Puigdemont says he is “fully prepared to cooperate with Belgian judiciary”
The Belgian prosecutor received an arrest warrant for deposed Catalan president and ministers currently in Brussels
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European Commission has “nothing” to say on jailed Catalan ministers
Brussels reiterates “full respect for constitution” but other European leaders speak out and condemn dismissed Catalan ministers’ imprisonment
Puigdemont will not testify before Spanish Supreme Court, according to his Belgian lawyer
Any case of extradition presented by Spain would also be challenged, the lawyer confirmed on Dutch television
Tusk asks Spanish government to “favour force of argument, not argument of force”
The president of the European Council says that “for EU nothing changes” after the declaration of independence and that Spain “remains the only interlocutor”
European Confederation of Police calls for “political solution” to crisis
In a document released on Thursday, the organization condemned the use of police in order to “enforce a solution”
Catalan town joins the Art Nouveau European Route
The route aims to promote modernist art, and also includes international cities like Glasgow, Riga and Turin
EU says suspension of Catalan self-rule ‘within the constitutional order’
European Commission spokesman reiterates support in Brussels for “the constitutional and legal arrangements of Spain”
EU Council president advocates for “dialogue” and against “violence” before Spanish king
Donald Tusk noted that dialogue "is always better than conflict"
'The possibility of being jailed exists,' says Catalan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Romeva says snap election isn’t “on the table” while Spanish government demands it in order not to suspend Catalonia’s self-government
MEPs protest incarceration of civil society leaders in front of European Parliament
European politicians spoke out against Spain’s disregard for “democracy and human rights”
European Commission says imprisonment of pro-independence leaders is “an internal matter of Spain”
Spokesman Alexander Winterstein refuses to comment on the arrest or "its implications"
Brussels green lights Atlantia’s bid for Abertis
EU approves Italian group’s takeover of toll road operator with Spanish ACS construction firm due to present rival bid
Juncker says EU mediation on Catalonia impossible “if only one side asks” for it
European Commission president admits he is “deeply concerned”
Donald Tusk urges Catalan president not to declare independence
European Council president says that he “understands and feels the arguments and emotions of both sides”
Catalan MPs take plenary suspension to European Court of Human Rights
Members warn the Constitutional Court's decision to prohibit Parliament from meeting "seriously" violates fundamental rights