At the height of pro-independence fervor in 2012, during a deep economic recession in Spain, around one million people took to the streets waving the Catalan flag and singing the Catalan anthem.

(Photo shows a banner saying "We will return to win independence" alongside a Catalan flag. Credit: BBC) Rubio spoke to reporters alongside National Security adviser Mike Waltz after talks with ...

A sea of protesters wearing red shirts and bearing red-and-yellow Catalan flags banged drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans of support. The turnout was roughly the same as last year.

According to the El Pais, the Spanish flag has also been removed from the local authorities’ office in the city of Sabadell. Earlier on Friday, the Catalan parliament passed a resolution ...