Catalonian parliament has elected pro-independence politician Quim Torra as president, ending months of Barcelona political stalemate with Madrid. 🎥 14-May-18 TV News Special: 'Quim Torra new Catalan president' Find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/ZPxhUJDtvp . — Catalan News (@catalannews) May 14, 2018 A close ally of the independence leader Carles Puigdemont, Torra, 55, won the ballot by…
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Supporters of Catalan Republic win majority in Chamber
The pro-independence parties won an absolute majority, while liberal Ciudadanos party led by Inés Arrimadas won the regional elections in Catalonia in number of seats, according to polls conducted at the exit of polling stations by the newspaper La Vanguardia. Puigdemont retakes the lead, grabs a seat off the PP, which falls back to just…
Catalonia: “Freedom to political prisoners!”
750 000 people have rallied in Barcelona to protest against Spain’s detention of Catalan independence leaders, police estimate. La vostra llum ens arriba fins a Brussel·les i il·lumina el camí que hem de continuar recorrent. Sou la nostra força #11nLlibertat pic.twitter.com/iDzZVIQim1 — krls.eth / Carles Puigdemont (@KRLS) November 11, 2017 They shone phone torches in…
Spain unionists export violence to Barcelona
Concluding the day of a massive anti-independence rally in Barcelona, numerous incidents of violence against journalists, police, transport workers, and damages to public buildings were reported by the victims, witnesses, and social media. Till present 11 reported wounded. If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next #HelpCatalonia #StopViolence pic.twitter.com/Kjdn7PL5a5 — Help Catalonia 🎗…
Unionists attack Catalan police
An impressive demonstration of hundreds of thousands of supporters of a unified Spain who came to Barcelona from all over the Kingdom became the biggest show of force yet by the so-called ‘silent majority’ watching as regional political leaders resurrected Catalan independence abolished by Franco dictatorship. Spaniards today in the center of Barcelona beating Catalans.None…
Birth of Catalan Republic
The Declaration of Catalan Republic took place after the debate in the parliament in Barcelona, and a subsequent vote: with 70 yes, 10 no, and 2 blanc ballots. The Parliament of Catalonia constitutes the Catalan Republic, as an independent, sovereign, democratic, social State under the rule of law pic.twitter.com/RW5xck7PYN — Catalan Government (@catalangov) October 27,…
Madrid ready to arrest Catalan president for independence declaration
Spanish police are ready to arrest Catalan President Carles Puigdemont immediately if he declares independence in the regional parliament, according to two people familiar with the government’s plans. Helicopters are circling above regional parliament before Puigdemont speaks about the future of Catalan https://t.co/GnysFj9iHa pic.twitter.com/CWRGZVM3L9 — Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) October 10, 2017 While a final decision…
Swiss mediate Spain-Catalonia
Neutral Switzerland is in touch with Spain and Catalonia about resolving a row over the region’s moves towards independence but conditions for promoting talks are not yet ripe, the foreign ministry in Bern said. #Switzerland prepared to build a platform for dialogue between #Catalonia and #Spain ➡️https://t.co/IXxPeJOslo . — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 6, 2017…
Catalonia holds breath before declaration
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is facing growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament. From the early hours of Tuesday morning the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, closed the Ciutadella Park in Barcelona and positioned several police vans near the entrances and alongside parliament….
#Catalonia MEP Anderson: where is #EU?..
The mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau Ballano informed about 460 injured after Spanish riot police stormed polling stations in an attempt to physically prevent Catalonia’s independence referendum taking place. Spanish national newspaper El Pais reports about 465 injured. In spite of the riot police efforts many Catalans managed to cast their ballots in the poll, declared ‘illegal’ by Madrid, there…
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