Artur Mas
'Our home is Europe': Catalan President
The President of Catalonia has responded to European Commission comments that the region would have to leave the EU if it became an indepedent country by saying that Catalonia "feels good" being part of Europe and wants to stay.
Catalans maintain push for indepedence vote
Catalonia vowed to press ahead with plans to hold a self-determination referendum on Sunday, a day after Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy rejected a request to allow the wealthy region to vote on its political future.
'Short-changed' Catalans push for 2014 vote
A massive rally by Catalans demanding independence from Spain has forced the hand of the country's political leaders on the issue of a referendum on the region's future, analysts say.
'We want to be Spain's brother': Catalan leader
Why has Catalonia been fighting for independence for 300 years? On Tuesday the region's President Artur Mas wrote a piece in the New York Times giving his reasons.
Catalan chain aims to break Spanish bonds
Thousands of people in Catalonia are poised to unite on Wednesday to form a 400-kilometre (250-mile) human chain in a bold push for independence from Spain which is fiercely opposed by Madrid.
'Catalonia's welfare state depends on deficit relief'
Spain's heavily indebted region of Catalonia, which is facing a resurgent separatist movement, demanded on Tuesday that the central government lift its budget deficit target for this year to protect social services.
Madrid stymies Catalan independence push
Spain's Constitutional Court on Wednesday put a brake on Catalonia's drive for a referendum on independence by opening the door to a legal challenge against the region's claim to sovereignty.