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Catalonia’s regional President Carles Puigdemont poses next to a pro-independence supporter with a Catalan Estelada flag showing the date for which the regional government called for a referendum on a split from Spain outside the Palau de la Generalitat, the regional government headquarters, in Barcelona, Spain, June 9, 2017. Reuters

Tension in Catalonia Rise Ahead of Referendum

by Mohammed Fahmi | Sep 30, 2017 | World

London- Referendum on the secession of the province of Catalonia in northern Spain will begin soon, however, a state of tension started to prevail among the scene, following the verbal and media attack between the central government in Madrid rejecting the referendum...

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Real Betis players celebrate a goal during the Spanish league football match against Real Madrid CF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 20, 2017. (AFP)

Real Betis Keep their Heads to Leave Real Madrid Assessing Early-Season Damage

by Sid Lowe | Sep 23, 2017 | Sports

London – Thirty-five different teams over 73 games stretching back almost 18 months had tried and failed to stop Real Madrid scoring. Real Betis went one better. Manchester United couldn’t do it, Manchester City couldn’t do it and Bayern Munich couldn’t do it....

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Armed policemen arrive in a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd on the Rambla in Barcelona. AFP file photo

Spanish Police Arrest Moroccan Man over Catalonia Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 23, 2017 | World

Madrid- Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of cooperating with a cell behind bloody attacks in Catalonia in August, the interior ministry said Friday. The 24-year-old man, who was detained in the eastern town of Castellon, was close to several...

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A crowd of protesters gather outside the Catalan region’s economy ministry after junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove was arrested by Spanish police during a raid on several government offices, in Barcelona, Spain, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Spanish Police Arrest High-Ranking Catalan Officials in Raids

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2017 | World

Spanish police stormed Catalan government offices and buildings and arrested officials on Wednesday to halt the region’s independence referendum, an action the regional president said meant Madrid had effectively taken over his administration. In the early hours...

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Picture shows an “Estelada” (Pro-independence Catalan flag) beside a banner reading “SI” (Yes) on El Masnou beach, near Barcelona, on September 3, 2017, during an action called by ANC (Catalan National Assembly) to support a referendum on independence in Catalonia. / AFP PHOTO / Pau BARRENA CAPILLA

Spain Challenges Catalan Independence Referendum Bid in Court

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | World

The Spanish government asked the country’s top court on Wednesday to nullify a vote in the Catalan parliament over a disputed independence referendum bill. The push from the wealthy northeastern region to hold an independence vote sets Spain — which is...