Tag: Catalonia
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Catalonian ex-president hands himself over to Belgian police
Former President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont on Sunday handed himself in to the Belgian police accompanied by his lawyer, according to Efe news agency. Spain has issued an arrest warrant for the former regional, who is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for secession from Spain. Puigdemont travelled to Belgium after Madrid …
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November 5, 2017 -
Deposed Catalan leader says ‘ready to run’ in regional elections
Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has said he was ready to run as a candidate in snap regional elections next month after his government was fired by Madrid for declaring independence. “I’m ready to be a candidate,” Puigdemont on Friday told RTBF television in Belgium, where he is currently holed up after leaving Catalonia …
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November 4, 2017 -
La Liga: Real Madrid’s title hopes in tatters after Girona loss
Los Blancos are third in the league table, eight points behind leaders Barcelona.
October 30, 2017 -
Cry Freedom!
History is in the making in Europe. Independence has been stopped in its tracks on Friday and Spain confronts a constitutional crisis as never since 1978, when Francisco Franco met his eclipse. Forty years after the restoration of democracy, it is the power of the people that now poses a grave challenge. The Catalonian parliament’s …
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October 29, 2017 -
Spanish PM dismisses Catalan government
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday announced the immediate sacking of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his government and called new elections in the region on December 21. This followed the decision taken by the Catalan parliament earlier in the day to unilaterally declare independence of the region in the northeast of Spain, Xinhua …
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October 28, 2017 -
Conflict in Catalonia would hit financial markets: Spanish regulator
Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CMNV) said on Monday that the conflict in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia could have consequences on financial markets. The CMNV has published a report where it analysed stress levels within financial markets over the last three months and pointed out that in October there had been a slight rise, …
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October 24, 2017 -
Catalan parliament will respond to Spanish PM’s measures: President
The President of Spain’s Catalonia region said on Saturday he would convene a session of the regional Parliament to debate and decide a proper response to the measures announced earlier in the day by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Carles Puigdemont made his remarks hours after Rajoy said he would invoke Article 155 of the …
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October 22, 2017 -
Franco’s ghost?
The biggest political crisis that Spain has witnessed in the past 40 years was not exactly defused on Thursday when the government in Madrid decided to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy and impose direct rule. More accurately, the constitutional crisis can be said to have deepened. On the face of it, Madrid has adopted a stern response …
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October 21, 2017 -
Spain to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy
Spain will start suspending Catalonia’s autonomy on Saturday, after its leader threatened to declare independence, the government announced on Thursday. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Office said the cabinet would meet to activate Article 155 of Spain’s 1978 Constitution, a mechanism that strips Catalonia’s self-governing institutions of their autonomy, allowing it to take over running of …
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October 19, 2017 -
Downpour drowns out Barcelona plea for dialogue
Barca beat Las Palmas 3-0 behind closed doors on October 1 as a protest at the violent scenes across Catalonia.
October 19, 2017 -
Freedom on hold
The paradox has few parallels in history. The Prime Minister of Catalonia has pulled the sensitive region from the brink less than a fortnight after the October 1 referendum affirming independence. In a sense, Carles Puigdemont has baffled both the government in Madrid and the spirited jingoists. It is pretty obvious that he has had …
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October 15, 2017 -
Catalonian conundrum~II
Section 2 of the Spanish Constitution, read with Section 143, guarantees the fundamental right of Autonomous Communities (AC) to self-governance. Section 151 outlines the procedures for implementation of this right by laying down two major routes to regional autonomy ~ a fast track route for ‘historic regions’ that already have their Statutes of Autonomy; the …
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October 14, 2017 -
Catalonian conundrum~I
The television images beamed live across the world last week looked more like scenes from a film rather than real-life scenes being played out in the heart of a modern European city: Hundreds of thousands of furious citizens, their fists raised in anger, literally taking over Barcelona’s streets, riot police in frightening black gear and …
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October 13, 2017 -
Spain PM issues deadline to Catalan separatists
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given Catalonia’s separatist leader five days to say whether or not he has declared independence. If Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont confirms by Monday that he has, he will be given a further three days to withdraw the declaration. Failing that, Madrid will invoke Article 155 of the constitution allowing …
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October 12, 2017 -
Spain sets clock ticking on Catalan independence row
Spain today gave Catalonia’s separatist leader until next week to clarify whether he intends to push ahead with independence, warning that Madrid would take control of the region if it insisted on breaking away. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent Catalan secession following a banned referendum …
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October 12, 2017 -
Catalonia independence declaration from Spain on hold
Catalan leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain but suspended it to allow talks with the government in Madrid. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum. However, they say the move will not be implemented for several weeks to allow …
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October 11, 2017 -
Nearly 10 companies to relocate headquarters in Catalonia
About 10 companies have decided to relocate their legal headquarters from Catalonia to other places in Spain over fears of an unilateral declaration of independence, media reported on Saturday. After a referendum over independence was held last Sunday, several companies decided to move their headquarters away from this Spanish northeastern region, Xinhua news agency reported. Saturday …
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October 8, 2017