Carles Puigdemont said his government will 'act at the end of this week or the beginning of next' to declare independence

Catalan President vows region will declare independence within days

Carles Puigdemont also called for international mediation

Catalan President says independence vote is valid, has to be applied

Spanish police in riot gear seized ballot boxes and surrounded activist-held polling stations

Spain: Police move in as Catalonians begin to vote in independence referendum

Hundreds of people formed pre-dawn queues at polling stations

Spain: Catalonians gather for independence referendum

The state is determined to block the vote, which it calls illegal

Spain on tenterhooks ahead of Catalan independence referendum

The Catalan president said the action meant Madrid had effectively taken over his administration

Spanish police raid Catalan government to halt independence referendum

Cristiano Ronaldo will have to serve his five-match ban for pushing a referee after the Spanish sports court (TAD) rejected Real Madrid's appeal against the length of the suspension

From injustice to injustice: Ronaldo blasts Spanish football federation over suspension

The four, the only ones still alive among the 12 men thought to constitute the group, were brought from Barcelona to Madrid and arrived at the High Court, which deals with terrorism cases, in a convoy of police vehicles with sirens wailing

Four suspected Barcelona attack plotters appear in court

Police announced the identification on Twitter but did not give the driver's name

Driver of Barcelona attack van identified, say police

Indian PM Modi met Spain's PM, Mariano Rajoy, in Madrid to discuss a broad partnership in several domains

India-Spain strengthen bilateral ties, sign seven crucial agreements as MOU

The operation was conducted by Spain's National Police in conjunction with Moroccan counter-terror units

Spanish police arrest 3 suspected extremists, all with links to IS

ETA has waged a bloody campaign for independence from Spain for over half a century

Basque militant separatists ETA say they have disarmed: BBC

On Friday, about 500 migrants crossed the same fenced border, often used as an entry point into Europe for African migrants

Over 300 African migrants cross into Spain in second wave in 3 days

The protest comes after Spain pledged to take in some 16,000 asylum seekers from other EU countries under a quota system agreed in 2015

160,000 march in pro-refugee protest in Barcelona

Three people were arrested in Spain and two in Hungary, with suspected links to Islamic State terrorists

Spain, Hungary arrest suspected Islamic State terrorists

Barca received an injury boost on Friday when captain Andres Iniesta was cleared to make his return after six weeks out with a knee injury.

Desperate Barca primed to end Madrid's unbeaten streak

The economic crisis, widespread job loss and the soaring costs of energy have all conspired to put millions in Spain into energy poverty

Light, water, heat a luxury in Spain

Serbia's Aleksander Mitrovic scored late in the match to push Wales down to third in the group

FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Spain, Italy win big, Wales held

Schools believe that far from danger, kids as young as six thrive going to school without adults

In Spanish city,  parents give their children space to be independent

The court said the sport was part of Spain's heritage

Spain top court cancels bullfighting ban in Catalonia

The world's largest food fight at its best

Video: La Tomatina Festival 2016

13th-ranked David Ferrer and Marc Lopez won their respective singles matches ensuring Spain's re-entry to the elite group

Davis Cup: Spain whitewash India 5-0 in world group play-offs

The mass rally took place to project their readiness in forming a new state in 2017

Catalans march on streets to demand break from Spain

Authorities said that gasoline cans had been found and that there were 'three or four' separate outbreaks of fire

Spanish authorities blame arsonists for wildfires

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