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Catalonia votes in election pivotal for independence campaign
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Catalonia votes in election pivotal for independence campaign

Catalans flocked to the polls on Thursday for an election that could strip pro-independence parties of absolute control of the…
Protesters flood Barcelona demanding release of separatist leaders
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Protesters flood Barcelona demanding release of separatist leaders

Hundreds of thousands of Catalan independence supporters clogged one of Barcelona’s main avenues on Saturday to demand the release of…
Spain’s control over Catalonia to be tested on Monday as work resumes
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Spain’s control over Catalonia to be tested on Monday as work resumes

Spain’s control over Catalonia will be tested on Monday when politicians and civil servants return to work amid uncertainty over…
Factbox: Catalonia crisis: What’s next?
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Factbox: Catalonia crisis: What’s next?

Spain on Friday sacked Catalonia’s regional government, dissolved the Catalan parliament and called a snap election in the region for…
Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity
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Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity

Hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain rallied in downtown Barcelona on Sunday, two days after…
Splintering Catalonia throws Spain into uncharted waters
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Splintering Catalonia throws Spain into uncharted waters

It’s a key day in the standoff between Spain and the Catalonia region. The Catalan president could defuse Spain’s deepest…
Did he or didn’t he? No clarity on Catalan independence bid
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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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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…
High security ahead of key Catalan parliamentary address
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High security ahead of key Catalan parliamentary address

Police are guarding public buildings and closing off a park surrounding the regional Catalan parliament in Barcelona where a declaration…
How Catalonia separatists pulled off vote despite crackdown
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How Catalonia separatists pulled off vote despite crackdown

The ballot boxes arrived from France under the cover of night, were stored in homes and improvised hiding places, and…
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