Catalonia’s parliament voted for independence after an Oct. 1 referendum with about 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted choosing independence, according to Catalan officials.

Madrid has voted to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, as a crisis over the wealthy Spanish region’s independence bid deepens.

People display Catalonia independence flags during a gathering, Sept. 22, 2017, to protest the judicial and police operation against the planned October 1 independence referendum in Catalonia, Spain.

In a modest town in the Spanish region of Catalonia, a group of cyclists excitedly gathered for photos with Silvia Orriols, ...

Why is Catalonia's vote happening now? Momentum has been building for several years. In 2014, the region held a symbolic, non-binding independence vote.

BARCELONA, Spain — The governments of Spain and its Catalonia region opened a highly anticipated series of negotiations on Wednesday about the future of Spain’s wealthy — and rebellious ...

Spain has pardoned nine leaders in the Catalan independence movement, who were convicted of sedition in 2019. Catalonia's 2017 failed bid for independence was modern Spain's greatest political crisis.

Nevertheless, the Catalan regional government declared that more than 90 percent of Catalans had voted for independence — even though the Spanish Constitutional Court had ruled that the ...

MADRID - A legal representative of the European Commission told the EU’s top court that Spain’s controversial Amnesty Law stems from a “political pact” linked to the re-election of Prime Minister ...

An early voter casts his ballot for Catalonia's regional elections in La Roca del Vallès, north of Barcelona, Sunday May 12, 2024. About 6 million Catalans are casting ballots in a regional election ...