TEHRAN, November 3 -Aer Lingus flight EI592 from Dublin to Madrid has declared an emergency and is diverting to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in France, according to Airlive aviation news site.
TEHRAN, October 29 -Catalan police chief, Josep Lluis Trapero, has officially resigned after the government in Madrid ordered his dismissal. In a two-page resignation letter, the commander urged his colleagues to show loyalty to the new Madrid-appointed chief of the Mossos d'Esquadra.
TEHRAN, October 27 -Spain's central government has announced the dissolution of the regional parliament in Catalonia, with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declaring that new elections will be held in the region on December 21.
TEHRAN, October 27 - France’s Suez, the top water provider in Spain, has temporarily moved the legal registration of its offices in Catalonia to Madrid because of legal uncertainty related to Catalonia’s independence movement.
TEHRAN, October 26 -The leader of Spain’s semi-autonomous Catalonia region has warned of an escalating crisis with Madrid over the region’s continued ambitions for independence.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Catalonians cannot accept the central government’s “illegal” move of imposing direct rule on Barcelona, says regional President Carles Puigdemont.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Two prominent Catalan independence leaders have been sent to jail by the order of Spain's National Court over suspicion of crimes of sedition.
TEHRAN, October 11 -The Catalan leader says he "assumes the mandate that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic." Local leaders signed what they called “a declaration of independence”, suspending it temporarily though to facilitate dialogue with Madrid.
TEHRAN, October 9 - Around 250,000 anti-independence Catalans, and supporters from the rest of Spain protested against any moves for a breakaway state.
TEHRAN, September 16 -Leaders of Spain’s independence-seeking Catalonia region have called for “dialog” with the central government in an effort to fend off a political crisis over an upcoming referendum on separation from the mainland.
TEHRAN, May 28, YJC - Thousands of people in Spain have flocked to the streets in the country’s capital, Madrid, denouncing the government’s recently implemented austerity measures.