Catalonia has a (relatively ... from the rest of the continent than other regions in Spain, which spent much of the 20th century under the isolationist dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

It comes almost three weeks after Catalonia held a disputed independence referendum. Spain's supreme court had declared the vote illegal and said it violated the constitution, which describes the ...

The sight of masked police smashing their way into polling stations was evidence - if any were needed - that Catalonia's independence drive has plunged Spain into its biggest political crisis for ...