When Marta Vicente was researching various aspects of transgender identity, one surprising word kept coming up: colonialism. "There's a sense of breaking free from subordination of political powers," ...

The trial against 12 Catalan independence leaders exposes the extent to which Spain’s status as a coherent nation-state is being questioned. The governing socialist party is now feeling the ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain's most popular football teams, Barcelona's 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands ...

FC Barcelona and Òmnium Cultural have reaffirmed their commitment to the Catalan language and Catalan identity with the launch of a jersey promoted by both organisations that will be unveiled this ...

In 1983, the parliament of Catalonia passed a law that would help the region assert its identity, and its autonomy, relative to the rest of Spain. It made Catalan the region’s official language—this ...

As the Spanish central government prepares to effectively take back control of Catalonia, schools and pupils have been bearing the brunt of the confrontation. Anna Gumbau reports from Barcelona.

BARCELONA, June 9 (Reuters) - Pope Leo spoke in Catalan, a language key to the region's identity, as he arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday for the second stop of a week-long tour of Spain in which he ...