Health minister wants tobacco companies to remove branding from packaging
25.6% of people in Catalonia smoked in 2018, compared to 24% in 2017
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New Ciutadans frontrunner Lorena Roldán: ‘I am the real Catalonia’s president’
Roldán believes her party can provide a “non-nationalist government for all Catalans”
Leading independence figures meet in Puigdemont's Waterloo residence
Politicians and activists from across the pro-independence spectrum were in Belgium on Friday for Council of the Republic session
Coalition negotiations between Socialists and Unidas Podemos break down
Spain is even closer to snap election after Sánchez’s second failed congressional vote
Lorena Roldán, new unionist Ciutadans candidate for Catalan president
She faced criticism in the past for having taken part in a pro-independence demonstration in 2013
Pro-independence parties would keep majority in an election, says poll
Center for Opinion Studies also finds 48.3% of public against independence compared to 44% in favor
New EU chamber head under pressure to let jailed Junqueras take up seat
Greens/EFA joins imprisoned Catalan leader in calling on David-Maria Sassoli to allow him to be member of European Parliament
Catalan Parliament defends right to self-determination and rejects monarchy
Move comes days after Spanish Constitutional Court blocks motion to abolish monarchy
Sánchez’s presidential bid fails again – risk of snap Spanish election grows
Left-wing Podemos and ERC abstain, with Junts per Catalunya voting against Socialist head
Pro-independence parties to vote differently in Sánchez presidential bid
Junts per Catalunya to vote No, Esquerra to abstain, but success for Socialist leader looks very uncertain shortly before vote
Prosecutor closes file on Puigdemont shooting mockery
Effigy of former Catalan president was shot and burned in Southern Spanish town
Opposition head calls for president to step down and for snap election
Ciutadans party says government only “prioritizes independence” over health, education and dependency
No-deal Brexit ‘not a good idea’ says foreign minister
Alfred Bosch implored the new Prime Minister of the UK to work on a deal for leaving the EU
Sánchez’s presidential bid defeated in first round of votes
Unidas Podemos abstains, and pro-independence parties vote No; Socialist leader will have second chance on Thursday
Pro-independence ERC extends hand to Sánchez: 'We are obliged to understand each other'
MP Rufián asks to sit at a “negotiating table” over Catalan crisis and calls for referendum
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