Torra and Sánchez make first phone call
Speaking on the phone, both presidents lay ground to meet "very soon"
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Spanish government rules out debate on self-determination
Spokeswoman also says that matter of imprisoned Catalan leaders is up to judge overseeing case
President offers dialogue ‘without conditions’ to Arrimadas
Leader of Ciutadans previously refused to meet with Torra due to yellow ribbon hanging from government HQ
Dialogue with Catalonia ‘urgent’ says Spanish government
Catalan crisis one of its main "obligations and concerns"
Catalan and Spanish presidents should meet 'immediately,' says Puigdemont
In radio interview, deposed president also criticized leader of opposition for refusing to meet with new president Quim Torra
MEPs ask Spanish Interior minister to allow visits to jailed Catalan leaders
Group of 15 EU parliamentarians sign letter demanding access to Spanish prisons “without impediment”
Catalan government to join legal appeals against constitutional challenges by Madrid
Authorities to contest suspension of 14 laws by Constitutional Court and will back Parliament’s allegations questioning legality of direct rule
Government 'deeply' regrets Arrimadas' refusal to meet president
Spokeswoman Elsa Artadi says they won't remove yellow ribbon in solidarity with prisoners and exiled politicians from government balcony
Arrimadas 'worried' about new Spanish president's willingness to meet with Catalan leader
Cs leader says she won't meet Quim Torra unless he removes yellow ribbon from government balcony, and describes his government as "xenophobic and racist"
Catalan government demands explanation for leaked video of politicians jailed in Madrid
Justice Minister Ester Capella says images “undermine right to intimacy”; Spanish government opens investigation
Socialist MEP calls for jailed leaders to be moved to Catalan prisons
Javi López says a priority of the new Sánchez government is “restoring political dialogue with Catalonia”
Video of Catalan politicians in prison leaked to the press
'ARA' newspaper publishes recording of three former ministers in their daily activities in jail
11 women and 6 men: full list of Sánchez cabinet
The new Spanish ministers include judiciary members, an astronaut and Sánchez’s closest allies
Is Aznar preparing a comeback?
The former Spanish president, who joined Bush and Blair in the Iraq War in 2003, comes to the fore as his successor Rajoy resigns
‘Remove yellow ribbon from government HQ,’ urges opposition leader
Arrimadas accuses Torra cabinet of governing only for people who show solidarity with jailed and exiled pro-independence officials
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