Offended words
To talk about the police’s “torture methods” on October 1 in Barcelona is an affront to all the people in the world who have suffered and continue to endure real torture
Referendum Independence Catalonia
It’s up to all of us
The Catalan crisis should serve to make Spain improve its highly-respected democracy
Madrid to remove all Catalan officials who refuse to comply with the law
Regional premier Carles Puigdemont faces choice of declaring independence or calling a snap election before losing control
The democratic state responds
The Spanish government has taken action to restore constitutional law in the region of Catalonia
How the Spanish PM plans to apply emergency rule in Catalonia
Measures up for Senate approval include dismissal of regional premier and calling of elections within six months
Spanish PM announces emergency measures for Catalonia
Mariano Rajoy says that he will call elections in Catalonia “as soon as institutional normality” returns. Regional premier Carles Puigdemont will be removed from his position
Spain and Catalonia: a brake on growth
Economic action plans are required in case the secessionist crisis carries over to 2018
Wall Street jittery over political tension in Catalonia
“Intensity and duration” of the current crisis will be key to determining impact on markets, players warn
Catalonia: The gravity of the situation
The pro-independence movement has waged a war to destroy not only Spain but also the free press
Cabinet to meet on Saturday to activate Article 155 in Catalonia
Regional premier Carles Puigdemont has threatened to “vote on the formal independence declaration that was not voted on October 10”
Madrid improvises foreign strategy in fight against Catalan propaganda
The Foreign Ministry has sent six statements to Spain’s ambassadors since September
Catalonia, in a black hole
The Catalan crisis has seen the rule of law and democracy cornered in Spain, leaving the central government in turmoil
As it happened | Crisis in Catalonia
Catch up on our live blog of events from Thursday in the northeastern region and across the rest of Spain
Catalan premier threatens formal vote on independence in letter to Spanish PM
In reply to Rajoy, Puigedemont states that Madrid “persists in preventing dialogue and continuing repression”
The future of Catalonia: Article 155, early elections, or outright independence?
Puigdemont has the endorsement of PDeCAT, ERC and CUP to declare independence if Article 155 is invoked
‘Most honorable premier’
If Puigdemont confirms the declaration of independence, Catalonia would have the right to be heard in the Senate
How and why capital fled Catalonia
The global repercussion of the Catalan crisis has alarmed international firms, pushing them to move their legal headquarters
The “Jordis” are not political prisoners – here’s why
The leaders of ANC and Òmnium Cultural were not taken into custody for their ideas but for alleged sedition, a felony included in the Criminal Code of an advanced democracy
Where are we headed?
The Spanish government needs to explain to people how it plans to tackle the Catalan challenge
Imprisonment of Catalan independence leaders gives movement new momentum
Thousands march against decision to jail the heads of ANC and Òmnium as part of a sedition probe
Catalan security chiefs to be replaced if Article 155 activated
Interior Ministry could find substitutes for regional interior department, police force and Civil Protection agencies should central government suspend Catalonia’s autonomy
Two Catalan independence leaders taken into custody in sedition probe
Heads of major pro-secession groups ANC and Òmnium under investigation over events of September 20, when a police raid was hindered by street protests
Why Spain is right to defend its democracy in face of Catalonia crisis
The Spanish Constitution cannot be torn up by the illegal and seditious acts of a tiny minority, Dublin-based lawyer Isabel Foley argues
Catalonia: The countdown to Article 155
The regional premier has been given more time this week to avoid the central government’s response to the secessionist challenge
As it happened: Catalonia independence declaration
Catch up on our live blog of events from Monday, which saw the government reject Catalan premier’s response to request, and Mossos chief escape prison without bail
In Francoland
Both Europe and America love what they see as Spain’s quaint backwardness so much that they feel insulted if we explain to them how much we have changed
Puigdemont’s far-left partner tells him to proclaim a Catalan republic
CUP writes letter to the regional premier saying he must lift the suspension on Tuesday’s declaration of independence
Rajoy: “To vote against democracy or outside of it is not democracy”
Spanish PM addressed Congress on Wednesday to discuss the next steps following the Catalan declaration of independence, which is currently on hold after being suspended on Tuesday
On the edge of the abyss
A unilateral declaration of independence would open the door to a dire crisis in Catalonia
Independence declaration in Catalonia – now what?
The justice system had declared the referendum illegal, and the declaration has no validity