Polls suggest divided parliament hours before campaign kick-off
The electoral campaign starts this midnight amid political and judicial developments that make the results highly unpredictable
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Six Catalan ministers freed after 32 days in prison
They are released after paying a €100,000 bail, while four other pro-independence leaders stay behind bars
First Catalan ministers leave prison
Dolors Bassa and Meritxell Borràs are the first officials to be released on bail of 100,000 euros
Belgian judge to decide on Puigdemont’s extradition on December 14
Catalan president and ministers in Brussels finish their three-hour hearing in the EU capital
Court’s decision to keep Catalan leaders in jail sparks outrage
"We’ll turn sadness into energy, and we won’t stop until you’re free," says Catalan Parliament president Carme Forcadell
Puigdemont already in court for extradition hearing
The Catalan president and his ministers in Belgium to testify one day before the electoral campaign starts
EU must oversee election results, says jailed Catalan vice president
President Puigdemont says his candidacy aims to continue ‘road to independence’
December 21 elections ‘round two’ for independence referendum, says Carles Puigdemont
Major parties running in December 21 election hold events just days before campaign officially kicks off
Madrid dismisses employees of Catalan Government delegations abroad
“Explicit instructions” from Spain’s foreign office ordered “all staff” to be fired on November 30 under application of Article 155
Catalan leaders to remain in jail at least until Monday awaiting decision on their release
Spain's Attorney General to maintain request of preemptive imprisonment without bail for ministers and civil society leaders
PP denounce radio show to Electoral Commission for lack of “neutrality”
Program’s host spoke of jailed political leaders and others abroad, and criticized Spanish takeover of Catalonia's self-rule
Supreme Court postpones decision over whether to release jailed Catalan leaders until Monday
Eight ministers and two civil society leaders imprisoned for their role in Catalonia’s push for independence appear before judge Pablo Llanera
Puigdemont tells jailed leaders to “do whatever necessary” to be released
‘You have to leave prison, you should never have been there in the first place,’ says the Catalan president from Belgium
Jailed pro-independence leaders’ hearings in Supreme Court underway
Judge to review their pre-trial imprisonment
“A frightened society is not a free society,” says Puigdemont
Puigdemont and his ministers hold special event in Brussels for their one month in the European capital
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