Spain

  • Catalonia says polling stations ready for contested vote

    Catalonia says polling stations ready for contested vote

    Sep 30, 2017 01:45

    With two days left until an independence referendum in Catalonia opposed by Madrid, Catalan leaders said Friday they have over 2,000 polling stations ready despite a crackdown on their preparations for the vote.

  • Catalan FM calls on EU to stop Spain's crackdown

    Catalan FM calls on EU to stop Spain's crackdown

    Sep 28, 2017 10:54

    Catalonia's foreign affairs minister has appealed to the European Union to support the region's independence bid which Spain’s government is trying to stop.

  • Spain to deploy more police forces to prevent Catalan vote

    Spain to deploy more police forces to prevent Catalan vote

    Sep 27, 2017 10:20

    The Spanish government will deploy extra police forces at any polling stations that authorities in Catalonia manage to set up in Spain’s autonomous region to prevent people from voting in a banned independence referendum.

  • Hundreds protest amid Spain crackdown on Catalan vote

    Hundreds protest amid Spain crackdown on Catalan vote

    Sep 22, 2017 11:19

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

  • Scottish people, first minister back Catalonia vote

    Scottish people, first minister back Catalonia vote

    Sep 22, 2017 11:19

    People in Scotland have taken to the streets to show their support for Catalonia’s independence referendum due to be held in early October, hours after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon criticized the Spanish government for cracking down on the vote organizers.

  • Spain seizes millions of Catalan referendum ballots

    Spain seizes millions of Catalan referendum ballots

    Sep 20, 2017 12:01

    Spanish police on Wednesday seized "close to 10 million ballot papers" in Catalonia due to be used for an independence referendum banned by Madrid, the interior ministry said.

  • Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes

    Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes

    Sep 16, 2017 12:03

    Armed police in Spain have raided several print works and newspaper offices in Catalonia in recent days in a hunt for voting papers, ballot boxes and leaflets to be used in an Oct. 1 independence referendum which Madrid vehemently opposes.

  • Catalonia appeals for ‘dialog’ in letter to Madrid ahead of referendum

    Catalonia appeals for ‘dialog’ in letter to Madrid ahead of referendum

    Sep 16, 2017 03:55

    Leaders of Spain’s independence-seeking Catalonia region have called for “dialog” with the central government in an effort to fend off a political crisis over an upcoming referendum on separation from the mainland.

  • Spain passes measures to control Catalonia finances

    Spain passes measures to control Catalonia finances

    Sep 15, 2017 11:51

    The Spanish government on Friday passed measures to increase control over how Catalonia spends its money in an effort to stop the regional administration from using state cash to pay for an illegal independence referendum.

  • Spain threatens to nab Catalan separatist mayors

    Spain threatens to nab Catalan separatist mayors

    Sep 13, 2017 12:21

    Spain's state prosecutor on Wednesday ordered a criminal probe of Catalan mayors who cooperate with an October 1 independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid and threatened to arrest those who do not comply.