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In this file photo from March 18, 2018, Catalan's fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont, takes part in a panel titled "Self-Determination," at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)
March 25, 2018, 5:09 pm
Germany arrests fugitive ex-leader of Catalonia
Detainment of Carlos Puigdemont comes just days after Spain reactivated an international warrant for the separatist’s arrest
By Joseph Wilson
Illustrative: A Lebanese army soldier stands guard at the scene where a car bomb went off near a Hezbollah base near the village of Sbouba in the Baalbek region eastern Lebanon, early Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
March 25, 2018, 2:29 pm
Israel strikes Hezbollah position in eastern Lebanon — report
Outlets associated with terror group deny Al-Arabiya report, which locates the purported attack in the town of Baalbek
By TOI staff
Axed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, flanked by former Catalan Health minister Antoni Comin, left, and former Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Meritxell Serret, reacts after the results of the regional elections in Catalonia in Brussels on December 21, 2017. (AFP/ JOHN THYS)
December 22, 2017, 2:27 am
Catalan separatists clinch victory to regain regional government
Pro-independence parties win enough votes to form new coalition after being sacked by Madrid, though pro-unity faction finishes first in crucial election
By AP
'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya' - ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) supporters watch polls results of the Catalan regional election at the North Station in Barcelona on December 21, 2017. (AFP/LLUIS GENE)
December 22, 2017, 12:52 am
Catalan separatists poised to win crucial regional vote
Pro-independence parties likely to have needed majority to form new government, months after leaders were sacked over breakaway bid
By AP
A nun casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Barcelona on December 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Javier Soriano)
December 21, 2017, 10:51 pm
Catalans vote in bid to solve independence crisis
High turnout seen in new referendum called by Spanish government after dissolving Catalonia’s separatist coalition
By Marianne Barriaux and Serene Assir
People hold Catalan pro-independence Estelada flags during a demonstration in Barcelona on November 11, 2017 calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders. (AFP PHOTO / Josep LAGO)
November 12, 2017, 2:32 am
Huge rally in Barcelona demands jailed separatists’ release
Organizers of grassroots demo call for 10 prominent members of Catalonia’s secessionist movement to be freed from prison
By Joseph Wilson
A man holds a 'Estelada', the pro-independence Catalan flag, as demonstrators gather outside the Catalonian Parliament to protest against the decision of a judge to jail ex-members of the Catalan government, in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, November 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
November 11, 2017, 8:32 am
Pro-independence Catalans to protest in Barcelona
Crisis in Spain causes shock waves across the EU, prompts 2,400 businesses to re-register their legal HQs elsewhere
By AP
A van, presumed to be transporting the deposed Catalan leader, leaves the public prosecutor's office in Brussels on November 5, 2017. (AFP/ BELGA AND AFP/JOHN THYS)
November 6, 2017, 3:07 am
Deposed Catalan leader freed in Belgium under conditions
Carles Puigdemont and four ministers provisionally released on bail after fleeing Spain following failed independence bid
By AFP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 file photo, ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont smiles after a press conference in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
November 5, 2017, 5:25 pm
Catalan ex-president turns himself in to Belgian police
Carles Puigdemont and 4 former ministers surrender to authorities as Brussels examines Spanish arrest warrants
By AP
The wife of Paul Bekaert, lawyer of Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, speaks to the press from the doorstep of their house, following the announcement of the cancelled press conference of Catalan leader, on November 1, 2017, in Tielt. (AFP PHOTO / BELGA / NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)
November 2, 2017, 9:36 am
Spanish judge to grill Catalan separatist leaders
14, including Catalonia’s former leader Carles Puigdemont, to be charged with rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds
By Simon Sturdee and Laurence BOUTREUX
Sacked Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont arrives for a press conference in Brussels, October 31, 2017. (AP/Olivier Matthys)
October 31, 2017, 3:44 pm
Separatist Catalan ex-president says he won’t seek asylum in Belgium
Carles Puigdemont vows to continue campaigning for independence from Spain, calls for avoiding violence
By Agencies
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont makes a statement at the Palau Generalitat in Barcelona, Spain, October 26, 2017. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
October 31, 2017, 1:54 pm
Catalan ex-leader to speak in Brussels as asylum rumors grow
Carles Puigdemont may seek to escape extradition to Spain, where authorities want him on charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement
By AP
Television crews stand in front of the Palau Generalitat as they wait for the arrival of the Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont, in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. (AP/Manu Fernandez)
October 30, 2017, 5:47 pm
Spanish prosecutors seek charges against Catalan ex-leaders
Regional leader Puigdemont and his deputy Junqueras could face decades in jail if convicted of sedition, embezzlement and abuse of authority
By Agencies
Nationalist activists protest with Spanish and Catalan flags during a mass rally against Catalonia's declaration of independence, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
October 29, 2017, 3:20 pm
Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity
Pro-union demonstrators call for defending Spain’s integrity a day after Madrid ousts Catalan leader over independence declaration
By Aritz Parra, Elena Becatoros and Joseph Wilson
Pro-independence demonstrators cheer outside the Catalan parliament, in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.(AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti)
October 28, 2017, 5:31 pm
Ousted Catalan leader vows to fight Spain’s takeover
Deposed on Friday after declaring independence, Carles Puigdemont asks Catalans to defend the republic proclaimed by the regional parliament
By Aritz Parra
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