SpanishauthoritiesonTuesdaydetainedsevenpeopleinCataloniaaspartofacrackdownondisturbancesassociatedwiththeregion'sattemptstosecedefromSpain,sayingoneofthosearre
BennyTaiYiu-ting,oneoftheinitiatorsoftheillegalOccupyCentralmovementandanassociateprofessoroflawattheUniversityofHongKong,blatantlypreached"HongKongindependence
ATaiwanofficial'srecentremarksonindependencearedangerousandpresumptuous,saidMaXiaoguang,aspokespersonfortheTaiwanAffairsOfficeoftheStateCouncil,onMonday.Mamadet
CarlesPuigdemont,theformerleaderofSpain'sCataloniaregion,calledonCatalanstokeepuptheirindependencestruggleagainstanincreasingly"authoritarian"Spainin"non-violen
AChinesemainlandspokespersononTuesdaysaidthatTaiwanseparatistswillsufferbytheirownhand.ThemainlandandTaiwanbelongtooneChina.AsaninseparablepartofChina'sterritor
VotersinNewCaledoniaintheSouthPacificwilldecideinNovemberonwhethertheywishtobecomeindependentofFrance.Theoverseasterritoryhasseenyearsofbitterpoliticalfeudingbe
ExiledformerCatalanleaderCarlesPuigdemonthasstunnedSpainbywithdrawinghisbidforasecondterminoffice.PuigdemontandhisadministrationweresackedbySpanishPrimeMinister
TheCatalancrisisthatattainedglobalattentionbetweenOctoberandDecember2017continues.TheelectionsheldonDecember22producedanewpro-independenceparliamentarymajorityw
LawyersforajailedactivistoftheCatalanindependencemovementsayhehasadmittedthattheregion'sOct.1referendumonwhethertosplitfromSpainlackedlegalvalidity.Ex-NationalC
Spain’ssupremecourthasrefusedtograntbailtotheoustedCatalanvice-president,OriolJunqueras,whohasbeeninprisonformorethantwomonthsoverhisroleintheregion’sunilateral
Cataloniaisbackinthelimelight.InasnapregionalelectiononDecember21,thethreeseparatistpartieswonatotalof70seats,givingthepro-independencegroupsamajorityinthe135-s
Thevotingisover,theresultsarein,butCatalonia’sfutureisnoclearer.Cataloniansvotedtogivepro-independencepartiesanoutrightmajorityintheregion’s135-seatparliamenton
CatalanseparatistswonacrucialsnappollThursday,plungingtheirregionintofurtheruncertaintyafterafailedindependencebidrattledEuropeandtriggeredSpain'sworstpolitical
Politicalpartiestendtoexaggeratethe“importance”and“extraordinariness”ofelectoralcontestsinordertomotivatepotentialvoters.Noneedforitonthisoccasion.TheDecember21
CatalanswereanxiouslypreparingWednesdayforadecisiveregionalvote,hopingitwillhelpsettlethebitterdisputeoverindependencefromSpainthathasdividedtheirregionandrattl
OftensymbolisedaspittingtheprideofCataloniaagainstSpain'scapital,the'ElClasico'betweenBarcelonaandRealMadridisamatchlacedwithpoliticalandsocialasmuchassportingt
CampaigningdrewtoacloseonTuesdayinCatalonia'sregionalelection,apotentialturningpointinSpain'sworstpoliticalcrisisindecades.TheatypicalcampaignendedwithdeposedCa
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