Spain’s Sánchez apologises after ‘Wild West’ extradition boast

PM blames exhaustion for remarks on pursuit of exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont

Catalan regional leader calls for talks with Madrid following clashes

Barcelona sees bonfires, flammable bottles and tear gas on fifth night of unrest

More than 500,000 protest in Barcelona over jailing of politicians

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont briefly detained in Belgium

New vote on Catalan independence inevitable, says jailed leader

Oriol Junqueras says crisis ‘must be resolved via ballot boxes’ as protesters clash with police

Catalan independence: what’s the story and what happens next?

How the separatist movement has evolved and who’s who among its leadership

Protests as Catalan leaders get lengthy jail terms over independence bid

Traffic halted and rail services disrupted after sentences of up to 13 years handed down

Catalan independence cause divided as fiery autumn beckons

Riven factions urged to fill streets in ‘Diada’ celebrations despite political differences

Catalan leader rails against EU as Spain rules out referendum

Independence movement frustrated by lack of support in Europe and block on MEPs

Sinn Féin MEP raises plight of Catalans at first EU Parliament meeting

Matt Carthy highlights exclusion of pro-independence Catalonia MEPs from the sitting

Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem on parliament’s first day

British MEPs take seats in Strasbourg more than three months after UK was to leave EU

Spain’s Catalan trial ends, but tensions remain

Politically charged court case draws to a close after four months

Court backs former Catalan leader’s bid to run in EU election

Puigdemont hopeful MEP immunity will allow him to return from exile to Spain

Divided Spain goes to the polls

Catalan independence key issue in country’s third general election in less than four years

French senators denounce Spanish trial of Catalan leaders

Intervention a notable victory for independence movement in its quest for international support

Spain’s former leader defends Catalan policy in court

Former prime minister Rajoy a witness in rebellion case

Violence is main bone of contention in Catalan trial

Former prime minister Mariano Rajoy is due to take the stand as a witness next week

Catalan independence bid ‘not a crime’, secessionist tells court

Former vice-president Oriol Junqueras faces rebellion charge in high-profile Madrid trials

Tens of thousands rally against Madrid’s conciliatory stance on Catalonia

About 45,000 take to the streets of Spain’s capital ahead of trial of separatist leaders

Trial of Catalan ‘rebels’ fraught with political baggage

Twelve independence leaders to be tried by Spanish supreme court over events in 2017

Carles Puigdemont: ‘I may participate in the European elections’

Interview: Exiled Catalan leader speaks on the impending trial of separatists and Brexit

‘I’m in jail for fulfilling the mandate expressed by Catalan society’

Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion

Four Catalan politicians jailed in Spain go on hunger strike

Prisoners accuse Spanish court of blocking them from taking case to European Court of Human Rights

Spain’s judges back in spotlight after ‘lack of impartiality’ verdict

Several recent cases have dealt a blow to the credibility of the Spanish judiciary

Catalan independence leaders could face up to 25 years in jail

Spanish government accused of meddling in judicial process

Cracks start to show in Catalan independence movement

Fate of jailed and exiled politicians highlights rift between leading secessionist parties

Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad wins Nobel Peace Prize

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly awarded prize by Nobel committee

Catalans take to streets on anniversary of divisive vote

Spanish region’s president Quim Torra criticised for praising separatist ‘pressure’

‘This is not between Catalonia and Spain. It’s Catalans against Catalans’

Spanish region is split between unionists and separatists, a year on from independence vote

‘We’re doing this to show we’re a republic’

A year on from Catalan referendum, tensions still simmer over independence from Madrid

Former French PM seeks political redemption in Barcelona

Paris Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by Macron

Catalan leader demands independence referendum in defiant speech

Torra references Martin Luther King and calls on Catalans to take to the streets

Catalonia crisis: ‘Spain can go down a different road’

Spanish minister Meritxell Batet on her government’s detente with Catalan leaders

Spain drops extradition request for former Catalan leader

Spanish supreme court backtracks in Carles Puigdemont case following German ruling

Catalan ex-president cannot face rebellion charge, says German court

Carles Puigdemont could be extradited to face trial for misuse of public funds

Spain’s new foreign minister raises hackles in Catalonia

New PM Pedro Sánchez sets the Catalan crisis and gender parity in cabinet as his key goals

Pedro Sánchez ousts Rajoy to become Spain’s prime minister

Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’

Basques watch Catalan independence bid with caution

Marked surge in Spanish unionism unnerves nationalists in northern region

Spanish unionists concerned at new Catalan president’s intentions

Ciudadanos urges PM to act swiftly to curtail any fresh attempts at unilateral secession

Catalonia elects Quim Torra as new regional president

Catalan parliament votes in candidate handpicked by Puigdemont to end stalemate

Catalan pro-independence candidate could break deadlock

Unionists warn against ‘xenophobic’ Joaquim ‘Quim’ Torra as president

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