EU lawmakers strip Puigdemont, two other Catalans of immunity
The European Parliament has voted to waive the immunity of the former head of Catalonia’s regional government and two other separatist lawmakers, taking them a...
Catalan independence
Police, protesters clash for Catalan referendum anniversary
Riot police charged in to break up a demonstration in front of Catalonia’s regional parliament on Monday, after thousands marched in Barcelona to mark the...
Condemnation and homage to Catalonia
By Alper Ali Riza George Orwell, the well-known English author of Animal Farm and Ninety Eighty Four fame, fought in the Spanish Civil War...
Everything is ready for independence vote, says Catalan leader
Catalonia’s leader made clear his government was determined to go ahead with a Sunday vote on independence that Madrid calls illegal and which has thrust...
Catalonia urges EU intervention in independence vote dispute
The EU should do its duty as a repository of democratic values by telling Spain to allow a referendum on Catalan independence to take place,...
Game over for ‘discredited’ Catalan referendum
Spanish authorities have done enough to discredit and prevent a planned referendum this Sunday on independence in Catalonia, two senior government officials told Reuters on...
Catalan independence vote divides region’s mayors
Barcelona’s mayor has asked for reassurances that municipal staff would not face legal action or lose their jobs if they helped to organise an Oct...
Catalan nationalists to give Scottish flags to Barcelona fans
Catalan nationalists said on Friday they would hand out 10,000 Scottish flags to Barcelona supporters in the Spanish King’s Cup Final football match on Sunday after...
Spain’s Socialists reject coalition deal with any party urging Catalan referendum
By Angus Berwick Spain‘s Socialist party on Monday ruled out forming a new government with any party that supported a referendum on independence in Catalonia,...
Catalan separatists trigger fresh headache for Spain’s government
By Julien Toyer and Sonya Dowsett Pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia struck a deal on Tuesday to form a government, reviving a...
Catalan assembly votes to start process of breaking from Spain
By Elisabeth O’Leary Catalonia’s regional assembly on Monday passed a resolution calling for secession from Spain, energising a drive towards independence and deepening a stand-off...