Catalonia isn’t Kashmir. It isn’t East Pakistan or Myanmar’s Rakhine province either. It cannot complain of political repression, economic exploitation or religious discrimination. Yet, Catalan’s ...

The Spanish region of Catalonia, which has a large degree of autonomy from the government in Madrid is known for being fiercely proud of its individual culture and local language. Soaring immigration ...

Catalan is not, as some believe, a dialect of Spanish, but a language that developed independently out of the vulgar Latin spoken by the Romans who colonised the Tarragona area. It is spoken by 9 ...

Some years ago, when the Catalan pro-independence movement was reaching its high point in terms of popular mobilisation, quite a few politicians and commentators in and outside Spain argued that it ...

For 30 years, schools in Catalonia have taught most subjects in Catalan, with the death of dictator Francisco Franco giving Spain’s regions the linguistic freedom they sought.But now parents fear ...

Do you want to learn to speak like Rosalía? Well, listen closely, students, because Professor Rosalía is ready to show us her 10 favorite words in Catalan and Spanish. Did you learn something new ...