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Spain has pardoned nine leaders in the Catalan independence movement, who were convicted of sedition in 2019. Catalonia's 2017 failed bid for independence was modern Spain's greatest political crisis.
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Leaders in Spain's northeastern region have pushed for independence from the country. Now they want to go their own way in space, launching a first nanosatellite this month from Kazakhstan.
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Local media report the club's former president and current CEO were arrested. The raid follows allegations that club officials hired a marketing firm to discredit its critics, including Lionel Messi.
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While many Catalans are outraged at the central government's crackdown on the independence movement, the huge demonstrations have obscured deep divisions in Catalan society.
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Police and protesters clashed on Monday in Barcelona after Spain's high court sentenced nine leaders for their involvement in an independence referendum two years ago that Madrid says was illegal.
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The divisive trial could end with prison sentences of up to 25 years for some of the defendants charged for their roles in Catalonia's 2017 failed independence bid.
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Spain had rescinded its European arrest warrant when it became clear Belgian authorities would not cooperate. As a court considered a new warrant, Carles Puigdemont was proposed as Catalonia's leader.
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Spanish authorities took the politicians into custody after Catalonia, a formerly semiautonomous region, declared independence from Spain. Catalan's former president remains in exile in Belgium.
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The former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, turned himself in on Sunday, along with four ex-ministers. A Belgian judge will decide whether to extradite them to Spain.
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Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium with several separatist politicians, says he won't return to face "a political trial." Still, some other deposed Catalan leaders did arrive at court Thursday.