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Former Catalan government president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona, Spain, after seven years of "self-exile", defying an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. Catalan regional police subsequently institute tight controls on traffic in and out of the city, as part of an attempt to arrest Puigdemont.
2024-08-8

The first doses of Pfizer's potential vaccine are flown to the United States from Belgium.
2020-11-28

Catalonia's ex-President Carles Puigdemont is detained in Germany.
2018-03-25

Spain issues an arrest warrant against former Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont.
2017-11-3

A Spanish government source says that Carles Puigdemont and part of his cabinet has fled to Belgium to escape prosecution. International media agree the situation in Catalonia—under direct Spanish rule—is quiet.
2017-10-30

The government of Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain independence from Spain, despite the Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state."
2017-10-1

Six people are arrested in Belgium including:Mohamed Abrini, wanted in connection with the 2015 Paris attacks, is arrested in Belgium. [http:--www.ynetnews.com-articles-0,7340,L-4789022,00.html (Reuters via Ynet)]Osama Krayem, thought to have assisted the bomber at the subway during the 2016 Brussels bombings. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-europe-36005709 (BBC News)]Six people are arrested in Belgium including:
2016-04-8

Thirteen are killed and 34 others injured after a bus carrying Erasmus exchange students returning from the renowned Falles fireworks festival in Valencia, crashes near Freginals, Spain. The regional government of Catalonia said in a statement that, "... according to the latest data, the ill-fated bus had students from Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine, Holland, Belgium, France, Palestine, Turkey, (and) Greece."
2016-03-20

Five people are killed, including the driver, and five are injured when a tourist bus carrying Russian and Ukrainian teenagers plummets off a bridge and rolls down an embankment near Ranst outside of Antwerp, Belgium.
2013-04-14