Who are the youths behind the Catalonia protest violence?
Nearly 600 people have been injured in clashes with police since the protests started Read More
5 years ago
Catalonia
Violence escalates in Barcelona after 500,000 separatists rally
Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks… Read More
5 years ago
Convicted: Who are the 12 Catalan separatist leaders?
Nine of them were handed jail terms and three were fined. Read More
5 years ago
Rapper to get jail for glorifying ‘terrorism’
Spain's top criminal court sentenced a rapper to two years in prison Friday for Twitter… Read More
7 years ago
Ousted Catalan leader says ready to stand in snap regional election
MADRID/BRUSSELS: Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who left Spain for Belgium after his government was… Read More
7 years ago
Spain seizes control of ‘independent’ Catalonia
MADRID: Spain moved on Saturday to assert direct rule over Catalonia, replacing its executive and… Read More
7 years ago
Spain sacks Catalan government after independence declaration
BARCELONA/MADRID: The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after… Read More
7 years ago
EU spurns Catalan independence declaration, backs Madrid
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday spurned Catalonia's declaration of independence, voicing staunch support for… Read More
7 years ago
Canada recognises ‘a united Spain’: official
OTTAWA: Canada rejected the Catalan regional government's unilateral declaration of independence on Friday and urged… Read More
7 years ago
Catalan parliament votes to split from Spain
BARCELONA: Catalan lawmakers voted Friday to declare independence from Spain, as Madrid vowed, in turn,… Read More
7 years ago
Key events since Catalonia independence vote
MADRID: Spain's Prime Minister on Wednesday gave Catalonia's separatist leader five days to clarify whether… Read More
7 years ago
Catalan leader steps back from declaring immediate independence
BARCELONA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said Tuesday he had accepted the "mandate of the people"… Read More
7 years ago
Protesters rally against Catalan independence in Barcelona
BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators packed central Barcelona on Sunday to rally against… Read More
7 years ago
Catalan leaders to declare independence in Spain crisis
BARCELONA: Catalan leaders were preparing Wednesday to declare independence after a violence-hit referendum, defying a… Read More
7 years ago
Spanish PM faces crisis after violent secession vote in Catalonia
SANT PERE DE TORELLO: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces Spain’s biggest constitutional crisis in… Read More
7 years ago
Barcelona win behind closed doors amid Catalonia clashes
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Las Palmas 3-0 in a match played… Read More
7 years ago
Spanish riot police crack down on banned Catalan vote
BARCELONA: Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and forced their way into activist-held polling stations… Read More
7 years ago
Nadal speaks out against Catalan independence
MADRID: Spanish tennis world number one Rafael Nadal has criticised plans for an independence referendum… Read More
7 years ago
Spain’s top court overturns bullfighting ban in Catalonia
MADRID: Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday cancelled a bullfighting ban in Catalonia in what is… Read More
8 years ago
Spain’s Catalonia leader promises 2017 independence referendum
BARCELONA: The president of Spain's Catalonia region said Wednesday he would call an independence referendum… Read More
8 years ago