The region, which accounts for one fifth of Spain ... Catalonia's second-biggest party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), had initially opposed the offer but on Wednesday said Mas' plan was ...

Spain was preparing to impose direct rule over semi-autonomous Catalonia after the region's ... but that wasn't good enough for Spain's government, which had insisted on an unambiguous "no ...

By Nicholas Casey and Raphael Minder MADRID — For years, Spain’s government dismissed the separatist movement in the Catalonia region as little more than a “soufflé” — easy to inflate ...

Carles Puigdemont, the regional president and a leading secessionist, said that Catalonia had won “the right to independence.” He called on Europe to support the region’s split from Spain ...

Thousands of Spain separatists rallied across Catalonia on Sunday to show their support for a break away from Spain, which would leave the country without one of its richest states. Barcelona ...

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 ...

Reporting from Madrid — Lawmakers in Spain’s northeast region of Catalonia voted Monday to ... in Barcelona endorsed an 18-month road map toward secession from Spain. The declaration ...

The implications of that are completely unknown but there will be consequences, good or bad, for the struggling economies of Spain and Catalonia. Despite the recession, Catalonia generates nearly ...

Proud of its own identity and language, Catalonia is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions, and also one of the most independent-minded. Tourism is an important part of ...

Just hours after the Catalan parliament declared independence the Spanish senate approved news powers to allow Spain to impose ... Minister Mariano Rajoy sacked Catalonia's government including ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia's two main parties on Wednesday moved a step closer to calling a snap regional election they want to use as a proxy for a referendum on independence from Spain ... said ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia's two main parties on Wednesday moved a step closer to calling a snap regional election they want to use as a proxy for a referendum on independence from Spain.