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Spain’s PM hopes intervention in Catalonia will be brief
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Spain’s PM hopes intervention in Catalonia will be brief

Spain’s prime minister says the government’s plans to take unprecedented control of Catalonia’s key affairs and halt that region’s push…
Italy ready to discuss calls for greater autonomy: Gentiloni
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Italy ready to discuss calls for greater autonomy: Gentiloni

The Italian government is ready to open negotiations with Lombardy and Veneto after the two wealthy regions voted overwhelmingly for…
Catalan leader can’t solve crisis by calling elections: Justice Minister
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Catalan leader can’t solve crisis by calling elections: Justice Minister

Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain’s Justice Minister said…
Pro-independence Catalan party calls for civil disobedience
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Pro-independence Catalan party calls for civil disobedience

A far-left pro-independence party in Catalonia is calling for “mass civil disobedience” in the region following the Spanish government’s unprecedented…
Spain to dismiss Catalonia’s government, call elections
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Spain to dismiss Catalonia’s government, call elections

Spain said Saturday it will move to dismiss Catalonia’s separatist government and call fresh elections in the region in a…
Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies
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Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies

Spain’s government kicked off a crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday as it prepares to seize powers from Catalonia’s separatist executive…
Spain plans to force Catalonia into January elections: opposition
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Spain plans to force Catalonia into January elections: opposition

The Spanish government has secured opposition support to dissolve Catalonia’s parliament and hold new elections there in January in an…
Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat
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Spain calls Cabinet meeting after Catalan leader’s threat

Catalonia’s leader on Thursday threatened to explicitly declare independence if no talks with the central government were offered. Spain then…
Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’
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Spanish PM asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, as a government deadline…
Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister
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Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister

The detention of Catalan activists on Monday, the first imprisonment of senior secessionist figures since the region’s Oct. 1 banned…
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