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Spain to dismiss Catalonia’s government, call elections
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October 21, 2017
Spain to dismiss Catalonia’s government, call elections
Spain said Saturday it will move to dismiss Catalonia’s separatist government and call fresh elections in the region in a…
Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies
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October 21, 2017
Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies
Spain’s government kicked off a crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday as it prepares to seize powers from Catalonia’s separatist executive…
Spain plans to force Catalonia into January elections: opposition
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October 20, 2017
Spain plans to force Catalonia into January elections: opposition
The Spanish government has secured opposition support to dissolve Catalonia’s parliament and hold new elections there in January in an…
Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat
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October 19, 2017
Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat
Catalonia’s leader on Thursday threatened to explicitly declare independence if no talks with the central government were offered. Spain then…
Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
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October 18, 2017
Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, as a government deadline…
Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister
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October 17, 2017
Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister
The detention of Catalan activists on Monday, the first imprisonment of senior secessionist figures since the region’s Oct. 1 banned…
Did he or didn’t he? No clarity on Catalan independence bid
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October 16, 2017
Did he or didn’t he? No clarity on Catalan independence bid
A Monday morning deadline came and went without the president of the Catalonia region clarifying whether he had declared independence…
Catalan leader faces mounting pressure from all sides
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October 13, 2017
Catalan leader faces mounting pressure from all sides
Catalonia’s leader faced mounting pressure Friday from all sides, with hardliners in the separatist movement demanding he declare independence from…
Spain celebrates national day amid Catalan secession crisis
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October 12, 2017
Spain celebrates national day amid Catalan secession crisis
Army troops and police are to march Thursday in Madrid as Spain’s celebrates its national day, amid one of the…
Spanish Cabinet meets on Catalonia; Rajoy to address parl’t
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October 11, 2017
Spanish Cabinet meets on Catalonia; Rajoy to address parl’t
The Spanish Cabinet met in Madrid Wednesday to work out its response to an announcement from the head of the…