LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Credit rating agency DBRS said on Tuesday that any declaration of independence by Catalonia would have no "practical implications" for Spain in the near-term and therefore ...

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was to chair an emergency cabinet meeting early Wednesday to discuss the central government's response. As Spain headed into the unknown, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was ...

Catalan president Carles Puigdemont declared late on Sunday that Catalonia had won the right to break away from Spain. "If anyone plans to declare the independence of part of the territory of Spain, ...

The Madrid government sacked Catalonia's president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain's gravest political crisis since the ...

“If the State Government persists in blocking dialogue and the repression continues, the Parliament of Catalonia will proceed, if deemed appropriate, to vote on the formal declaration of independence, ...

A court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia's president for questioning over an allegedly illegal 2014 ballot on independence from Spain, raising pressure on separatists after they won control of their ...

MADRID -- A Spanish judge jailed Catalonia's top lawmaker Thursday in a rebellion probe stemming from an independence declaration, but set Carme Forcadell's bail at 150,000 euros ($175,000) and ...

Catalonia’s declaration of independence and the Spanish parliament’s vote to take over the regional government have brought Spain to its greatest crisis since the end of Franco's dictatorship four ...

MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday threatened to suspend Catalonia’s regional autonomy after its leader said there was a mandate to split from Madrid. In a televised address ...