Carles Puigdemont

A Belgian government official says it would be “not unrealistic” for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to ask for asylum…

Spain prepared to impose direct rule in Catalonia on Friday, an unprecedented step that risks sparking unrest with secessionists calling…

It’s a key day in the standoff between Spain and the Catalonia region. The Catalan president could defuse Spain’s deepest…

Spain’s prime minister says the government’s plans to take unprecedented control of Catalonia’s key affairs and halt that region’s push…

Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain’s Justice Minister said…

The Spanish government has secured opposition support to dissolve Catalonia’s parliament and hold new elections there in January in an…

Catalonia’s leader on Thursday threatened to explicitly declare independence if no talks with the central government were offered. Spain then…

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, as a government deadline…

A Monday morning deadline came and went without the president of the Catalonia region clarifying whether he had declared independence…

Catalonia’s leader faced mounting pressure Friday from all sides, with hardliners in the separatist movement demanding he declare independence from…