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Added on the 05/12/2017 11:07:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Exiled former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont leaves court in Italy after an extradition hearing. The extradition warrant was issued by Spain over his role in Catalonia's failed independence bid. IMAGES
Five recently released Catalan separatists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. Catalonia's bid to break away from Spain in 2017 provoked one of the worst political crises there since the end of Francisco Franco's military dictatorship in 1975. Leaders of the wealthy Spanish region, which has a population of 7.8 million people, defied a government ban to organise an independence referendum. IMAGES
The high-stakes trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their role in Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid is due to wrap up after four months of hearings. IMAGES
Thousands of people, many carrying Catalan separatist flags, are demonstrating in Barcelona on Sunday after German police arrested Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. IMAGES
After questioning 10 Catalan separatist leaders, a Spanish Supreme Court judge says he will decide Monday whether or not to release the leaders, who were jailed pending a probe into their role in Catalonia's independence drive. IMAGES Separatist leaders leaving Supreme Court
One new cream liquor from Spain has shot up in popularity thanks to an energetic political movement and clever name. Asturian entrepreneur Ruben Lavandera Moris recently launched a Catalan cream flavoured liquor named Article 155 in reference to events surrounding the recent Catalan independence referendum and bottles have flying off the shelves. So many orders have been placed online that his website collapsed.