Catalan separatists win absolute majority in election
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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