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Catalan leader seeks 'dialogue' with Spain after suspending independence d
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 11 (ANI): Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont has called for dialogue with Spain after suspending the formal declaration of the region's independence.
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EU President Tusk appeals Catalan leader not to declare independence
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 11 (ANI): European Union President Donald Tusk has made an emotive appeal to the Catalonia's pro-independence leader to step back from declaring independence, warning that it would lead to conflict with Spain and make dialogue impossible.
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Will take drastic steps on Catalonia: Spanish PM
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct. 8 (ANI): Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has insisted that his government will do everything in its power, including invoking Article 155 of the Constitution, to stop the Catalan Government declaring independence from the country.
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Catalans go on strike over referendum violent crackdown
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct. 3 (ANI): Catalans took to streets of Barcelona to condemn the violent crackdown by Spanish security forces during the weekend referendum on independence, in which 893 people were injured.
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Catalan President calls for international mediation over independence
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [U.K.], October 3 (ANI): The Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, has called for international mediation to resolve the region's growing crisis with the Spanish Government, saying Europe cannot continue to ignore the issue after around 900 people were injured during the police crackd
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Catalonia votes to split from Spain amid violent crackdowns
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 2 (ANI): The Catalan government claimed victory early Monday in a contested referendum on independence from Spain.
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337 injured during Catalan independence referendum vote
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct 1(ANI): As many as 337 people have been injured, some seriously, after Spanish police in riot gear cracked down on voters by firing rubber bullets and stormed polling stations to confiscate ballot boxes to halt the Catalonia independence referendum.
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Tensions run high as Catalonia prepares for disputed independence vote
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Catalonia [Spain], October 1 (ANI): Multitudes of supporters of Catalan independence maintained their standoff with the Spanish government on Saturday as they prepared to hold a fiercely disputed referendum.
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Shakira's sons steal the show at Gerard Pique's award ceremony i
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 30 (ANI): All eyes were on Shakira's sons Milan Pique and Sasha Pique at the recently held 'Gala of Catalan Football Stars' award ceremony, where their father Gerard Pique bagged an award.
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