Puigdemont issues clear message with acceptance of electoral challengeCatalan parliamentary election on December 21st could divide pro-independence forcesTue Oct 31 2017 - 19:03
Sacked Catalan president in Brussels amid sedition allegationsSpain’s state prosecutor seeking criminal charges against key independence leadersMon Oct 30 2017 - 20:44
Pro-union Catalans mix festivity with calls for Puigdemont’s jailing‘You have to take sides and that makes more and more people go to the extremes’Sun Oct 29 2017 - 20:52
Massive rally in Barcelona against Catalan independenceMarch comes two days after Spanish government took control of disputed regionSun Oct 29 2017 - 20:51
Rajoy imposes direct rule on Catalonia and calls electionsMadrid removes Puigdemont after declaration of independenceSat Oct 28 2017 - 11:35
Divided Catalonia: Calm, negotiated solution ‘not going to be the case’Catalans in turmoil as they find themselves split on geographical, class and ethnic linesSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Biggest political upheaval in Spain since 1970s return to democracyCatalan independence and Madrid move to take control of region riddled with riskSat Oct 28 2017 - 01:00
Spain set to implement direct rule in CataloniaCatalan independence movement regards unprecedented move as highly provocativeFri Oct 27 2017 - 01:00
Catalonia set to lose devolved powers after chaotic day in crisisRegional parliament debates firm response to introduction of direct rule by SpainThu Oct 26 2017 - 20:34
Catalan officials warn of rebellion against Spain’s direct rule planRegion’s parliament to debate response to Spanish government’s move on ThursdayMon Oct 23 2017 - 19:57
Catalan president may declare independence in response to direct ruleUncertainty after prime minister takes unprecedented step of intervening in regionSun Oct 22 2017 - 20:23
Catalonia’s self-government drive faces unpalatable decisionsIt’s hard to view Madrid taking control as anything other than a hard re-centralisationSun Oct 22 2017 - 15:58
Catalan separatists giving PR masterclassCatalonia’s independence advocates are winning ‘the battle of image and emotions’Sat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
Madrid eyes Catalan elections in January as solution to crisisWarning of backlash against Spanish government decision to use direct ruleSat Oct 21 2017 - 01:00
Jailing of independence leaders further fuels Catalan crisisConflict not between Catalonia and Spain but between ‘legality and illegality’, says MadridTue Oct 17 2017 - 19:52
Madrid rejects Catalan leader’s invitation to negotiateSpanish government moves closer to taking direct control of regionMon Oct 16 2017 - 21:14
Catalan leader to clarify ‘declaration of independence’Spanish government issues ultimatum as pro-independence forces remain splitSun Oct 15 2017 - 19:26
Spain calls on Catalan leader to clarify ‘independence declaration’Regional election looking likely as Madrid considers response to announcementWed Oct 11 2017 - 19:13
Spanish cabinet meets to work out response to independence declarationDeputy PM says Catalan leader ‘doesn’t know where he is or where he is going’Wed Oct 11 2017 - 10:01
Catalan leader issues and suspends independence declaration‘We are not criminals, we’re not crazy, we’re not coupmongers ... we are normal people and we want to vote’Tue Oct 10 2017 - 20:50
High security and a festive air as Catalans digest ‘independence declaration’‘We’ve wanted this for a long time ... we’ve got our hopes up’Tue Oct 10 2017 - 19:00
Spain warns Catalonia against independence declarationRegional leader Carles Puigdemont poised to make announcementTue Oct 10 2017 - 01:00
War of words still raging as Catalonia remains defiantRegion’s president Carles Puigdemont due to make widely anticipated address todayTue Oct 10 2017 - 01:00
Opposition to Catalan independence growsBarcelona government under increasing pressure to rethink secessionist strategySun Oct 08 2017 - 21:33
Give me a crash course in… CataloniaThere were bloody scenes as riot police broke into polling stations wielding batons and dragging voters away during referendumSat Oct 07 2017 - 10:48
Corporate exodus forces Catalan government into rethinkFleeing banks make chances of an imminent declaration of independence more remoteFri Oct 06 2017 - 19:00
Image of Catalan police force transformed by recent eventsThey ignored instructions from Madrid, now independence supporters see them as heroesFri Oct 06 2017 - 19:00
Spanish king rebukes Catalan separatists after day of protestsThousands protest against police clampdown in Catalonia on day of the referendumTue Oct 03 2017 - 21:16
Catalan leader appeals for international mediationPuigdemont says Spanish police should leave region as unions plan strikeMon Oct 02 2017 - 19:20
Where next for the Catalan crisis? Five possible scenariosThe next step may include anything from dialogue to a unilateral declaration of independenceMon Oct 02 2017 - 18:08
Catalan government says 90% have voted to leave SpainEU politicians condemn security response as riot police raid schools and remove votersMon Oct 02 2017 - 07:13
Catalonia referendum: Hundreds injured in clashes with policeCatalan government claims 90% of those who cast ballots voted to secede from SpainSun Oct 01 2017 - 23:51
‘Something has broken today’: Anger on streets as Catalans voteSpanish government’s crackdown over controversial poll widens rift with regionSun Oct 01 2017 - 15:43
Battle for Barcelona: a deeply divisive independence voteCatalonia on verge of biggest upheaval of modern history if poll goes aheadSat Sept 30 2017 - 06:00
Catalonia’s independence referendum: How did we get to this?Sunday’s vote caps decade of misunderstanding between Madrid and its restive regionSat Sept 30 2017 - 05:00
Catalans braced for divisive independence voteTwo-thirds plan to vote if referendum goes ahead despite Madrid’s attempts to block itFri Sept 29 2017 - 21:12
Catalan students demand right to vote in banned referendum‘We’re under a dictatorship again,’ says protester of Madrid’s actions against voteThu Sept 28 2017 - 18:09
Irish in Catalonia: Scepticism and idealism as independence vote loomsSome fear the impact the vote will have on business and tourism, while others admire the way Catalans assert their culture and languageWed Sept 27 2017 - 01:00
Catalan police ordered to cordon off schools to prevent referendumBarcelona regional government insists independence vote will take placeTue Sept 26 2017 - 20:21
The Catalan schoolmistress who took a stand against independenceDolores Agenjo has become a provocative symbol of resistance to Catalan nationalismTue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00
Outrage at Catalonia crackdown a likely spur for independenceMadrid deploys series of measures widely seen as heavy-handed in CataloniaFri Sept 22 2017 - 17:12
Catalan government defiant over referendum despite arrestsOctober 1st independence vote to go ahead, says Puigdemont, after Spanish police raidWed Sept 20 2017 - 14:54
Immigrants to Spain find refuge in footballAfter surviving perilous journey to Europe, players compete in Andalucía teamTue Sept 19 2017 - 01:00
Spain’s crisis sharpens as Catalonia referendum campaign beginsMadrid launches legal offensive to thwart October 1st vote for Catalan independenceFri Sept 15 2017 - 15:30
Catalans take to the streets in support of independence voteThousands rally in Barcelona amid Spanish government threats over illegal referendumMon Sept 11 2017 - 20:30
Fallout from Spain’s terrorist attack stirs up old divisionsMadrid Letter: Performance of Catalan police under scrutiny as referendum loomsWed Sept 06 2017 - 01:00
Catalan government unveils independence law ahead of voteNationalists say ‘there is still time for politics’ as Madrid insists there will be no referendumTue Aug 29 2017 - 15:39
They can see the city lights, Europe is that closeNumber of people making 15km crossing from Morocco to Tarifa area has quadrupledSat Aug 26 2017 - 06:00
Spain terror attacks: Hunt continues for missing suspectsPolice believe Younes Abouyaaquob (22) was the driver in Las Ramblas van assaultMon Aug 21 2017 - 11:22
‘A mastermind has brainwashed them’: Family of Barcelona terror suspect speak outFamily of missing suspect Younes Abouyaaquob believe attackers were radicalised by local imamSat Aug 19 2017 - 20:09