Catalan separatists win absolute majority in election

Belgian police were on hand but the early stages of the protest were peaceful, AFP reporters said.
Belgian prosecutors said they would study the warrant and then give it to a judge
Mr. Rajoy should display magnanimity by apologizing for the behavior of the police on Oct. 1 and pledging greater respect for Catalan national yearnings
Former ministers remanded in custody as prosecutors seek European arrest warrant for region’s ousted president
A former journalist, with a Beatles mop-top haircut, he was already calling for separation from Spain on the streets of Barcelona in the early 1980s, when secessionism was a marginal movement in Catalonia
Support for the ‘Let Catalans Vote’ manifesto continues to grow, with 50 international figures now publicly lending their support to the manifesto.
62.4% would vote Yes and 37.6% against independence in the referendum planned for October 1