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 ...

An autonomous region in northeastern ... of the Crown of Aragon, and when Ferdinand I of Aragon married Queen Isabella of Castile in 1469, Catalonia became part of a unified Spain.

Proud of its own identity and language, Catalonia is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions ... rule as the neighbouring kingdom of Aragon, going on to become a major ...

Spain’s severe drought has prompted ... The neighbouring region of Aragon has so far refused demands from Catalonia to share water from the Ebro river. But Aragon might yet share resources ...