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SPAIN had the highest budget deficit in the EU last year, according to new statistics, while the ongoing Catalonia crisis threatens to plunge the Spanish economy into further uncertainty. Daily Express :: News Feed

Catalonia’s separatist leader wants the regional parliament to debate and vote on how to respond to what he called the Spanish government’s “attempt to wipe out” Catalonia’s autonomy. CBC | World News

Spain’s constitutional court ruled that an independence referendum in Catalonia was unconstitutional, adding weight to government efforts to block the region from breaking away from the rest of the country but not persuading demonstrators demanding the release of two jailed separatist activists. CBC | World News

Nick Boulos explores San Sebastian on Spain’s rugged north coast. Daily Express :: Travel Feed

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned anew Monday that Spain will not be divided by a declaration of independence from Catalonia, and said the government is ready to respond to any such attempt. CBC | World News

Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered Catalonia’s parliament to suspend a planned session next week during which separatist lawmakers wanted to declare independence — further fuelling Spain’s worst political crisis in decades. CBC | World News

Regional leader Carles Puigdemont said he is in favour of mediation to find a way out of the Catalan crisis, but the Spanish government has not agreed. CBC | World News

SPAIN’S stock market continued to sink on Tuesday, furthering heavy losses from Monday, as investors panicked about the future of the country after Catalans voted in favour of independence. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

SPAIN’S stock market continued to sink on Tuesday, furthering heavy losses from Monday, as investors panicked about the future of the country after Catalans voted in favour of independence. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

KING Felipe VI has attacked the Catalonia independence referendum organisers for their “lack of loyalty to the Spanish government” in an unprecedented televised address to the nation. Daily Express :: News Feed