XERTA, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged ...

Leaders in Catalonia say voters in the northeast region of Spain overwhelmingly cast ballots for independence from Spain in a Sunday referendum. But the country’s central government won’t recognize ...

Nicola Prentis moved from Madrid to Catalonia 8 years ago with her then-partner and young son. When she struggles to speak Catalan, she finds locals prefer switching to English than Spanish. Food, ...

Voting rights have been under siege in the U.S. in recent years, with charges of attempted electoral interference, legislation that seeks to make access to the polls more difficult, and gerrymandering ...

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday announced his candidacy to be president of Catalonia in the snap regional elections set to be held on May 12. “I have decided to run in the ...

Catalonia now rates as one of the most vibrant filmmaking regions in Europe. It will show at Tallinn, where it is subject of a Focus. Over the last 18 months, Catalan filmmakers and productions have ...

Salvador Illa, president of the Generalitat, has confirmed that basic knowledge of Catalan will become compulsory for renewing residence permits ...