The Spanish government sacked Catalonia's president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation. <br /> <br />After the Catalan parliament voted to declare independence on Friday Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for a press conference to announce that a new regional election will be held in Catalonia on December 21. <br /> <br />In Barcelona, protesters against independence of Catalonia took to the streets at around 6pm, leading to some confrontations with regional police officers. <br /> <br />And some 6,000 people celebrated the call of independence for Catalonia in the city, wielding Catalan regional flags to express the joy of independence.
