Opposition party calls on Catalan president to step down
PP party head in Catalonia accuses Quim Torra of inciting radical protesters, while Cs party presents motion to reimpose direct rule
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Parliament votes to substitute MPs but rejects their suspension
Puigdemont and other politicians accused of rebellion to be substituted by party colleagues
Catalan MEPs demand release of 'political prisoners' in letter to colleagues
Pro-independence representatives urge Madrid to "allow the return of exiled politicians and to start a negotiation" with the Catalan government
Catalan parliament to reject suspension of pro-independence MPs
Puigdemont and other politicians accused of rebellion will be substituted by party colleagues
PP and Cs urge Sánchez to suspend Catalonia's self-rule again
Opposition parties in Spain accuse Catalan president of leading "separatist cells" and promoting "violence"
Catalan government delegate asks EU for 'collaboration'
Meritxell Serret asks institutions in Brussels to help find a "democratic way out of the Catalan conflict"
Opposition slams 'intolerable' referendum protests
Ciutadans party head accuses president Torra of encouraging acts of civil disobedience, but Barcelona mayor said last October's "repression" is "unacceptable"
'The people who hit us will have to lower their eyes,' says Puigdemont
The Catalan president during the referendum one year ago calls for "a free republic without fear"
Spanish government says referendum anniversary 'nothing to celebrate'
Spokeswoman Isabel Celaá says October 1 is a "sad" day and vote exposed "rift" in Catalan society
Torra: 'We shouldn't be afraid of being free'
President says trial against pro-independence leaders is "trial against the whole Catalan people"
Several protests including road and railway cuts in referendum anniversary
AVE train line in Girona and some streets in Barcelona center blocked from early morning
October 1, one year on - the day Catalonia changed
Two million people voted 'yes' in a referendum marked by police violence
Government wasn't prepared to implement referendum result in a 'repression scenario', says exiled minister
Toni Comín explains that on October 1 it became clear that "Spain didn't care about its international reputation" and was prepared to "violate civil rights"
Far-left CUP urges Home Affairs minister to 'resign immediately'
Catalan police use force to keep pro-independence protesters away from Spanish officers' march
Jailed pro-independence leader to stand as candidate in European election
"I want to defend my political rights and the rights of all those suffering repression," former vice-president Oriol Junqueras says from prison
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