Spanish police instigate bar fight in heart of Barcelona
Off-duty and drunk, they mistook the Italian waiters for Catalans, demanding that they speak in Spanish before threatening violence
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Catalan government meets to decide if it will declare independence
Catalan president, government ministers and JxSí lawmakers meet to outline the next steps to be taken after Catalan self-rule suspension
Catalonia’s ruling coalition committed to declaring independence this week
Vice-president Junqueras says Spain has left “no other option”
Catalan president will not address Senate on Article 155
Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government
Would a snap election in Catalonia stop the self-rule suspension?
Spanish parties disagree on whether Madrid should go ahead with Article 155 if Puigdemont calls an early election
10 million euros in social project subsidies blocked by Spanish treasury
Spain’s treasury has assured it will pay out the funds once it receives request from the government
Government to pay October salaries out of its own treasury
After Madrid’s intervention in Catalonia’s finances, 390 million euros of public worker salaries will be paid from government’s own account
Uncertainty over Catalan president’s next step
Doubts cast over Carles Puigdemont’s visit to the Spanish Senate, while government members warn that early elections will not stop Article 155
SEAT president states that it would only “make sense” to move HQ out of Catalonia if it could not provide “legal protection”
Luca De Meo wrote a letter to all employees in which he notes that Seat is “rooted” in Catalonia
Political crisis leads to 0.2% reduction in 2018’s GDP forecast, says Chamber of Commerce
Both unilateral declaration of independence and application of Article 155 opposed by president of chamber
Catalan socialists court division over Article 155
Local PSC officials openly reject plan to suspend Catalonia’s self rule, while leadership denies party split
Possible takeover of Catalan public media condemned by journalistic organizations
Media organizations across Catalonia and Spain, as well as further afield, have joined in the attack on Spain's decicision
Catalan Parliament to discuss response to self-rule suspension on Thursday
Pro-indy groups aim to hold a plenary session a day before the Spanish government’s takeover could come into effect
Former Catalan president left out of Senate Commission that will discuss self-government suspension
José Montilla, currently a Socialist senator, tweeted that he has "known for long" what he has "to do" in the vote that will suspend Catalonia's self-rule
Pro-independence parties would maintain an absolute majority in Parliament, according to survey
Left-wing party ERC would be the most voted, with pro-independence parties obtaining 47.9% of votes