If “No taxation without representation” was the motto of the American Revolution, “Madrid nos roba” is the motto of Catalonia’s independence movement. The saying, which translates to ...

Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-se ...

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A violent crackdown ensued. Half a decade on, what’s the status of the Catalan independence debate? The BBC’s Ellis Palmer has been to the region's capital Barcelona to find out more.

Impulso Ciudadano denounces that the Government of Pedro Sánchez "does not act" against the nearly 800 councils that violate ...

The government of Catalonia, a wealthy region in northeastern Spain that has its own distinct language and is home to 7.5 million people, has since 2010 sought to hold an independence referendum.

WhatsApp has confirmed that a leading pro-independence politician in Catalonia was the target of a phone hacking described by experts as a possible act of “domestic espionage”. The Facebook ...

The Spanish far-right's latest attempt to censure prime minister Pedro Sanchez' government — with the help of a former leader of the Communist Party of Spain — has backfired, writes Dick Nichols. The ...

Up to 7,000 companies moved their headquarters out of Catalonia after the regional government held a secession referendum deemed illegal by the courts, and unilaterally declared independence in 2017.

A strange coincidence of historical circumstances in Spain could, taken together, help to bring about a resolution to the crisis in Catalonia. The former president of Catalonia is in a German ...

The struggle for Catalan independence from Spain has long been a prominent feature of Barcelona the football club and it is undoubtedly crucial to the idea of Barca being mes que un club.