If “No taxation without representation” was the motto of the American Revolution, “Madrid nos roba” is the motto of Catalonia’s independence movement. The saying, which translates to ...

The Catalan coalition government of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (Junts) split on October 7. Dick Nichols explains why, and what's at stake for the independentist ...

On Wednesday evening, former President of Catalonia Pere Aragonès reflected on the turbulent years of Catalonia’s independence movement — almost exactly five years since the first round of ...

Addressing the Catalan parliament, pro-independence regional chief Quim Torra criticized the rioting, saying the separatist cause was a peaceful movement. But he also pushed the case for forging ...

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Jewish and pro-Israel supporters of Catalan independence sometimes suggest ... traditionally has been a lot of respect for the kibbutz movement, the revival of the Hebrew language and Zionism ...

Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement, aspires to become the new Scarlet Pimpernel.

A strange coincidence of historical circumstances in Spain could, taken together, help to bring about a resolution to the crisis in Catalonia. The former president of Catalonia is in a German ...

A violent crackdown ensued. Half a decade on, what’s the status of the Catalan independence debate? The BBC’s Ellis Palmer has been to the region's capital Barcelona to find out more.

The Catalan vote reportedly inspired leaders of a secessionist movement in Brazil called, "The South Is My Country," to hold an informal vote on independence of their own. On the same day as the ...

This could embolden a host of other independence movements across Western Europe ... has Scotland been more of a role model than in Catalonia. During the Franco regime, Catalan was prohibited.