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Russia hopes Catalan crisis to be settled under Spain’s constitution

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The crisis around the independence referendum in Catalonia is a domestic issue of Spain and Moscow hopes that the situation will be settled in accordance with Spanish constitution,...

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Putin BLASTS West for opening ‘Pandora’s Box’ that led to Catalonia crisis...

In what has become an annual event, the Valdai Discussion Club was held in Sochi, Russia last week. As has become customary, Russian president Vladimir Putin was the keynote guest gracing the stage...

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Russia’s alleged meddling in Catalan vote: playing the blame game

(Strategic Culture Foundation) – Few people are able to recognize their own mistakes. Many prefer to deny the truth becoming willfully oblivious to obvious facts. Why assume responsibility if there is...

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CATALONIA: Now is the time for dialogue

Catalonia has declared victory in its independence referendum, with 90% of voters opting for forming an independent Catalan republic. In Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy  has said that the...

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LIVE VIDEO: Thousands participate in general strike in Catalonia

Catalans have called a general strike to protest the police brutality against voters and other civilians which occurred during the independence vote on the 1st of October. The protests have thus far...

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Spanish King lines up with Prime Minister to condemn Catalonia

Spain’s King Felipe VI has made a televised address in which he offered heavy handed words of condemnation for the leaders of the Catalan independence movement. Felipe VI began by stating that, “We...

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BREAKING: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont calls for mediation while slamming...

President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont has made a videoed public address which serves as a direct rebuttal of yesterday’s videoed address by Spanish King Felipe VI. During his...

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BREAKING: Spanish Constitutional Court suspends Catalan Parliament session

The regional Parliament of Catalonia is to meet Monday to discuss the results of the October 1st independence referendum. The Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont has suggested that Catalonia may...

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Spanish official in Catalonia offers half-hearted apology for police brutality

Enric Millo, a Spanish official in Catalonia has offered the first attempt at an apology for the police brutality that marred the Catalan independence referendum on the 1st of October. Spanish police...

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The Sport of the Gods: what is the likely outcome of the Catalan referendum

Republished with the author’s permission; first published by Dialectic Productions “This is the debt I pay/ Just for one riotous day, Years of regret and grief/ Sorrow without relief. Pay it I will to...

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Iraq and Middle East show more dignity over Kurds than Spain and EU show over...

The Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament, Salim Jabouri has travelled to Erbil in northern Iraq, to meet with the Kurdish secessionist leader Masoud Barzani. The move comes as Iraq has made it clear that it...

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BREAKING: Catalan President Carles Puigdemont declares intention to form...

The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont has addressed the Catalan parliament where he has declared his intention to form an independent Republic of Catalonia.  In the speech,...

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Catalonia’s long road to independence is the high road

Catalonia’s President Carles Puigdemont has offered his own supporters, those in Catalonia who are sceptical of independence, the Spanish people, the European Union and the Madrid regime, an elegant...

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7 points which expose Western governments’ hypocrisy on the issue of Catalan...

In my opinion the secession of Catalonia from Spain would be a disaster for the Catalan and Spanish people.  However there is no moral or legal principle behind the opposition to it of Western...

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Spanish PM Rajoy gives speech that offers many questions and few answers

Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish Prime Minister has spoken before parliament in response to Catalan President Carles Puigdemont’s declaration from yesterday, in which he issued Catalonia’s intention to...

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8 points about the crisis in Catalonia

As the Catalonia crisis slides towards its climax, a number of misconceptions about it need urgently to be set aside. (1) The illegality of the independence referendum does matter Firstly, the crisis...

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BREAKING: Two Catalan independence leaders arrested on SEDITION charges

Jordi Sanchez of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Jordi Cuixart of Omnium Cultural, two organisers of the 1st October independence referendum, have been arrested on the order of the Spanish...

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BREAKING: Catalonia threatens to enact independence as Spain threatens direct...

Early this morning, Catalonia’s President Carles Puigdemont stated that unless Spain makes a commitment to engage in further dialogue on de-escalating ongoing tensions stemming from the Catalan...

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Putin blames EU hypocrisy for Catalonia crisis

In a wide-ranging speech at Russia’s Valdai forum President Putin of Russia blamed the double-standards the EU has followed for creating the conditions for the crisis in Catalonia. The situation in...

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BREAKING: Spain takes direct rule of Catalonia as PM invokes Article 155 of...

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has just confirmed that Madrid has invoked the never before used Article 155 of the Spanish constitution, which abolishes Catalonia’s autonomy and imposes direct...

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 Puigdemont calls for meeting of Catalan parliament while comparing Spanish...

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has recorded a message of anger after Madrid invoked Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, putting Catalonia under the direct control of Madrid, subject to a vote...

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Catalonia: Madrid calls Puidgemont’s bluff

In the weeks since Catalonia’s illegal independence referendum the President of Catalonia’s government Carles Puidgemont has been behaving increasingly like a man whose bluff has been called. He has...

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BREAKING: Deposed Catalan President Puigdemont allegedly flees to Belgium

Spain’s Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza has told local media that Madrid plans to file charges against deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his deputies, in the aftermath of declaring...

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Catalonia’s independence process must be “slowed down” according to deposed...

Deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont is a man some would refer to as the President of the new Catalan Republic. However, speaking in Brussels at a hastily organised press conference with his...

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Catalan independence movement crumbles as Puigdemont flees to Belgium

Back on 12th October 2017 I wrote an article for The Duran in which I said that it was Puidgemont and the Catalan independence movement which were responsible for the stand-off in Catalonia because of...

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Spanish court issues European Arrest Warrant for deposed Catalan President...

A court in Madrid has issued a European Arrest Warrant for deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. In total, 9 deposed officials from the Catalan leadership have been placed under arrest on...

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BREAKING: Deposed Catalan President Puigdemont intends to stand in new...

The fate of Carles Puigdemont continues to become more entangled. The deposed Catalan President has just expressed his desire to participate in the new Catalan elections which Madrid unilaterally...

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An end to Catalonia’s revolution? Puigdemont hands himself in

Carles Puigdemont’s decision to hand himself over to the Belgian authorities is probably the moment of no return for his leadership both of Catalonia and of the Catalan independence movement. Ever...

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Spanish PM may lose a no confidence vote with a Socialist set to take the reigns

Tomorrow, a no-confidence vote could be held in the Spanish Parliament. The present situation is such that it appears that the sitting Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, could end up losing that vote, as...

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BREAKING: Catalan government claims 90% of voters have decided to leave Spain

The official Twitter of the Catalan Government has stated that 90% of voters have chosen to leave Spain and form a Catalan Republic. According to reports, Catalan officials have stated that 2.2 million...

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Catalonia independence vote to go ahead as planed in spite of terrorist attack

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) – The recent terrorist attacks in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia will not have an impact on the regional government’s plan to hold a referendum on independence from...

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CATALONIA: Not Iraq nor Yugoslavia, but a uniquely EU problem

Tomorrow, Catalans will head to the polls in a referendum which is being held in defiance of the Spanish regime in Madrid. The referendum has exposed s clear deficiency in European democracy, although...

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Multiple injuries as Spanish police unleash violence on Catalan voters

As Catalans go to the polls to vote in an independence referendum, the fears of many independence activists have been confirmed as Spanish police unleash violence on voters. Spanish police have been...

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The Catalan Referendum is a classic bait-and-switch operation by Barcelona

  Everyone gets it — the Catalan referendum has exposed the very deep hypocrisy of the Spanish and EU ruling elite, especially in regards to their support for separatist causes elsewhere in the world...

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Spanish PM says “there was no referendum in Catalonia”– Madrid has passed a...

In the Autumn of 2013 and into the Winter of 2014, violent protesters, including well organised and armed neo-fascist militias descended on the Maidan in Kiev with one goal in mind: to overthrow the...

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