He also argues that Catalonia would take a more progressive view toward refugees, in keeping with the controversial intent of policymakers in Brussels to force E.U. member states to take in a ...

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 ...

The world has been watching the play-by-play of Catalonia’s bid for independence from Spain, but one group is tuning in more closely than most: California secessionists.

Madrid has voted to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, as a crisis over the wealthy Spanish region’s independence bid deepens.

Seen from a wide angle, Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan are not unique. They are using the same strategic playbook and employing the same tactics as other movements of their kind.

Only two new states have joined the UN since 2000: Timor-Leste and South Sudan. There are several reasons for this—mostly legal and political rather than purely geographical.

While the question of who will govern in Catalonia remains uncertain, ... Fault Lines investigates what that is costing the United States. Published On 18 Jun 2025 18 Jun 2025.

Heavily-armed police officers arrived in a well-to-do Barcelona suburb before dawn to raid a two-storey house that turned out to be packed with 800 marijuana plants growing under powerful lamps.