Catalonia's push for independence from Spain has been complicated and controversial.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given the region a few days to "clarify" if it's declaring independence. If so, Rajoy vows he will suspend Catalonia's semi-autonomy and institute direct rule.

Catalonia's top two banks announced they were relocating their headquarters to other parts of Spain because of financial uncertainty if there is an independence declaration.

Sánchez’s Socialist-led coalition, which scraped together a majority in 2023, depends on both left-wing ERC and right-wing ...

Catalonia's parliament will defy a Spanish court ban and meet to discuss an independence declaration, a regional government official said today - escalating the biggest crisis Spain has faced in a ...

Catalonia intends to push ahead with an independence referendum Sunday in spite of a fierce crackdown by the government of Spain.