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…
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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….
Spain crisis deepens rejecting Catalan’s vote
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont insists the region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum, in spite of riot police crack down on votes. #BREAKING Injured after the Spanish police charge up to 844 #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/tz3PcP4bvs — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 1, 2017 Puigdemont said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration…
Madrid responds with riot police raids to Catalan referendum
Spanish riot police stormed into polling stations across Catalonia on Sunday, October, 1, confiscating ballot boxes and voting papers in an attempt to prevent a banned referendum on an independence from Madrid. People with their arms raised in front of Spanish riot police, including Catalan firefighters #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/WMn5IuCCer — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 1, 2017…
Overheat in Kosovo
Aleksandar Mitic, OPINION A new graffiti banner appeared on the stands of the football stadium of Sparta Prague in the Czech capital, media reported on January 24. It reads “Kosovo is Serbia”, and is a reference to the long-held views by the Sparta fans, but also fans at dozens of stadiums around Europe – from…
Europol: firearms traffickers arrested in Spain
EUROPOL: The Counter Terrorism Units of the Spanish National Police in Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Gerona, with the collaboration of Europol, have carried out an operation within the framework of an investigation against the illicit trafficking of firearms. During the course of this action, five individuals have been arrested, six house searches have been conducted…
Europol: Georgian gangs arrested in Spain
Depeche: Europol: the Spanish National Police supported by Europol, French and Georgian authorities has arrested 61 members of a Georgian organised crime group specialised in burglaries. Overall, 26 house searches have been carried out and EUR 33 000, 8 vehicles, 7 100 tobacco packets and many stolen pieces of jewellery have been seized. The 61…
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