Catalonia

The rally was held just 30 kilometers from the Spanish border, allowing former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont to attend. Organizers estimated that as many as 150,000 people participated. Tens of thousands of Catalan independence supporters held a major rally in Perpignan, southeastern France, on Saturday. The demonstrators gathered to…

PERPIGNAN, France: Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, on Saturday (Feb 29) exhorted tens of thousands of supporters to keep up the struggle, at a giant rally in southern France, near the Catalan border."We must prepare for the final combat, bypassing mistakes, doubts…

By The Associated PressSat., Feb. 29, 2020timer1 min. readPERPIGNAN, France - Tens of thousands of people who want the Catalonia region to become independent from Spain held a major rally across the border, in southeastern France, on Saturday.Catalan separatists are keen to draw international attention to their fight, and the…

Thousands of people who want the Catalonia region to become independent from Spain are attending a major rally in southeastern FranceFebruary 29, 2020, 4:59 PM2 min readPERPIGNAN, France -- Tens of thousands of people who want the Catalonia region to become independent from Spain held a major rally across the…

The Spanish left-wing coalition government on Thursday (27 February) scored its first major political success, after the Parliament in Madrid approved the expenditure ceiling, a preliminary step for approving the new budget for the four-year legislature, EURACTIV’s partner EuroEFE reports. With 168 votes in favour, 150 against and 19 abstentions,…

A pleasant stroll around the Moncloa’s gardens followed by a three-hour meeting, served to “pave the way for dialogue", according to the joint statement issued by the two governments, the Spanish and the Catalan. The key, therefore, is that the talks have got off to a good start, with an…

Spain’s prime minister and the leader of Catalonia have opened formal talks in the hope of resolving the festering political crisis provoked by the region’s separatist movement. rime Minister Pedro Sanchez and members of his government are hosting Catalan regional chief Quim Torra and his delegation in Madrid’s Moncloa Palace,…

Feb. 26, 2020 at 4:07 am Updated Feb. 26, 2020 at 12:01 pm MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government and the separatist leaders of Catalonia formally opened talks on Wednesday on how to resolve the festering political crisis provoked by the region’s separatist movement. As expected, the three-hour meeting between…

The government has revealed the names of the Catalan representatives who will engage in talks with their Spanish counterparts starting tomorrow. President Quim Torra and VP Pere Aragonès will be joined by ministers Jordi Puigneró and Alfred Bosch, plus three MPs (Marta Vilalta, Josep Maria Jové and Elsa Artadi) and…

The move has come after weeks of local and international pressure. At least 380,000 people have died during the South Sudanese civil war, which created Africa's biggest refugee crisis since the Rwanda genocide. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar on Thursday agreed to form a unity…