Spanish govt to hold emergency Cabinet meeting over Catalonia crisis
The Spanish government will hold an emergency Cabinet meeting on Wednesday after Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont suspended the formal declaration of the Catalonia's independence from Spain.
Oct 11, 2017, 06:39 AM IST
Catalan leader proclaims independence but suspends it pending talks
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday proclaimed the region`s independence from Spain.
Oct 11, 2017, 00:59 AM IST
Catalan Parliament session on possible independence opens
A Catalan parliamentary session that could see regional president Carles Puigdemont declare independence opened on Tuesday, under intense scrutiny from the rest of Spain and Europe.
Oct 10, 2017, 22:51 PM IST
Spain, EU warn Catalan leader ahead of independence showdown
The Spanish government warned Catalonia's separatist leader on Tuesday against declaring independence.
Oct 10, 2017, 21:42 PM IST
Catalan leader delays parliamentary appearance till Tuesday: Spokesman
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has put off until Tuesday an appearance in the regional parliament at which some leaders have called for an independence declaration, a spokesman said Friday.
Oct 06, 2017, 18:07 PM IST
Spain's top court suspends Catalan Parliament's upcoming session
Spain`s Constitutional Court on Thursday announced it had preemptively suspended the Catalan Parliament`s upcoming plenary session in an attempt to thwart a unilateral declaration of independence by the region`s president.
Oct 06, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Hit by Catalonia crisis, Spanish bonds brace for auction test
On Wednesday, Spain`s IBEX stocks index posted its biggest one-day fall since the Britain`s Brexit referendum in June 2016 sparked turmoil in financial markets.
Oct 05, 2017, 13:20 PM IST
Spain mourns attack victims as probe zeroes in on imam
Grief-stricken Barcelona paid homage on Sunday to victims of two terror assaults at a mass in the city's Sagrada Familia church, as investigators turned their focus to a missing Moroccan imam believed to have radicalised the young attackers.
Aug 20, 2017, 16:07 PM IST
Spain`s Catalonia announces October independence vote
Speaking in Barcelona, Carles Puigdemont said the question would be: "Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state in the form of a republic."
Jun 09, 2017, 14:59 PM IST
Catalonia elects new leader tasked with breakaway from Spain
The majority secessionist lawmakers in Catalonia's parliament have voted in a new leader, tasking him with overseeing the wealthy region's breakaway from Spain in a last-minute show of unity after months of bitter infighting.
Jan 11, 2016, 04:31 AM IST
