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Catalan separatist parties are on track to win most seats in the new regional parliament, setting the stage for more confrontation with Spain's government. However the Citizens party, which wants Catalonia to remain a semi-autonomous…

Reuters-A Spanish judge on Thursday (November 9) freed on bail the Catalan parliament's speaker and four lawmakers while authorities continue to investigate their leading roles in Catalonia's banned independence drive. The Supreme…

El cesado presidente catalán Carles Puigdemont abogó el sábado por una lista unitaria de independentistas de cara a las elecciones regionales en Cataluña el próximo 21 de diciembre. Irán desplegó el sábado su poderío armado mostrando…

By Raquel Castillo and Julien Toyer-MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish courts are likely to issue a European arrest warrant for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, now in Belgium, after he failed to appear at a hearing on Thursday, Spain's…

By Clement Rossignol and Lucasta Bath TIELT, Belgium (Reuters) - Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont's Belgian lawyer pledged on Tuesday to fight a Spanish state which he said had abused courts for political ends but which he had…

TIELT, Belgium (Reuters) - Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan leader, will give a news conference at 12:30 p.m. (1130 GMT) on Tuesday in Brussels, the Belgian lawyer acting for him told Reuters. Paul Bekaert, speaking at his law…

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - State-owned lender Bankia <BKIA.MC>, among the Spanish banks least exposed to Catalonia, reported a 10 percent fall in third-quarter net profit on Monday but showed progress in shrinking its bad…

A newly wed couple walk past the Generalitat Palace, the Catalan regional government headquarter in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Es war eine der größten Kundgebungen für die Einheit des Landes seit Beginn des Streits. In der katalanischen Hauptstadt Barcelona haben am Sonntag Hunderttausende Menschen für die Verbleib der autonomen Region bei Spanien…

A worker waters the flowers outside the Generalitat Palace, the Catalan regional government headquarter in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

By Paul Day and Sonya Dowsett MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Political parties opposing a split by Catalonia from Spain had a small lead in an opinion poll published on Sunday, the first since Madrid called a regional election to try to…

VIDEO SHOWS: TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCHING IN BARCELONA IN PRO-UNITY DEMONSTRATION SHOWS: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 29, 2017) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS TOP VIEWS OF THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR UNITY DEMO 2. PEOPLE AT DEMO WITH…