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Mariano Rajoy ousted as Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez takes over
Sanchez won Friday’s no-confidence motion with 180 votes in favour, 169 against and 1 abstention.
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Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU
At jubilant pro-independence rallies around Barcelona, supporters chanted “President Puigdemont” and unfurled giant red-and-yellow Catalan flags as the results came in.
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Spanish PM urges Catalans to turn out in force in December election
In his first visit to Barcelona since Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia, PM Mariano Rajoy said the election would safeguard the economy.
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Spanish Supreme Court frees Catalan parliament speaker on bail
Speaker Carme Forcadell will be transferred to the Alcala Meco prison outside Madrid and kept there until she pays 150,000-euro bail, court sources said.
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Catalan secessionist parties fail to agree on unity ticket for December vote
Pro-independence groups have called for a general strike in the restive region on Wednesday.
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Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont freed with conditions in Belgium
Last week, Puigdemont said he would go back to Spain only if given unspecified guarantees by the Spanish government.
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Ousted Catalan leader agrees to election, summoned to Madrid court
Under Spain’s legal system, a judge will then decide whether Puigdemont should go to jail pending a comprehensive investigation and potential trial.
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Spanish prosecutor accuses sacked Catalan leader of rebellion
The 1 October vote in the prosperous region with its own language and culture has triggered Spain’s biggest crisis in decades.
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Hundreds of thousands march for unified Spain, poll shows depths of division
The poll of 1,000 people by Sigma Dos for newspaper El Mundo showed unionist parties winning 43.4% support and pro-independence parties 42.5%.
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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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Spain urges Catalonia secessionists to obey Madrid
The regional parliament’s speaker, Carme Forcadell, said she would not accept Madrid’s move and accused Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of staging a “coup”.
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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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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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Spain gives Catalan leader eight days to drop independence
Rajoy would probably call a snap regional election after activating Article 155 of the constitution that would allow him to sack the Catalan regional government.
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Spain moves towards activating 'nuclear option' on Catalonia crisis
This formal requirement is needed to trigger the article 155 though the Constitution does not establish any specific time frame for the answer.
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Spanish leaders hail Scots for rejecting independence
The Catalan govt is expected to give the green light to a law enabling a vote on independence.
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Spain's King Juan Carlos abdicates
After almost 40 years on the throne, he will be succeeded by his son Prince Felipe.
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Driver of derailed Spanish train charged
The magistrate formally charged Garzon with 79 counts of homicide and numerous offences of bodily harm.
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Driver of Spanish 'killer' train to be questioned
A judge in Santiago de Compostela was assigned to investigate the accident.
