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Macedonia 13.12.19 | 17:12

Puigdemont: If the EU is negotiating with Macedonia or Albania, why not Catalonia?

Calatan separatist leader Carlos Puigdemont dismissed comments that Catalonia is not fit to secede and become an EU member state citing the fact that countries like Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo are negotiating with the EU. They told us: ‘Taking in Scotland, Catalonia, Flanders – that would be too...

World 12.09.19 | 12:19

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans rally for independence

Hundreds of thousands of independence supporters took to the streets in Barcelona on the National Day of Catalonia. The Placa d’Espanya began filling up with demonstrators Wednesday afternoon with the words “goal independence” emblazoned on the monument on the central plaza. About 600,000 were...

World 12.02.19 | 14:43

Madrid: Trial of 12 Catalan independence leaders begins

The trial of Catalan separatist leaders began in Madrid on Tuesday, with 12 politicians charged with the attempted declaration of independence from Spain in 2017. Catalan independence supporters protested in front of the court with signs declaring the 12 to be political prisoners. Spanish nationalist...