Catalan government opts for disobedience with referendum rally
Administration in Spanish northeastern region ignores the country’s Constitutional Court and launches campaign ahead of illegal independence referendum
Referendum Independence Catalonia
Catalonia to central government: No more spending reports
Ahead of planned illegal independence referendum, region vows to shake off supervision from Madrid. Finance Ministry responds to latest secessionist challenge with plan to take direct control of invoice payments
Juncker at State of the EU address: “Europe is not ruled by the law of the strong”
Spanish European deputies urge Commission to take action on Catalonia, but are themselves ideologically divided
55,000 Catalan citizens told to staff polling stations on referendum day
Taxpayers told they must perform their “civic duty,” but Madrid says participation in independence poll would be illegal
Catalan mayors who pledged to help with referendum are placed under investigation
While they face arrest, colleagues who refuse to help hold referendum get threats from separatists
Catalan independence referendum faces mounting irregularities
As yet, regional government has not guaranteed democratic safeguards such as voting booths and transparent ballot boxes
Spain’s Constitutional Court puts another Catalan referendum law on hold
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has told aides to remain cool in the face of one Spain’s biggest crises since the end of the Franco dictatorship
With referendum looming, thousands take to streets for Catalan National Day
Despite tense political climate ahead of illegal referendum, attendance at La Diada march down from previous years
Civil Guard searches newspaper in Catalonia over referendum links
Police follow up investigation into use of premises to prepare pro-independence campaign material
The silent majority opposed to independence in Catalonia
Doubters and opponents of referendum are faced with hordes of flag-waving separatists, who create a false sense of unanimity
Most Catalans consider referendum neither valid nor legal, says new poll
Mestroscopia survey for EL PAÍS shows that same percentage of respondents want the regional government to switch to a new negotiation strategy
Prosecutors take action against Catalan officials after referendum law passed
Constitutional Court also reminds mayors of their duty not to cede public space for October 1 vote
Spain’s PM to Catalan secessionists: “Stop walking toward the abyss”
Spanish government deploys raft of legal measures in bid to nullify independence referendum scheduled for October 1
The Catalan independence process runs aground
The authoritarian methods of the seccessionists disqualifies their project in the eyes of the world
Spanish parties vow to fight Catalan secessionists’ latest challenge
But authorities in region are already calling on international observers to come to planned independence referendum on October 1
Catalan parliament passes controversial referendum law in marathon session
Central government in Madrid responds by calling for Constitutional Court to appeal legislation, with legal action expected
The failure of Catalan nationalism
Castilian, Basque and Catalan nationalism have successively tried to impose their identities and exclude dissidents
Catalan separatists call for protests if poll is prevented
Junts pel Sí and the CUP parties plan to amend parliamentary agenda on Wednesday to approve voting law
Comparing Catalan independence to Kosovo makes no sense
Draft secession law in Spanish region makes unfounded comparison with former Yugoslav province
Catalan far left wants independence to “sweep away capitalism”
CUP party launches campaign in run-up to planned referendum on secession from Spain
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Radical youth group stages dramatic anti-tourism protest in Palma restaurant
Activists throw confetti in diners’ faces, claiming mass tourism is hurting the working classes
Angry business leaders slam Barcelona for slow response to attack on tourist bus
City officials accused of failing to act over vandalism by radicals against vehicle in the Catalan capital
Catalan parliament closes in on ‘fast-track’ independence process
But Madrid will now appeal to Constitutional Court over reform allowing single reading of bills
UN stonewalls attempt to give Catalan referendum global legitimacy
Organization refuses to register regional Diplocat agency as an international electoral observer
Support for independence on the wane, new Catalan survey shows
Backing for secession from Spain in northeastern region down three percentage points since March
Why is Catalonia the Spanish region pressing hardest for independence?
A promised referendum in October on the future of the ‘comunidad’ is deepening tensions with the central government in Madrid
New police chief: latest flashpoint in Catalan drive for secession
Spanish region engaged in political arm wrestle with Madrid over planned secession plebiscite
Spanish PM defends national security on visit to troops near Russian border
But Rajoy avoids all mention of conflict in Catalonia region over new pro-independence police chief
Catalan government fails to mobilize region’s expats in run-up to referendum
Of the 285,000 Catalans living abroad, just 5,000 have registered to vote in October 1 independence poll