vestiges of Catalonia’s Mediterranean expansion collectively known now as the “Països Catalans” (“Catalan Countries”). After Catalonia lost its independence to Spain in 1714, the language was ...

The leader of the Spanish region, Salvador Illa, is fighting for Spain's regional languages — Catalan, Basque and Galician — to be recognised as official EU ones. View on euronews ...

The Spanish Producers Spotlight, part of the Country in Focus initiative, will feature four Catalan labels: Escándalo Films, Alba Sotorra Productions, LaCima Producciones and Inicia Films.

Therefore, the decision to push for the recognition of the Catalan language is raising eyebrows in several EU countries, which see it as a political manoeuvre by Sánchez. "This was a demand of ...