Spain

Catalonia: 90% vote ‘yes’ to become an independent state

Oct 02, 2017 04:15

Catalonia's regional government has announced that 90 percent of those who participated in an independence referendum banned by Spain’s central government choose to be separated from the country.
Pro-independence Catalans hold large rally ahead of referendum

Sep 30, 2017 08:04

Tens of thousands of secessionist Catalans have taken to the streets in Barcelona to promote the ‘Yes’ campaign in their final rally ahead of the controversial referendum on independence from mainland Spain.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.