Catalonia

In Viladrau's town center, where 14 women out of a town of 100 were accused of witchcraft and executed.
Justice
Catalonia pardons women accused of witchcraft 400 years ago
During the month of December, the Tió de Nadal is placed under a blanket and fed every night. On Christmas Eve, he "poops" out presents.
Culture
Barcelona celebrates a very merry ‘scatological’ Christmas
Pep González, a longtime mushroom forager, on a hunt for mushrooms in the forest.
Food
Foragers in Catalonia embrace a new mushroom-hunting season after last year’s strict lockdown
Misoprostol drug, the most common abortion pill
Reproductive rights
Catalonia’s temporary tele-abortion services are a game-changer for women with limited access
Marly Estrella is pictured with activists Luis Enrique Rumaldo (left) and Manuel Rico in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona.
COVID-19
Housing struggles rise in Catalonia amid the pandemic
A few people walk or bike in shadows near a large building.
COVID-19
A coronavirus outbreak threatens Catalonia’s vital tourism industry
a human tower in Catalonia, Spain
Culture
In Catalonia, bullfights are out, human towers are in
People wait a line as long as three business fronts to vote in Catalonia's regional elections.
Global Politics
Moment of truth for independence drive as divided Catalonia votes
Members of the Catalonian band, Txarango
Music
Identity politics and music from a band in Catalonia
Catalonia
Culture
Why some Catalans say independence is a ‘feminist struggle’
Demonstrators gather outside the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona, Oct. 27, 2017.
Global Politics
Catalonia’s lawmakers vote for independence from Spain
People wave Catalan flags during a demonstration organized by Catalan pro-independence movements following the imprisonment Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, in Barcelona, Oct. 21, 2017.
Global Politics
Catalan party threatens ‘massive’ civil disobedience against Spain
Barcelona soccer fans make their feelings known about Catalan independence, at a game on Wednesday Oct 18th 2017
Culture
The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain
Sound of Thunder
Music
A heavy metal band from Virginia went viral in Catalonia
Students wear Catalan flags as they block a street during a protest in Barcelona.
Global Politics
How Spain could suspend autonomy in Catalonia
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont arrives for a cabinet meeting at the regional government headquarters in Barcelona, October 10, 2017.
Global Politics
Spain braces for Catalan independence showdown
A pro-union demonstration organised by the Catalan Civil Society organisation makes its way through the streets of Barcelona, Spain October 8, 2017.
Global Politics
As Spain sinks further into instability, the EU remains mute
A man uses a cashpoint at a Sabadell bank branch in Pineda de Mar, north of Barcelona.
Economics
Big banks plan to abandon Catalonia over its crisis with Spain
Women waiting
Conflict
Inside the Catalan feminist plan to upend Spanish patriarchal rule
Conflict
Chronicle of a crackdown on Catalonia’s independence vote
Riot police grab at a woman near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1, 2017.
Conflict
Spanish riot police fight to suppress Catalonia’s defiant independence vote
People hold Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) as they wait for a closing rally in favour of the banned October 1 independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain.
Global Politics
Tensions heat up before Catalan independence vote
police in Spain
Conflict
After a long manhunt, Catalan police find and kill suspect in the Barcelona attack
​Former Catalan President Artur Mas and former regional councilors Irene Rigau and Joana Ortega leave court after attending the first day of their trial for staging a 2014 informal referendum on independence in breach of a legal order, in Barcelona, Spain
Global Politics
Catalonia is still pushing for an independence vote that Spain calls illegal
Catalans who want to separate from Spain join hands as part of a human chain across Catalonia on Sept. 11, 2013.
Culture
Why one American wants Catalonia to be Europe’s new nation
Barcelona cannabis club
Lifestyle
Inside Barcelona’s private marijuana clubs pushing to legalize it
Pro-independence Catalonians hold up giant letters reading "We are ready, Independence" during the final meeting before a ceremonial referendum in Barcelona on November 7, 2014.
Global Politics
Catalonia’s leaders plan secession from Spain
People attend a rally in support of Scotland's independence referendum, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Global Politics
Russia says ‘Yes’ to self-determination — as long as it’s not within Russia