How Russian news networks are using Catalonia to destabilize Europe
Media stories in English, Russian and German equating crisis in Spain with conflicts in Crimea and Kurdistan
Madrid taxi drivers on the road to becoming English speakers
Some 500 cabbies in the region are taking a state-funded online course to improve tourist experience
Spanish prosecutors formally accuse Barcelona protesters of sedition
Protest saw Civil Guard cars vandalized; Madrid to send police reinforcements to Catalonia before referendum
National Police arrive in Barcelona on ferry decorated with Looney Tunes
As tensions between Madrid and Catalonia reach boiling point, Twitter users find the funny side of the peculiar choice of vessel
Civil Guard sings a ‘fandango’ to Catalan protestors outside his room
Officer comes up with novel response to nighttime harassment by pro-independence demonstrators
The dialogue that we need on the Catalan independence challenge
Once the rule of law has been restored in the region, a negotiating framework needs to be established
Referendum census website registered via Pirate Bay co-founder’s company
Hosting service from Peter Sunde, called Njalla, says that is serves as a “privacy shield” that “protects you from ferocious domain predators”
Catalan regional premier announces “contingency plan” for referendum
Carles Puigdemont makes televised statement calling on citizens to continue defending the illegal vote until October 1
Night of tension in Barcelona between police and protesters over raid
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The Catalan police force had to escort Civil Guard officers from inside the economy department
Julian Assange falls for satirical story from Spanish website El Mundo Today
The WikiLeaks founder has been weighing in on the ongoing crisis in Catalonia via Twitter
Podemos and Basque radical left protest Catalonia referendum raids
Pablo Iglesias and Arnaldo Otegi urge people to demonstrate on streets after arrests on Wednesday
Catalan deputy premier admits change in “state of play” on independence vote
But Oriol Junqueras stresses “everything is being done” to allow the vote to go ahead
The lies of the Catalan regional premier
In a democracy, leaders cannot tell untruths with impunity
Catalan premier says Spain has created a ‘de facto’ state of exception
Carles Puigdemont warns that the October 1 referendum will take place no matter what
Civil Guard raids Catalan government offices, arrests 14 over illegal referendum
Sympathizers rally in downtown Barcelona to protest, while regional premier calls emergency meeting
In the face of the Catalonia referendum, constitutional order must be restored
The secessionist challenge is posing a threat to democracy, freedom and social harmony in Spain
ETA opens an internal debate to decide on its “functions” once it dissolves
The Basque terrorist group will decide on its role to “facilitate the accumulation of pro-independence forces”
Section 155: the obscure legal provision that could take Spain into uncharted waters
Socialists no longer opposed to application of obscure constitutional provision that could effectively curtail self-government in Catalonia
Boko Haram victim: “Every day I remember I had a child with one of them”
In Madrid, Rebeca Bitrus recounts the harrowing ordeal she suffered at the hands of terrorist group
‘Chemsex’ declared a public health problem by Barcelona authorities
With 200 such substance-abuse cases registered in 2016, City Council opts to tackle phenomenon
A referendum in Catalonia? Yes, but not like this
The debate over the poll is highly polarized, but there is a middle-of-the-road position
Ahead of planned Catalan poll, main opposition Socialist Party sides with government
PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez shows support for PP’s attempts to deal with secessionist challenge
Double authority
The clash between the constitutional order of Spain and the secessionist parallel must immediately end
Alarmed by foreign coverage of Catalan referendum, Spain steps up communication campaign
Madrid admits that it is lagging behind the Catalan government in its outreach to the media
The science of having your heart in the right place
Spanish researchers explain the signals that push the organ to the left during embryogenesis
The traps in the letter to Rajoy and the king
Signatories to the message conceal the reality of the crisis with half-truths and exaggerations