Mariano Rajoy

Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat
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Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat

Catalonia’s leader on Thursday threatened to explicitly declare independence if no talks with the central government were offered. Spain then…
Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
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Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, as a government deadline…
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…
Spain celebrates national day amid Catalan secession crisis
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Spain celebrates national day amid Catalan secession crisis

Army troops and police are to march Thursday in Madrid as Spain’s celebrates its national day, amid one of the…
Spanish Cabinet meets on Catalonia; Rajoy to address parl’t
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Spanish Cabinet meets on Catalonia; Rajoy to address parl’t

The Spanish Cabinet met in Madrid Wednesday to work out its response to an announcement from the head of the…
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…
Catalonia to declare independence from Spain as soon as weekend: leader
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Catalonia to declare independence from Spain as soon as weekend: leader

Catalonia will move as soon as this weekend to declare independence from Spain, the region’s leader said, moving the European…
Metro, roads disrupted in Catalonia pro-independence protest
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Metro, roads disrupted in Catalonia pro-independence protest

Metro stations were closed in Barcelona, pickets blocked roads and state workers walked out on Tuesday in protests across Catalonia…
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