Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld core elements of a disputed amnesty law enacted by the Socialist government ...

Public support for the referendum within Catalonia, a wealthy region in Spain’s northeast, has become increasingly vocal as the vote has neared. More than 5.3 million voters are on the electoral ...

Catalonia, the northeast region of Spain, with Barcelona as its capital, is preparing to vote on an independence referendum on Oct. 1 – which Spain has declared illegal. The region has its own ...

Spain's top court declared the Oct. 1 independence referendum illegal, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had warned that the government’s first move will be to remove Puigdemont from ...

Along the way Catalonia’s nationalistic flag fluttered over homes and shops, a reminder that Catalonia, although a part of Spain, was an independent nation in the 12th century and recovered its ...

A very important development occurring in Spain and in Catalonia has not been covered by the media. It is the Indignados movement (clearly inspired by the Arab Spring) that mobilized millions of ...

SABADELL, Spain (AP) — The challenge facing Spain as it moves to stifle the push for independence in its proud and wealthy Catalonia region goes beyond stopping plans by separatist politicians ...

Reporting from Barcelona, Spain — Catalonia’s ousted president has traveled to Brussels and been offered asylum, Spanish authorities said Monday soon after indicating that prosecutors were ...

Catalonia, a wealthy region in northeastern Spain, is defying the national government's efforts to block an independence referendum from taking place on Oct.1. WSJ looks at why the Catalans want ...

Catalonia would have to reapply for membership, and its transaction costs would go up, especially because Spain would have a veto. That is a huge bargaining chip.