Hours after 2 million citizens in the Catalonia region voted overwhelmingly in a controversial, chaotic referendum to declare independence from Spain, the secessionist leaders here planned an ...

Catholic churches make up by far the most places of worship in the region, despite claims to the contrary online that appear to try and stoke Islamophobia. View on euronews ...

Spain suffered the biggest losses from wildfires of any European Union country last year amid a record-hot 2022. Four people, including one firefighter, died in blazes that consumed 306,000 hectares.

19:39, Mon, Apr 21, 2025 Updated: 19:42, Mon, Apr 21, 2025 A map shows where Spain's seven main languages are spoken. While Spanish is the official language of the country, some regions have their ...

As in the case of Quebec, polls suggest that about half of all Catalans prefer to become independent, while the other half prefers a status quo in which Catalonia has limited autonomy within Spain.

Catalans were repressed under Spain’s military dictatorship, which ended in the 1970s. Catalonia is the country’s wealthiest region, a manufacturing base and source of exports that have helped ...