Catalonia

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia’s regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday that he wants to agree on a date for an independence referendum as part of talks with the Spanish government, arguing that the region’s path toward secession is “irreversible”…

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia's regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday that he wants to agree on a date for an independence referendum as part of talks with the Spanish government, arguing that the region's path towards secession is…

The burgeoning autonomous community of Catalonia has been struggling for political freedom from Spain for years. Now, according to Jordi Puigneró, Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration, the group is also angling for digital independence. "Ju…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met Catalonia’s pro-independence regional leader on Thursday for the first time in over a year to outline an agenda for wider negotiations with the region that are due to kick off later this month. …

View photosSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, shakes hands with Catalan regional President Quim Torra at the Palace of the Generalitat, the headquarter of the Government of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish government and leaders of the Catalonia region will…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNicola Sturgeon: Independence referendum must be 'legal and legitimate'Scotland's first minister has warned there are "no shortcuts" to indyref2 as she urged her party to patiently build the case for independence.In a speech in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon stressed that she still wants…

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government said on Thursday it will begin talks on resolving the Catalan political conflict before elections are held in the region, walking back an earlier decision to postpone the negotiations until after the polls.The talks were a precondition for left-wing separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya…

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has decided to postpone talks with the northeastern restive region of Catalonia until after the region holds elections, the government said on Thursday. The announcement came one day after Quim Torra, …

BARCELONA - The pro-independence head of the Catalonian government said on Wednesday he planned to call a snap regional election in a move that could have a major impact on Spain's national politics. Quim Torra cited distrust in his coalition partner in the regional government and said he wanted to…

Catalan leader Quim Torra, who has kept his seat as the region’s president despite a court decision to bar him from public office, has called for a snap election. Torra was found guilty of disobeying electoral rules over his pro-independence actions.“Once the budgets have been approved in Parliament, I will…