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 ...

Since 2004 the regional government has maintained a delegation just steps from the headquarters of the European Commission.

It is the first time since 2010 that Catalonia has a government that does not come from the pro-independence camp. Illa wrote on social network X that it was "a day to reflect on who we are and ...

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 ...

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.

but Salvador Illa of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists was elected as Catalonia's first head not from the pro-independence movement since 2010. Roadblocks were set up in Barcelona ...