The Spanish National Police went to the Palace of Justice in Barcelona on Monday to take security duties. The President of the Catalan Supreme Court, Jesús Barrientos, has asked for the national agents.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Spain's unity pull through Barcelona on Sunday. They express their concern about the planned separation of the Catalan government.
Tens of thousands of Spaniards have demonstrated in various cities on Saturday for a concert about Catalonia. Under the motto 'We talk?' They came together for the towns of, among others, the Spanish capital Madrid and Barcelona, the capital of the Catalonia region that wants to set apart from Spain.
During the referendum in Spain on separation of Spain, 90.18 percent voted for and 7.83 percent against. The turnout was about 43 percent, which amounts to almost 2.3 million voters.
The parliament of Catalonia decides Wednesday whether a debate is being held about the independence of the region. Two Catalan parties for independence, the Junts Pel Si and the CUP, argue for a debate on Monday.
The cry of Catalan independence is on the doorstep. This can take place as soon as the official outcome of the referendum is clear. Premier Carles Puigdemont of Catalonia expects the results Friday or weekend.
The Spanish Supreme Court has called on the head of the Catalan police to testify about accusations of robbery. Josep Lluis Trapero may explain how the detention of high Catalan officials went on.
European parliamentarians have called for conflict control at the Madrid and Barcelona authorities after the controversial parliamentary debate on independence of Catalonia. 'I do not want to interfere with Spain's internal politics, but what happened in Catalonia on Sunday, I strongly agree,' replied Belg Guy Verhofstadt, chairman of the liberal Union Group. 'It's high time for the escalation.'
A Catalan student movement has called for a strike at all universities in the region next Thursday and Friday. With their action, the students want to express their support for the independence referee that Catalonia wants to keep.
With just one week to go before the referendum in Catalonia, both tension and confusion continue. The Spanish police have taken over the authority of the Catalan police- after all the public finances have fallen under control of Madrid.
Proponents of an independent Catalonia have once again gone up the street. Hundreds of demonstrations were held in hundreds of places in the Spanish region. Even in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, thousands of people even got up.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel warning for Catalonia. The Spaniards who travel to the autonomous province should be careful, the department says.
The premier of the Spanish region of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, complained during Wednesday that Spain had effectively lifted the autonomy of the Catalonia region. He said that the government in Madrid is totalitarian and is a shame for democracy.
There are demonstrations in various locations in Barcelona on Wednesday, after 14 people were arrested earlier on the suspicion of cooperation in the October 1 referendum. The government in Madrid sees it as illegal. There are also 22 searches, including at the Catalan 'ministries' of foreign and economic affairs.
The Spanish police arrested a senior civil servant in Catalonia on Wednesday morning for actions against the organization of a referendum on independence. Spanish media reported that the second man of the Catalan Ministry of Economic Affairs, Josep María Jové, was arrested on an invasion.
The Spanish king Felipe is present at the opening of the new stadium of Atlético Madrid. The ten-time national champion takes on the brand new Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday night against FC Málaga, which seats around 68,000 spectators.
Leading separatist politicians in Catalonia urged in a letter to King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on a dialogue on a solution to the Catalan issue.
Spain has understood the North Korean ambassador to completely reject the missile testing and nuclear program of the communist regime in Pyongyang. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has therefore decided to reduce the number of North Korean diplomats in Madrid. How many staff are dispatched, was not disclosed.
Google is going to help car drivers find a car park. The tech giant has rolled out a new version of Google Maps containing two new features.
Barcelona stands for a massive manifestation, under the motto: 'no tinc por', I'm not afraid.
A cousin of the brothers Moussa and Driss Oukabir, who is behind the terrorist attacks in Spain, has been arrested by the Moroccan intelligence services. Police sources reported to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that it is Nourine Oukabir.
The four survivors of the terrorist group committing attacks in Barcelona and in Cambrils will be headed in Madrid on Tuesday. The newspaper La Vanguardia reports that the four-month evening from Barcelona was transferred to the capital.
The most sought after terrorist in the world shot down on Monday night: Younes Abouyaaqoub. He was the main suspect of 'Barcelona'. What do we know now?
Village fellow in the Catalan Ripoll knew him as a fortified forties who never spoke and seemed temperate. To a house in a south-facing Alcanar, the air flew through a failed gas bottle bomb. The mysterious Moroccan imam Abdelbaki as-Satty could once be the brain behind the teenage brigade who performed the attacks in Spain.
Airlines Air France and Iberia delete flights to Venezuela in the coming days. Sunday inconveniences are expected because of the election to elect a 'constitutional assembly'.
The Spanish police rolled up an international drug gang that worked from Barcelona and sold and sent Dutch xtc worldwide. Among the four detainees in Barcelona is a Dutchman who brought xtc pills from the Netherlands to Barcelona. Three other arrests have been made in Costa Rica and Colombia, Spanish media reported Thursday.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy stressed Wednesday in a court hearing not to know anything about tampering with money by party mates. Rajoy has witnessed a trial on large-scale corruption and fraud in the regions of Madrid and Valencia, where members of his People's Party (PP) would have been involved. The PP campaign box would have benefited from the creation of malversations.
In Figueres in northeastern Spain, Thursday evening preparations have been made to dig up the physical surplus of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). The samples must be taken for DNA testing. A 61-year-old woman, María Pilar Abel, wants to prove that she is a daughter of the legendary surrealist artist.
The former boss of the great Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid, Miguel Blesa, has robbed himself of life. This was evident from the conviction, the administration of the Andalusian region reported Thursday.
The Spanish police found three of the five paintings of Irish-British painter Francis Bacon, stolen in 2015. The sheets worth about 25 million euros together disappeared from the house in Madrid of a friend and heir to Bacon (1909-1992).
