https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Catalonia's sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Monday denounced Spain as an undemocratic country that "unjustly" jailed his colleagues, his first reaction since he was freed on bail in Belgium. https://www.thelocal.es/20171106/sacked-catalan-president-accuses-spain-of-being-undemocratic Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:16:04 +0100 sacked-catalan-president-accuses-spain-of-being-undemocratic Catalan lawmakers voted on Friday to declare independence from Spain but Madrid moved swiftly to quash the breakaway bid in a sharp escalation of a crisis causing jitters in secession-wary Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20171027/catalonia-declares-independence-but-spains-allies-back-madrid Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:11:14 +0200 catalonia-declares-independence-but-spains-allies-back-madrid Tensions are high in Catalonia after regional president Carles Puigdemont called a press conference in which he was expected to announce fresh elections, only to delay it by an hour, then suspend it. https://www.thelocal.es/20171026/confusion-as-catalan-president-calls-press-conference-delays-then-suspends-it Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:30:45 +0200 confusion-as-catalan-president-calls-press-conference-delays-then-suspends-it Catalonia's lawmakers meet in Barcelona on Thursday for a session many fear will lead to a unilateral declaration of independence by the region facing a takeover from Madrid for its secessionist push by the week's end. https://www.thelocal.es/20171026/final-deadline-looms-in-spain-catalonia-standoff Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:16:07 +0200 final-deadline-looms-in-spain-catalonia-standoff Pro-independence activists prepared to take to the streets of Catalonia on Wednesday as cracks appeared between separatist regional leaders over how best to avoid an impending power takeover by Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/cracks-appear-in-catalan-independence-camp-as-madrid-takeover-looms Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:43:44 +0200 cracks-appear-in-catalan-independence-camp-as-madrid-takeover-looms With only days to go until Spain's Senate votes on the application of article 155 measures that would remove Catalonia's devolved government, the region's president still has everyone guessing over what his big move will be. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/independence-declaration-elections-or-both-where-the-catalonia-crisis-could-go-next Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:14:33 +0200 independence-declaration-elections-or-both-where-the-catalonia-crisis-could-go-next Catalonia's parliament has set a date for a key session in which it will debate and decide its response to Spanish government moves to intervene in autonomy and dissolve the regional authority. https://www.thelocal.es/20171023/catalan-parliament-to-decide-next-steps-before-madrid-votes-on-dismissing-puigdemont Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:31:16 +0200 catalan-parliament-to-decide-next-steps-before-madrid-votes-on-dismissing-puigdemont Catalan parties are due to meet on Monday to discuss their next steps at the start of a week that will see Spain dismiss the region's government to stave off its threat to break away from the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20171023/catalan-parties-to-announce-response-to-madrid-moves Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:15:32 +0200 catalan-parties-to-announce-response-to-madrid-moves Catalan separatists flocked to withdraw cash on Friday in protest at the central government and at banks that have moved their headquarters out of the Spanish region over its independence crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20171020/catalan-separatists-make-mass-cash-withdrawals-in-protest Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:32:07 +0200 catalan-separatists-make-mass-cash-withdrawals-in-protest Spain's governing party signalled on Friday that Catalonia's separatists still have time to abandon their independence bid before Madrid suspends the region's autonomy in a move that would escalate the crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20171020/catalan-separatists-still-have-time-to-change-course-pp Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:27:16 +0200 catalan-separatists-still-have-time-to-change-course-pp Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Catalan crisis was Spain's internal affair but slammed what he called Western double standards over separatist movements. https://www.thelocal.es/20171020/putin-slams-western-double-standards-over-catalonia Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:00:23 +0200 putin-slams-western-double-standards-over-catalonia Spain will seek to suspend Catalonia's autonomy unless the region's leader abandons his push for independence, the country's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, 24 hours before Madrid's deadline. https://www.thelocal.es/20171018/spain-threatens-to-suspend-catalonias-autonomy-unless-puigdemont-backs-down Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:47:53 +0200 spain-threatens-to-suspend-catalonias-autonomy-unless-puigdemont-backs-down Despite being formally asked by the Spanish government for clarification, little has changed since Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont made a "suspended" declaration of independence on October 10th. With the clock ticking on the Spanish response, The Local asked political scientists for their analysis of where the situation is heading. https://www.thelocal.es/20171018/right-now-were-seeing-a-blame-game-analysts-on-where-the-catalonia-stalemate-is-heading Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:27:27 +0200 right-now-were-seeing-a-blame-game-analysts-on-where-the-catalonia-stalemate-is-heading