A Spanish judge issued an EU arrest warrant for Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region’s tumultuous independence drive. The announcement added to anger and dismay in a second straight night of demonstrations in the wealthy ...
Catalonia should remain to be a part of Spain despite the independence vote, Spanish foreign minister, Alfonso Dastis, said on Monday. Madrid hopes that holding local elections in Catalonia would help to “restore legal governance and rule of law in Catalonia,” the Spanish top diplomat has said. “We hope and ...