Spain

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  14 days ago

  Catalonian lawmakers sign declaration of independence but delay implementation

  Update 10pm: Catalan lawmakers have signed a document they are calling a declaration of independence from Spain but are delaying its implementation.

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  18 days ago

  Caixabank latest ’listed company’ to signal moving base from Catalonia

  Bosses at Caixabank have agreed to move its base from Barcelona to the eastern city of Valencia, outside Spain’s Catalonia region.

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  25 days ago

  Madrid vows to enforce 'civic order' but Catalan leaders expect at least 60% turnout for vote

  There will not be a referendum on Catalonia's independence on Sunday, the cabinet spokesman for Spain's government said as the vice-president of the region predicted the majority of eligible voters would turn out.

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  28 days ago

  Madrid orders crackdown on organisers of independence poll in Catalonia

  Spain’s government has ordered Catalonia’s regional police force to identify officials at local schools and other civic buildings expected to be used as polling stations in a controversial independence referendum.

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  32 days ago

  Hundreds at Catalan court over officials detained in independence dispute

  Hundreds of pro-independence supporters in Catalonia are protesting outside a court to demand the release of regional officials arrested in a crackdown by Spanish authorities over a planned secession referendum.

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  33 days ago

  Thousands gather to demand release of Catalan officials held over independence vote

  Thousands gathered on Thursday to demand the release of a dozen Catalan officials arrested in connection with a vote on independence that Spanish authorities are challenging as illegal.

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  34 days ago

  Spain showing 'totalitarian attitude' to Catalonia vote for independence

  Latest: The leader of Catalonia has said Spain is showing a "totalitarian attitude" with the arrests of Catalan officials and civil servants, and vowed to go ahead with an independence referendum despite legal warnings not to do so.

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  44 days ago

  Spanish police raid aims to halt Catalan Independence vote

  A Spanish judge has ordered police to search a printer’s shop and two offices of a regional newspaper in Catalonia as part of an investigation into alleged preparations for what Spanish courts have deemed is an illegal referendum on independence for the region.

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  55 days ago

  Thousands pelt each other in Spain's messy 'Tomatina' fight

  More than 20,000 people have been drenched in red pulp after hurling tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in the annual "Tomatina" street battle in eastern Spain.