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

The Senate, where Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party holds a majority, is scheduled to vote on steps to depose Catalonia's secessionist government before the week is out, after the region held an unlawful independence referendum on October 1.

Spain poised to roll back Catalonia's regional autonomy

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed?to 'restore legality' in Catalonia after the regional parliament declared independence

Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain

Barcelona-based La Vanguardia said Puigdemont had taken the decision in a bid to convince the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy not to enforce the direct rule in the region

Catalan head Puigdemont set to call regional election: Media

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Over the past month, social media networks have been flooded with memes poking fun at the main players in Spain's biggest political crisis since returning to democracy following the death of dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975

Spain finds humour in Catalan crisis

Voters in the Veneto region that includes Venice and Lombardy, home to Milan, turned out at the high end of expectations to support the principle of more powers being devolved from Rome in votes that took place against the backdrop of the crisis created by Catalonia's push for independence

Italy regions back 'big bang' autonomy

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said his government had no choice after Catalonia's separatist government acted in a way that was 'unilateral, contrary to the law and seeking confrontation'

Spain to suspend Catalonia government, call elections

Should direct rule be imposed, it will be the first time in four decades of democracy that Madrid has invoked the constitutional right to take control of a region and rule it directly from Madrid

Spanish government meets to impose direct rule on Catalonia

Catalonia currently enjoys a wide degree of autonomy, including control over its policing, education, and healthcare

Spain expected to take back powers from Catalonia

Spain's central government said it would impose direct rule after the region's leader threatened to go ahead with a formal declaration of independence if Madrid refused to hold talks

Spain to suspend Catalonia's autonomy in response to independence threat

Madrid has threatened to put Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of Spain?s economy, under direct central rule if its regional government does not abandon independence by Thursday.

Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally

Fifteen separate wildfires which posed a risk to built-up areas were raging across the region of Galicia, the head of the regional government, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, said

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Saenz de Santamaria said, "Mr Puigdemont still has the opportunity to start resolving this situation, he?must?answer 'yes' or 'no' to the declaration (of?independence)"

Catalan leader must drop independence by Thursday: Spain Deputy PM

Carles Puigdemont told the central government he wanted to 'suspend' initiating steps towards independence for two months to start talks with Madrid

Catalan leader seeks two-month reprieve for talks with Spain

Puigdemont made a symbolic declaration of?independence?on Tuesday night, only to suspend it seconds later and call for negotiations with?Madrid

Catalan leader Puigdemont under pressure to declare full independence

Madrid warns the region that it will take control if it insists on breaking away

Clarify intentions by next week, Spain tells Catalan President

The European Union should intervene to resolve standoff on Catalonia issue

Crisis in Catalonia: what the EU must do now

The fraught situation became even more confused on Tuesday night when?Catalan?leader Carles Puigdemont made a symbolic declaration of?independence?from?Spain?but then immediately suspended it to allow for talks with the Madrid government

Spain plans response to Catalan independence move

The skills needed to win independence are not those required to rebuild and run a successful state.

Catalonia: Secessionist movements rarely succeed

An investigating judge summoned Josep Lluis Trapero along with three other suspects, a move that escalated tensions between the regional and national governments

Catalan police chief accused of sedition, appears in court

'It would be good to start mending this fracture... through regional elections,' government spokesman Ignacio Mendez de Vigo told a news conference

Spain urges Catalan election to settle independence crisis

The deputy PM termed President Puigdemont's statement as "embarrassing"

Puigdemont detached from reality: Spanish deputy PM

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