Reuters/Susana Vera White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday the Trump administration would welcome dialogue between Spain and Catalonia’s leaders on the region’s political future. “That’s up for the people of Spain and Catalonia to decide,” Sanders said at the daily White House press briefing, shortly after Catalonia’s secessionist president Carles Puigdemont said he […]
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Catalans ‘a bit disappointed’ by another delay after ‘300 years’ of waiting for independence (VIDEO)
Catalans have expressed mixed feelings over the regional leadership’s failure to steam ahead and unilaterally split from Madrid, after its declaration of independence was immediately placed on hold pending talks with the central government. On Tuesday, Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont accepted “the mandate of the people for Catalonia to become an independent republic” and […]
FC Barcelona plays in empty stadium as defiant Catalans go to polls despite crackdown
One of the most popular teams in world sport had the bizarre experience of playing in a deserted 99,000 seater stadium on Sunday as FC Barcelona faced off against Las Palmas while Catalans voted in an independence referendum amidst a violent police crackdown. Barcelona, featuring Lionel Messi and numerous other soccer superstars, took to the […]
1mn Catalans mark national day with massive pro-independence march in Barcelona (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Just weeks ahead of a regional independence referendum, nearly one million Catalans staged a massive rally in Barcelona to support the independence vote from Madrid. On Catalonia’s national day, the ‘Diada’, nearly one million people marched to support the upcoming independence referendum planned for October 1, police said on Twitter. Al voltant d’un milió de […]
Huddersfield 22 – Catalans 29: Giants facing another battle against relegation
Last July, the Giants sacked Paul Anderson and replaced him with Aussie Rick Stone, but not much has gone right since. This defeat was another knife in the side of a team struggling for confidence and wobbling alarmingly. The scoreline did not do justice to the French visitors’ superiority as the Giants scored two late […]