PM blames exhaustion for remarks on pursuit of exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont

Barcelona sees bonfires, flammable bottles and tear gas on fifth night of unrest

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont briefly detained in Belgium

Oriol Junqueras says crisis ‘must be resolved via ballot boxes’ as protesters clash with police

How the separatist movement has evolved and who’s who among its leadership

Traffic halted and rail services disrupted after sentences of up to 13 years handed down

Riven factions urged to fill streets in ‘Diada’ celebrations despite political differences

Independence movement frustrated by lack of support in Europe and block on MEPs

Matt Carthy highlights exclusion of pro-independence Catalonia MEPs from the sitting

British MEPs take seats in Strasbourg more than three months after UK was to leave EU

Politically charged court case draws to a close after four months

Puigdemont hopeful MEP immunity will allow him to return from exile to Spain

Catalan independence key issue in country’s third general election in less than four years

Intervention a notable victory for independence movement in its quest for international support

Former prime minister Rajoy a witness in rebellion case

Former prime minister Mariano Rajoy is due to take the stand as a witness next week

Former vice-president Oriol Junqueras faces rebellion charge in high-profile Madrid trials

About 45,000 take to the streets of Spain’s capital ahead of trial of separatist leaders

Twelve independence leaders to be tried by Spanish supreme court over events in 2017

Interview: Exiled Catalan leader speaks on the impending trial of separatists and Brexit

Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion

Prisoners accuse Spanish court of blocking them from taking case to European Court of Human Rights

Several recent cases have dealt a blow to the credibility of the Spanish judiciary

Spanish government accused of meddling in judicial process

Fate of jailed and exiled politicians highlights rift between leading secessionist parties

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly awarded prize by Nobel committee

Spanish region’s president Quim Torra criticised for praising separatist ‘pressure’

Spanish region is split between unionists and separatists, a year on from independence vote

A year on from Catalan referendum, tensions still simmer over independence from Madrid

Paris Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by Macron

Torra references Martin Luther King and calls on Catalans to take to the streets

Spanish minister Meritxell Batet on her government’s detente with Catalan leaders

Spanish supreme court backtracks in Carles Puigdemont case following German ruling

Carles Puigdemont could be extradited to face trial for misuse of public funds

New PM Pedro Sánchez sets the Catalan crisis and gender parity in cabinet as his key goals

Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’

Marked surge in Spanish unionism unnerves nationalists in northern region

Ciudadanos urges PM to act swiftly to curtail any fresh attempts at unilateral secession

Catalan parliament votes in candidate handpicked by Puigdemont to end stalemate

Unionists warn against ‘xenophobic’ Joaquim ‘Quim’ Torra as president