Spanish police confiscate official documentation to be incinerated by Mossos
The Catalan police emphasize that all official documentation is stored digitally, and that the practice of incinerating paperwork is ordinary
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Catalan public media defend their ‘plurality and veracity’
Directors of Catalan public media say that "the threat of a takeover" attacks “citizens’ rights to have truthful, objective, plural and balanced information”
Catalan president to call for elections today
Puigdemont took the decision after yesterday and today’s meetings with government ministers and JxSí lawmakers
Catalan government meets to decide if it will declare independence
Catalan president, government ministers and JxSí lawmakers meet to outline the next steps to be taken after Catalan self-rule suspension
Catalonia’s ruling coalition committed to declaring independence this week
Vice-president Junqueras says Spain has left “no other option”
Catalan president will not address Senate on Article 155
Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government
Would a snap election in Catalonia stop the self-rule suspension?
Spanish parties disagree on whether Madrid should go ahead with Article 155 if Puigdemont calls an early election
10 million euros in social project subsidies blocked by Spanish treasury
Spain’s treasury has assured it will pay out the funds once it receives request from the government
Illegal funding of Spain’s ruling party ‘amply demonstrated’, says prosecutor
Spain's judicial system is investigating if Rajoy’s party pocketed undeclared and illegal donations to pay bonuses to senior members of the PP
Uncertainty over Catalan president’s next step
Doubts cast over Carles Puigdemont’s visit to the Spanish Senate, while government members warn that early elections will not stop Article 155
MPs voting for independence to be held responsible, says Spanish minister
Catalá states that Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution will be enforced even if the Catalan president calls for snap elections
Catalan socialists court division over Article 155
Local PSC officials openly reject plan to suspend Catalonia’s self rule, while leadership denies party split
Possible takeover of Catalan public media condemned by journalistic organizations
Media organizations across Catalonia and Spain, as well as further afield, have joined in the attack on Spain's decicision
EU says suspension of Catalan self-rule ‘within the constitutional order’
European Commission spokesman reiterates support in Brussels for “the constitutional and legal arrangements of Spain”
Catalan Parliament to discuss response to self-rule suspension on Thursday
Pro-indy groups aim to hold a plenary session a day before the Spanish government’s takeover could come into effect
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