Catalonia’s parliament voted for independence after an Oct. 1 referendum with about 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted choosing independence, according to Catalan officials.

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

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.

Why is Catalonia's vote happening now? Momentum has been building for several years. In 2014, the region held a symbolic, non-binding independence vote.

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 ...

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.

If the Catalan government does unilaterally declare independence, the Spanish government may decide it has no choice but to suspend all or part of its regional autonomy and bring it back under ...

Spain Gives Catalonia A Deadline: Retract Independence Claim Or Else : The Two-Way Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given the region a few days to "clarify" if it's declaring independence.

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 ...

Most of the charges stem from the region’s controversial 2017 independence referendum, which the Spanish government declared illegal and attempted to shut down, later rescinding Catalonia’s ...