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Spanish vice president: 'There was no agreed referendum in Scotland'
Carmen Calvo claims "there is no possibility" to hold an independence vote either in Spain or in other "comparable democracies"
Spain's Foreign Minister sanctioned over shares sales
Josep Borrell had access to private information as Abengoa board member and recommended the sale of the shares to an individual close to him
Spanish government admits shortfall in infrastructure spending in Catalonia
Development minister pledges to remedy situation, while Catalan counterpart says he will be "demanding" in upcoming bilateral summit
Cs says government is 'sectarian,' makes coexistence impossible
Unionist party accuses Torra of "antidemocratically" controlling society while other parties say Cs is the one "boosting" confrontation
Puigdemont: ‘extraordinarily abnormal’ for Parliament to be ‘under rule’ of a Spanish judge
Former president accuses Pablo Llarena of “interfering" with pro-independence majority
Torra to Sánchez: 'Your grace period is over'
President appeals to "unity" among pro-independence forces following the parties losing their majority in parliament and refers back to "spirit" of October 1 referendum
PP urges Cs to trigger no confidence motion to bring down Catalan government
Casado sees "historic opportunity" to dethrone pro-independence executive after parties lost majority in chamber
Former Catalan officials in auditor's court over misuse of funds charges
Ex-president Mas and former ministers testify over allegations they used 5.2 million euros of public money to finance 2014 independence vote
Parliament calls on government to agree referendum with Madrid
Loss of pro-independence majority results in not condemning King of Spain as expected
Catalan government brings Brussels silence in ‘digital repression’ case to EU Ombudsman
Spain closed more than a hundred websites in the run-up to the independence referendum
Opposition on pro-independence parliament breakup: 'Disgraceful scene'
Socialists call on President Torra to choose between "disobedience and democracy"
Pro-independence parties lose majority in Parliament
Ruling alliance broken in the Bureau after ERC votes alongside Socialists to reject delegation of votes by Puigdemont and other suspended JxCat MPs
Puigdemont’s party won’t replace suspended MPs; allies warn of parliament ‘collapse’
Junts per Catalunya wants prosecuted MPs to vote through a delegate despite risk of losing majority
Parliament lawyers warn Puigdemont’s party: suspended MPs’ votes could be invalidated
Proxy vote petition from Junts per Catalunya "not consistent" with previous agreement by pro-independence parties
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