Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Saturday he’ll dissolve Catalonia’s government and exercise direct control over the region of 7.5 million people. The announcement is intended to stop ...

MADRID (AP) – Voters in Spain’s Catalonia region favored the right to decide on possible independence but split their ballots between fractious parties, making the prospect of secession less likely ...

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Catalonia’s regional government declared a landslide win for the “yes” side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain that degenerated into mayhem Sunday, with more ...

Catalan politics are now, it seems, a far cry from 2017’s infamous, unauthorised independence referendum. It was violently repressed by national police forces, led to widespread rioting, triggered a ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and ...

The Catalan government scraps its planned referendum on independence and, instead, calls the ballot an unofficial opportunity for locals to express their opinion about Catalonia's future. Of the ...

Mas stood trial Monday along with two former members of his government, accused of serious civil disobedience and misconduct. Catalonia's former leader Artur Mas says he is but a 'public servant' p ...

As we noted on Monday, the Spanish government formally filed an appeal with the courts after Catalonia President Artur Mas signed a proclamation setting November 9 as the day for the vote on a ...