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Catalonia's leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens
Puigdemont had been expected to announce an election to head off moves by Madrid to take direct control of the autonomous region in the next few days.
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Catalan leader Puigdemont set to call regional election
A move that could help break a one-month deadlock between the Madrid government and separatists seeking a split from Spain.
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Catalan separatist leader turns down chance to talk to Spanish Senate
Earlier on Wednesday, aides had indicated that Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont would attend the session in Madrid.
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Catalan leader can't solve crisis by calling elections - Justice Minister
Madrid has said it will impose direct rule on Catalonia to counter an independence push that the constitutional court has declared illegal.
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Catalonia's leaders fight off direct rule from Madrid
It is the first time since Spain’s return to democracy that the central government has used its powers to seize control of a regional administration.
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Spain plans new elections in Catalonia to end independence bid - opposition
The Socialists said they would back special measures to impose central rule on the region to thwart the secessionist-minded Catalan govt.
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Spain asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
Thursday’s deadline is Carles Puigdemont’s last chance to abandon an independence declaration which he made and then immediately suspended on 10 October.
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Spaniards use national holiday to show unity amid Catalan crisis
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given Puigdemont eight days to drop his push for independence or face the suspension of its political autonomy.
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Catalonia baulks at formal independence declaration to allow talks
The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont’s declaration.
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[ALERT] Catalan leader opens dialogue with Spain over independence
Carles Puigdemont has condemned the actions of Spanish authorities to block last week's banned referendum.
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Catalan leader under pressure to drop independence bid
Three more Catalonia-based companies joined a business exodus from the region that has gathered steam since the 1 October referendum.
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Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favoured mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spain’s central government had rejected this.
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Spain's King condemns Catalan leaders as thousands take to streets
Late Tuesday Catalonia’s leader, Carles Puigdemont, told the BBC that the region will declare independence in a matter of days.
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Catalan Pique jeered by fans at Spain training session
Spanish media reported that police confiscated some of the banners, including one which described Pique as “sickening”.
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Catalan leader calls for international mediation in Madrid stand-off
Results showed voters had overwhelmingly backed independence in the referendum, which Spain has ruled illegal and which opponents of secession mostly boycotted.
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Catalan leader opens door to secession from Spain after vote
The results announced early on Monday were not a surprise, given that many unionists were not expected to turn out to vote.
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Catalans defy Spain, turn out for banned independence vote
The referendum, declared illegal by Spain’s central government, has thrown the country into its worst constitutional crisis in decades and raised fears of street violence.
