Spain's lower house on Tuesday rejected an amnesty bill due to differences on its scope between the ruling Socialists and a Catalan separatist party, in a blow for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that illustrates his parliamentary fragility.

In blow to Sanchez, Spanish MPs reject amnesty bill for Catalan separatists

Nine Catalan separatist leaders walked free from prison on Wednesday and vowed to win independence from Spain, in a foretaste of the challenges facing Madrid as it prepares for talks on the region's future.

Spain: Pardoned separatists leave jail demanding 'freedom for Catalonia'

Spain on Tuesday pardoned nine jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid as it aimed to break the deadlock over the political crisis in the wealthy northeastern region.

Spain pardons jailed Catalan separatists

Waving separatist flags and chanting "freedom for political prisoners" thousands of supporters of Catalan independence gathered in Barcelona for concerts and rallies on Saturday, while some protesters faced off with police, a day before Spain heads to the polls for a general election.

'Freedom for political prisoners,' Catalan separatists chant on election eve

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

Catalan crisis looms large over Spain's November election

Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a chaotic battleground.

Violence escalates in Barcelona after 500,000 separatists rally

Catalan separatists burned barricades and clashed with police in Barcelona on Thursday in the fourth night of violence triggered by Spain's jailing of nine of their leaders over a failed independence bid.

Catalan separatists, police clash in fresh violence

Spanish police arrested on Monday nine people linked to Catalonia's pro-independence movement who prosecutors said were plotting violent acts and had been charged with terrorism and possessing explosives.

Spain arrests nine Catalan separatists suspected of plotting violence

Catalan separatists were released from jail on Monday to obtain their formal certificates as elected MPs the day before the Spanish parliament is to open in Madrid.

Spain's Catalan separatists let out of jail for induction as MPs

Five jailed Catalan separatists were elected in Spanish elections on Sunday, as their parties made gains in snap polls won by the socialists and also marked by the emergence of the far-right.

Jailed Catalan separatists elected to parliament in Spain polls

Spaniards began voting in an uncertain snap general election Sunday marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics.

Voting begins in Spain election marked by far-right resurgence

Thousands of Catalan separatists took to the streets of the Spanish capital Saturday to denounce the prosecution of 12 of their leaders, on trial for their part in the failed 2017 independence bid.

Thousands of Catalan separatists march in Madrid

Thousands of Catalan separatist supporters protest in Madrid

Activists blocked roads and rail lines in Catalonia on Thursday while tens of thousands took to the streets during a region-wide strike against the trial of separatist leaders for their role in a failed 2017 secession attempt.

Road blocks, strike in Catalonia against separatists' trial

Catalan activist groups burned tyres and tried to block highways across northeast Spain on Thursday as part of a day of protests against the trial of 12 separatist political leaders for their part in a declaration of independence in 2017.

Catalonia protesters burn tires, block highways over separatist trial

Thousands rally in support of Catalan separatists

A dozen Catalan separatist leaders went on trial in Madrid on Tuesday over their roles in a failed independence bid that laid bare historical divisions and triggered Spain's biggest political crisis in decades.

Spain's divisions laid bare as Catalan separatists go on trial

Twelve Catalan secessionist leaders go on trial in Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday, charged for their role in a failed independence bid 16 months ago that deeply divided the country and triggered the biggest political crisis in decades.

Tensions high as Spain starts trial of Catalan separatists

The trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain that plunged the country into crisis starts on Tuesday under intense scrutiny and controversy.

Catalan separatists face long-awaited trial in Madrid

A dozen Spanish lawyers were preparing on Thursday for what looks set to be the court appearances of their lives as they hone the defence cases for Catalan separatist leaders who are facing serious charges after having held an illegal regional referendum and spearheaded a bid to secede unilaterally from the rest of Spain.

Meet the lawyers who will defend Catalan separatists in Spain's Supreme Court

A dozen Catalan separatists will go on trial on February 12 over their bid to make the region independent from Spain, the Supreme Court said Friday, naming former prime minister Mariano Rajoy among those called to testify.

Catalan separatists' trial set for February 12: Court

The court ruled that the six former lawmakers in Catalonia's regional parliament should be tried by a local tribunal.

Spanish Supreme Court rejects Catalan separatist trial

Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders awaiting trial in a Spanish jail over their role in last year's failed independence bid began a hunger strike on Saturday, their lawyer said.

Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders start hunger strike

Catalonia's separatist movement is split a year after the region's fruitless declaration of independence from Spain, with some pressing ahead on an idealist path to secession and others backing a pragmatic turn.

Catalan separatists torn asunder a year after independence bid

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