History

The historical Catalan documents that Alay investigated in Moscow, which the judge hasn't looked at

Alay collected historical documents from the Russian state archive which he has made available to the judge

Homage to George Orwell: a plaque recalls where the writer witnessed the 'Fets de Maig' in Barcelona

Orwell spent three tense nights on the rooftop of an historic building on La Rambla, as he recounted in 'Homage to Catalonia'

Six decades on, Terrassa searches for children "stolen" after disastrous city flood of 1962

The great flood of 1962 caused 300 deaths in Terrassa and between 50 and 60 children went missing

The two Catalans, deliberately hidden, who founded Real Madrid

Catalan speakers, merchants and autonomists, the two brothers are strange and foreign characters in the club's story

Fragments of Christ's 'True Cross' and the Virgin Mary's milk: astonishing relics held in Barcelona

One of the treasures of the 'Associació Antic Gremi de Revenedors 1447' is an amazing collection of relics

Former Spanish soldier: "An amnesty is legal, they gave me one, and under the 1978 Constitution"

José Ignacio Domínguez benefited from the Law of Rehabilitation that was passed in 1987, promoted by Alfonso Guerra

Supermarket above and Roman ruins below: old and new "coexist" in a Catalan seaside town

"Project of excellence" or "temple of shame"? In the Catalan town of Calella, a supermarket opens on top of Roman ruins

Barcelona's museums open their doors after dark: the Night of the Museums returns

More than 90 museums, 121 exhibitions and over 80 scheduled activities, and all for free on a Saturday night

Colombian president Petro denounces Spain's colonialism in front of Sánchez

Speaking in Madrid, the Colombian leader celebrated how his people had thrown off the "yoke" that was "brought to America"

Pinotxo bar surprisingly reopens, after family disputes seemed to close it for good

A week after the controversy, the classic Barcelona bar in the Boqueria market hauls up the rollers once again

The new Catalan law of Memory: fines for glorifying Francoism, a homage to the Republic

The proposed Catalan law also addresses historical education, withdrawal of Francoist symbols, and the colonialism issue

DNA confirms find of remains of Cipriano Martos, murdered by Spanish Civil Guard in 1973

The remains of Martos, tortured for his political dissidence, were identified in one of Catalonia's 887 known mass graves

Via Laietana road works reveal skeleton of Barcelona resident from 1,500 years ago

The late Roman era grave was discovered in the context of the works to remodel Via Laietana, not far from the Cathedral

Emmanuel Macron: "There is a permanent dialectic between the Spanish and Catalan questions"

French president acknowledges in an interview that Catalonia is a conditioning factor in Spanish politics

The night Pelé lost against the Barça of Kubala

With the death of 'O Rei', Pelé, aged 82, we recall the peculiar 1960 match that the great Brazilian played at Camp Nou

Burglars break in to Catalonia's Poblet Monastery and open archive safe but take nothing

The mediaeval monastery, home to key historical archives, suffered a mysterious weekend break-in

Spain's Civil Guard admits error in referring to anti-Franco resistance as "rebels"

The Civil Guard organized an exhibition on its own history that did not mention that Spain experienced a coup d'état in 1936

The day that Elizabeth II learned what England and Catalonia have in common

Yet again, memorial denouncing Franco-era torture site in Barcelona is vandalized

Despite being under 24-hour police gaze, memorial lectern located in Via Laietana has suffered a new attack

Why call it Crown of Aragon? Let's say: Catalan Crown (Part I)

'Frankfurter' warns of the rise of colonialist glorification in Spain (unlike Portugal)

German daily focuses on new Lisbon monument to enslaved peoples, and asks whether such a memorial would be possible in Madrid

Monarchy or republic: what do Catalans want?

On the 91st anniversary of the day when Catalonia declared the birth of a republic, the CEO looks at Catalans' preferences

Zelensky: "What Russia is doing is like the Spanish Civil War attack on Gernika"

Speaking to Spain's Congress of Deputies, Ukrainian president named Spanish firms that continue to "do business with Russia"

Why did Aran, with Occitan cultural roots, become part of the Catalan world?

What led the north-facing Pyrenean land of Aran to forge links with the domains to the south?

Exhumation of crypts in Spain's Valle de los Caídos, halted by a judge

A surprising undersea find, 900 years later