All Stories for Catalonia
Spain lifts national restrictions on stadium attendance
• 4 years agoThe measures will run until the end of October when they will be re-assessed.
Spain reinstates curbs on nightlife as number of teenagers contracting COVID-19 surges during summer
• 4 years agoNightlife will be completely shut down in at least 16 towns in the northern Cantabria region, which leads the nation’s infection tallies.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Spain records 950 deaths overnight, taking toll to 10,000; number of positive cases 110,238 so far
• 5 years agoThe number of registered coronavirus cases rose about eight percent from Wednesday to 110,238, the ministry said
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez's Socialist party wins General Election, but large gains by far-right Vox threatens to widen political schism
• 6 years agoPrime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists won Spain's national election on Sunday but large gains by the upstart far-right Vox party appear certain to widen the political deadlock in the European Union's fifth-largest economy
Spain sees fourth general election in as many years amid political deadlock; polling takes place in backdrop of Catalonia's separatist push
• 6 years agoSpain has been caught in political paralysis since the election of December 2015 when Podemos and business-friendly Ciudadanos entered parliament.
Catalan protests: Clash between protesters, police continues on third day as demonstrators seek to forge new European country
• 6 years agoRioting raged in several Catalan towns for a third straight night, with police fighting running street battles with protesters angered by lengthy prison sentences for nine leaders of the wealthy region's drive for independence from Spain.
Serie A: Antonio Conte's back-to-basics style pays off as Inter Milan beat Sampdoria ahead of Champions League clash against Barcelona
• 6 years agoAntonio Conte has returned to Italian football in style with Inter Milan flying high under his back-to-basics guidance, ahead of a Champions League trip to Barcelona that will test the Serie A leaders' continental credentials.
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party wins snap polls but not majority, likely to form alliance with hostile rivals
• 6 years agoThe results raise the spectre of another period of instability for Spain, with Pedro Sanchez depending on alliances with hostile rivals in an environment that has soured since Catalonia's failed secession bid in 2017.
LaLiga: Spanish football clubs deny six players permission to play for Catalonia in friendly against Venezuela
• 7 years agoIn total six players were denied permission to be part of the Catalonia squad, which includes big names such as Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and former Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez
Spanish prime minister proposes referendum on greater Catalan autonomy, rules out vote on independence
• 7 years agoThe Catalan regional Parliament voted to declare independence on 27 October, prompting Spain to sack the regional government and put Catalonia under Madrid's direct rule.