Outside the Beltway

Two months after a referendum that supported independence from Spain, Catalan voters head to the polls for a new round of parliamentary elections that remain up in the air.

It appears Russia attempted to influence last year’s Brexit vote in the same manner it did the 2016 election in the United States.

Things are heating up very quickly in Catalonia.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has said he will act to remove Catalonia’s pro-independence leadership from power.

The standoff between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalan independence appears to be ready to come to an end.

After Sunday’s referendum, the government of Catalonia says it may declare independence from Spain as early as Monday. However, it’s likely to be a completely meaningless act.

Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Spain, but it’s not at all clear that the vote will amount to anything.

Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.

As the date for Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum nears, tensions are rising between Madrid and Barcelona.

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region took a step toward independence, but Madrid apparently wants nothing to do with it.

Despite seeing the effort fail in Scotland, Catalans say they intend to move forward with their own independence effort.