Spain pardons nine Catalan leaders and hails ‘new era of dialogue’
Government move denounced by far-right opposition as ‘coup d’état’
Government move denounced by far-right opposition as ‘coup d’état’
Tense confrontations turning into major challenge for Spanish authorities
Traffic halted and rail services disrupted after sentences of up to 13 years handed down
Strike causes widespread disruption in Madrid and Barcelona
This weekend will mark a fateful moment in Spain’s worst constitutional crisis since the attempted coup d’état in 1981
Carles Puigdemont insists independence vote was binding and ‘we have to apply it’
Protesters vent anger at Madrid as state police amass in region ahead of referendum
Madrid deploys series of measures widely seen as heavy-handed in Catalonia
Incident happened at restaurant in north-eastern Spanish town of Caldes de Malavella
An Irishman’s Diary on Catalonia’s aspirations
Conservative central government says plan lacks legality
Spanish unionists have been quick to draw parallels over planned referendum
National day marking Columbus’s voyage provides backdrop for row over separatism
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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