The former president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, spoke about the role of political leadership in de-escalating secessionist ...

Catalonia, a wealthy region in northeastern Spain, is defying the national government's efforts to block an independence referendum from taking place on Oct.1. WSJ looks at why the Catalans want ...

Unlike most other Western nations, Israel is sitting on the fence on the issue of Catalan independence that is dividing Spaniards. (JTA) — After simmering for decades, national aspirations in ...

José Manuel Maza said they should also face sedition charges following the region's declaration of independence. It comes as Spain takes direct control of Catalonia, replacing top officials.

The leader of the Spanish region, Salvador Illa, is fighting for Spain's regional languages — Catalan, Basque and Galician — ...

Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-se ...

Pro-independence supporters react as they watch Carles Puigdemont's speech in Barcelona In a speech on Tuesday evening to the regional parliament in Barcelona, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont ...

The region's sense of a distinctive national identity has surged in recent years, and Catalan nationalist parties (not all ofwhom favour independence) dominate the region's politics. That's partly ...

Following a disputed referendum that took place on October 1, Carles Puigdemont, First Minister of the regional Catalan Government, announced that the region will declare independence from Spain in ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has dismissed applications from a group of pro-independence Catalan ...

Up to 7,000 companies moved their headquarters out of Catalonia after the regional government held a secession referendum deemed illegal by the courts, and unilaterally declared independence in 2017.