CATALONIA’S regional parliament threw down the gauntlet to Madrid yesterday by approving a plan to draw up a road map for independence by 2017. The proposal, put forward by deputies from the Together ...

On Tuesday, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont signed a declaration of independence, but halted implementation to allow negotiations between Catalonia and the Spanish government. In response ...

The Sau reservoir, 100km (about 62 miles) inland from Barcelona, has been supplying water to the city and other towns in the north-eastern region of Catalonia for half a century. But in recent ...

The Spanish province of Catalonia is being hit by heavy rainfall, after the natural disaster in the neighbouring Valencia region last week. The coastal area around the provincial capital of ...