Hours after 2 million citizens in the Catalonia region voted overwhelmingly in a controversial, chaotic referendum to declare independence from Spain, the secessionist leaders here planned an emerg… ...

Lawmakers in Spain's northeast region of Catalonia voted Monday to "disconnect" from Spain by 2017 and transform the economically powerful tourist hub into Europe's newest independent nation.

Catalonia is one of 17 autonomous areas of Spain, but as home to the country's second-largest city and 20 percent of its economic output, the region holds special prominence as its leaders seek ...

(CN) — The unresolved and polarizing question of Catalonia's independence is once again plunging Spanish politics into crisis and paralysis. The fragile government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro ...

CATALONIA’S regional parliament threw down the gauntlet to Madrid yesterday by approving a plan to draw up a road map for independence by 2017. The proposal, put forward by deputies from the Together ...

The problem spreads beyond Catalonia. Spain has been in a long-term drought since the end of 2022, said Ricardo Torrijo, a spokesperson for AEMET, the Spanish national weather service.

A long drought in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region is getting worse and could make it necessary to bring fresh water to Barcelona by boat, local officials said Tuesday.. Three years without ...

I wasn't prepared when, in 2016, I moved to Catalonia from Madrid with my then-partner and our 18-month-old son. As foreigners in Spain , Madrid was getting expensive, and we were thinking about a ...

Spain's Catalonia region will hold an early election on May 12 after the regional parliament rejected the separatist minority government's budget proposal, Catalan government head Pere Aragones ...

With threats and taunts, Catalonia and Spain map out their next moves after chaotic vote for independence October 2, 2017 More than 7 years ago By William Booth ...