by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
MADRID (Reuters) – The mounting political crisis in Spain over Catalonia’s campaign for independence intensified on Saturday with a new row over the control of the local police force as the regional government pressed ahead with plans to hold an illegal vote...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
By JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The grassroots groups driving Catalonia’s separatist movement defied Spanish authorities on Sunday by distributing one million ballots for an Oct. 1 independence vote that the central government in...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
MADRID (AP) — Barring an unexpected development, Spanish and Catalan authorities are headed for a head-on clash Sunday, when the regional government vows to stage a binding referendum on separating from Spain. The Spanish government insists the referendum is illegal...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Spain’s plan to send boatloads of military police to Catalonia to prevent its independence referendum has backfired with dockers in two ports staging a boycott and a third refusing access. The Express writes Police boats Blocked by Catalan ports as unrest threatens to...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Spain found itself on the verge of a full-blown sovereign crisis on Saturday, after the “rebel region” of Catalonia rejected giving more control to the central government in defiance of authorities in Madrid who are trying to suppress an independence...