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… ...

The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, defying warnings from the central government in Madrid that it is violating ...

The cost of freedom Pankaj Ghemawat of IESE Business School has produced a proportional map showing Catalonia's "exports" to other regions inside Spain, and to Europe ...

Catalonia’s regional parliament votes for a resolution in support of independence, pledging a “disconnection from the Spanish state” in legislation. December 2015 ...

Catalonia sets the ball rolling for independence from Spain, despite objections from Madrid. A nine-point road map seeks secession within 18 months.

In Catalonia’s elections, held on 12 May, pro-independence parties lost the parliamentary majority that had allowed them to govern since 2015. It was their first electoral defeat in decades.