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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
Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont urges Madrid to "respect democracy and international treaties" at a conference in Berlin in Germany, the day after his release from prison after the German courts dropped charges against him. SOUNDBITE
Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Carles Puigdemont's lawyer, visits his client in jail after a German court has decided to keep the former Catalan president in custody pending possible extradition to Spain to face "rebellion" charges. IMAGES of Jaume Alonso Cuevillas arriving at the jail
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont will follow the results of the Catalan regional elections from Brussels along with four of his former ministers. IMAGES
The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, arrives at the Catalan Parliament for further debate on the region's response to Spain's probable suspension of Catalan autonomy. IMAGES
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.
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