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The general strike that brought the Catalan capital to a standstill drew over half a million people, according to police estimates.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met pro-independence Catalan leader Quim Torra on Monday for the first time.
"As president, I demand the Spanish government and those who support it... restore all they have expropriated from the Catalans without their say-so," Puigdemont said.
Spain's King Felipe VI in a Christmas speech on Sunday urged Catalan lawmakers to respect their region's diversity and avoid another confrontation over independence.
Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Friday offered to meet Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy outside Spain for talks on the region's independence crisis.
More than a third of Catalans turned up at polling stations in the first four hours of Thursday's high-stakes regional elections.
Catalans began voting Thursday in a decisive election that could mark a turning point for their region.
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Hotel reservations in Barcelona are down by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2018 over the same time last year due to Catalonia's separatist crisis.
Hotel reservations in Barcelona are down by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2018 over the same time last year due to Catalonia's separatist crisis.
After their failed independence bid, which saw leaders being detained or fleeing abroad, Catalan separatists head into a new election this month divided over the future.
Puigdemont faces an extradition hearing in Belgium as Spain seeks to have him sent back to face sedition charges over his region's independence drive.
Eight former Catalan cabinet members currently in custody awaiting trial will appear before the Supreme Court on Friday.
Barely a quarter of Catalans want to continue with a plan to claim independence from Spain in the wake of Dec. 21 regional elections.
Catalonia's former leader challenged Spain and the European Union to respect the result of Catalan regional elections in December.
Spain's state prosecutor on Thursday asked the Spanish Supreme Court to jail the Catalan parliament´s speaker and three lawmakers
The Catalan Parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday
The regional parliament of Catalonia on Friday voted a motion to begin a "constituent process" to split from Spain.
The currency’s rise this year has lost some momentum in recent days as political concerns - notably Spain’s Catalan crisis.
