Catalonia

Political forces that support Catalonia's independence from Spain are projected to get an absolute majority in the local parliament with 55.53 of ballots already counted in Catalonia's snap regional parliamentary polls on Thursday.

The three Catalan separatist parties regained their absolute majority in the regional parliament, though the first political force is fighting to preserve the integrity of the Spain, the France press reported.

Catalonia is heading to the polls in a snap election to decide the future of the separatist project on Thursday./aljazeera.com/

The dismissed Catalan government, headed by former regional President Carles Puigdemont, declared independence from Spain on October 27.

 Catalonia votes on Thursday for a new administration in an election many hope will resolve Spain's worst crisis in decades after the region declared independence leading Madrid to sack local leaders./Reuters.

The Spanish economy may lose up to € 12 billion as a result of the recession in the tourism sector because of the Catalonian crisis. These data is reported in "Rasson" and BGNES, citing the research company "Reputation Institute".

 Deposed Catalan leader Carlos Puigdemont said on Tuesday that he would "run the risk" of going back to Spain if he won the election in Catalonia on the 21st of December next, Brussels Times reported.Puigdemont also described the arrest warrant issued against him by the Spanish authorities as a "fantasy".

Spain's Supreme Court said it had withdrawn the international arrest warrant for former Catalunya leader Carles Puigdemont and four cabinet ministers, indicating that politicians have shown readiness to return to Spain, AFP reports.

Catalonia faces a crucial election on December 21 that will determine whether Spain is on-course to tackle the northeastern region's independence push — its gravest political crisis in the past four decades — or be mired in uncertainty for months or years.

The judge of the Spanish Supreme Court, Pablo Lerna, has ordered today to be detained the deputy prime minister of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras, and three other indictees in connection with the attempt to separate the autonomous region.

This was announced by the court, the France press and Associated Press reported.

According o the poll published by the daily El Pais, 24 percent of Catalans favor independence after the early election, while 71 percent prefer an agreement with Madrid.

AP is reporting that El Pais used Metroscopia pollster which questioned 1,800 people by telephone November 20-22.