independence.
Monday, November 6th 2017 - 07:25 UTC
Catalonia leaders released; Belgium has 60 days to decide if they are sent back to Spain

Catalonia's sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers were released with conditions in Belgium on Sunday after turning themselves in to face a Spanish warrant for their arrest.
Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 08:12 UTC
Ex members of Catalonian government jailed by Spanish prosecution; Puigdemont remains in Belgium

A Spanish judge has ordered nine ex-members of the government in Catalonia jailed while they are investigated on possible charges of sedition, rebellion and embezzlement.
Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 09:01 UTC
The silent majority of Catalonia and the December 21st election-referendum

By Gwynne Dyer - It's been going on for a while. “Recently in Catalonia we have been living through a kind of 'soft' totalitarianism...the illusion of unanimity created by the fear of expressing dissent,” wrote best-selling Catalan author Javier Cercas in the Spanish newspaper El País in 2014. Those who didn't want independence kept their heads down and their mouths shut, in other words.
Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:21 UTC
Catalonia returns to normal; sacked president Puigdemont in Belgium

Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has gone to Belgium, a lawyer he has hired there says. The lawyer, Paul Bekaert, did not comment on reports that Puigdemont could be preparing an asylum claim.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 06:29 UTC
Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona in support of a united Spain

Hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain have rallied in Barcelona, two days after separatists voted for the wealthy region to secede. Organizers said the goal of Sunday’s march’s was to defend Spain’s unity and reject “an unprecedented attack in the history of democracy”.
Saturday, October 28th 2017 - 08:11 UTC
Western world leaders rally behind Rajoy and support Spain's territorial integrity

Leaders from the world have largely rallied behind Spain's central government after the Catalan parliament voted in favor of splitting from Madrid and establishing an independent republic. Spanish president Mariano Rajoy on Friday announced the dissolution of the Catalan parliament and called for snap regional elections in a swift response to the Catalan MPs' declaration for independence.
Friday, October 27th 2017 - 15:28 UTC
Spain:“Article 155 will mark the beginning of the end of disobedience of the law”

The Spanish Senate is poised to activate Article 155 of the country’s constitution on Friday, giving Madrid the power to take over Catalonia’s institutions and police and remove its regional leader from office.