WION Morning News Brief, March 26, 2018

German Police, acting on an international arrest warrant issued by Spain on Sunday detained the former Catalan secessionist leader in Germany

Former Catalan leader Puigdemont detained in Germany

The Football Association on Friday charged Guardiola, saying the symbol sported by the former Barcelona boss on his jacket broke its rules

Pep Guardiola defends wearing Catalan support ribbon

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The defender and the club agreed to extend Pique's contract until 2022

Gerard Pique extends contract until 2022

Supporters of Carles Puigdemont, who faces arrest for charges including sedition and rebellion if he returns to Spain, have suggested he could rule via video link -- earning him the sobriquet 'the hologram president' from detractors

No reason why I can't rule Catalonia remotely, former leader says

The central government in Madrid has already warned it will keep direct control over Catalonia

Talks underway in Catalonia to pick regional leader

The contract Messi signed last November includes a clause that he must remain a Barcelona player only as long as the club is playing in 'a top-level European league'

Barcelona's Messi to become 'free agent', if Catalonia exit Spain

Analysts predict stormy weeks ahead as efforts begin to form a government

Catalan elections: Analysts predict government formation won't be easy for Puigdemont

The elections which had seen a record 99.6 per cent turnout was being seen as a virtual referendum on Catalonia's future within Spain

Puigdemont celebrates as Catalan separatists win election

Thursday's regional election pits leaders of the wealthy northeastern region's separatist movement against candidates who want to stay part of a unified Spain.

Campaigns go silent ahead of knife-edge Catalan vote

In Catalonia, emotional arguments dating back to the Franco dictatorship combined with economic issues to fuel calls for independence

Brexit, Catalonia test EU resolve against nationalism

Catalonia`s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont Saturday launched his campaign for regional elections by calling on Catalans to make known their desire for independence

Polls must 'ratify' Catalonia's desire for independence: Puigdemont

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will?on Sunday?visit Catalonia for the first time since Madrid imposed direct rule on the region, a day after hundreds of thousands of Catalans marched to demand the release of jailed regional officials.

Rajoy in Barcelona for first Catalonia visit since direct rule

Last week, the Spanish government had seized control of Catalonia, sacking its police chief after the Catalan regional parliament's independence declaration

Catalan parliament's independence declaration unconstitutional and void: Spanish court

Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers were released with conditions in Belgium on Sunday

Sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont freed on bail in Belgium

A Spanish judge issued an EU arrest warrant for Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region's tumultuous independence drive

Spanish judge issues arrest warrant for Catalan leader Puigdemont

The ministers have been detained pending a potential trial for alleged sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds

Spanish judge jails 8 ex-Catalan ministers, fresh protests erupt

Sardar Patel's political strategies were the reasons behind India's unification after independence from colonial rule

Spain needs a leader like Sardar Patel to tackle Catalan crisis

Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont sought legal advice in Belgium on Monday where he spoke to a lawyer who has worked on asylum cases, as prosecutors in Spain demanded he be charged with rebellion.

Accused of rebellion Catalon leader 'flees to Belgium'

The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way, its intransigent, hardline approach is inflaming tensions to no end

Catalonia: Spain's hard line is no way to handle a secession crisis

Spain's direct rule over Catalonia took hold on Monday as state employees turned up for work despite calls for disobedience, and pro-independence parties said they would contest an election, implicitly accepting the regional government had been sacked

Spain's direct rule takes hold in Catalonia as secessionists accept elections

Madrid sacked the region's police chief on Friday

Spain moves to take control of Catalonia

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said a new regional election will be held in Catalonia on December 21

Spain sacks Catalan government after region declares independence

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