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 ...

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 ...

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Addressing the Catalan parliament, pro-independence regional chief Quim Torra criticized the rioting, saying the separatist cause was a peaceful movement. But he also pushed the case for forging ...

People in Spain’s Catalonia region celebrate Sant Jordi, or Saint George’s Day, by giving each other books and roses. It’s about language and love, but this year, there’s a bit of anger thrown in.

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 ...

Catalan politicians involved in what Madrid deemed to be an illegal referendum for Catalonia’s independence in 2017 ... leaders of the Catalan separatist movement charged under the case were ...

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.

he vowed to “reunite the independence movement” in Catalonia. “We’re not going to give Spain a second chance this time,” Puigdemont told online news outlet Politico. “We’re going to ...

This could embolden a host of other independence movements across Western Europe ... has Scotland been more of a role model than in Catalonia. During the Franco regime, Catalan was prohibited.

Puidgemont, who led the Spanish region's separatist movement ... the decade that included a pro-independence referendum, or the so-called "Procés". Former Catalan president and pro-independence ...