Spain's Catalonia region up next after Scottish independence movement strikes out? The parliament in Spain’s Catalonia region Friday gave its leader the power to call a secession referendum that ...

Read Story Transcript Violence and defiance are sweeping Catalonia, the autonomous region of Spain. Protests have erupted since a Catalan independence vote on October 1, 2017, prompted an ...

Spain's political crisis has taken a dangerous turn with the country bracing for the fallout from Catalonia's declaration of independence and Madrid's decision to impose direct rule, sack the ...

Financial markets, however, were encouraged that an immediate declaration of independence had been avoided. Spain's benchmark IBEX share index rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday.

Spain should instead offer a compromise. — -- A massive, joyous demonstration of Spanish patriotism filled the streets of Barcelona. It was a glorious sight. More than a million people -- 1.3 ...

Fans raise pro-independence flags and banners during a Spanish La Liga match between Girona and Barcelona at Montilivi stadium in Girona, Spain, September 23, 2017. Picture taken September 23, 2017.

Nationalist movements from across Europe and Canada are rallying around Catalonia's bid for independence and hoping to learn some lessons from Sunday's referendum to help advance their own causes.

The Quebec government rejected calls Wednesday from the opposition to publicly denounce the intensifying crackdown in Spain against the Catalan independence movement. Christine St-Pierre, Quebec ...

The independence movement has become a major headache for Rajoy, who is struggling to pull Spain out of six years of economic stagnation and unemployment of 26 percent.