Puigdemont fled to Brussels in October after authorities in Madrid sacked him and accused him of sedition over an illegal referendum and a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain by the Catalan parliament. He is the top candidate to lead Catalonia again after regional elections last month gave separatists a majority. It was not clear where Puigdemont, who is in Denmark to take part in a university debate, was headed. Speaker Roger Torrent is due to announce at around 1030 GMT the candidate to lead the regional government -- and it is expected to be Puigdemont. Despite the tension over Catalonia, Spain’s borrowing costs fell to six-week lows on Monday after credit agency Fitch upgraded its sovereign rating to gave Spain its first “A-” grade since the euro zone debt crisis.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2018 09:45 UTC