Catalan contends the court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence exceeding the recommended term under the Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 (Realignment Act), operative October 1, 2011.

That would help reduce political tensions and reach "an accord on a solution to go forward with the demands of the Catalan people," Puigdemont said.

Catalan pro-independence demonstrators rally in Madrid on March 16. (Emilio Morenatti/AP) Quim Torra is the president of the Catalan regional government. The Spanish extreme right is fueled by a ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said Tuesday that he is working to return home to be re-elected as the regional president, but stopped short of saying when and ...

The stadium was full [96,700]. Nowadays Catalan people are used to those kind of games; the crowds are smaller so the Catalan national team plays in smaller stadiums to make the atmosphere better.

A local bill requiring that at least half the copies of every film from outside Europe be dubbed in Catalan is the latest attempt to assert Catalan culture.

Catalan is spoken in a territory that contains over 13 million inhabitants. Despite this, most Catalan people went on using their language at home and the language has survived against the odds.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain ...

Two people hold signs reading in Catalan "We the people remain" and "Political parties have betrayed us" next to a Catalan pro-independence Estelada flag in Barcelona on Oct. 1, 2022.

Catalan contends the court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence exceeding the recommended term under the Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 (Realignment Act), operative October 1, 2011.