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Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 13:10 The Spanish government has passed a law making it easier for Catalonia-based companies to move operations elsewhere in Spain. The law was discussed with the Socialist and Citizens parties, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said. Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily news
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 12:11 Spain’s fifth-biggest bank, Banco Sabadell has announced it will move its headquarters from Catalonia following threats by the region’s political leaders to declare independence. Two million Catalans voted to break away from Spain in last Sunday’s referendum. Read more Sabadell said its board decided to shift the company’s legal […]
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 07:29 Edited time: 6 Oct, 2017 08:10 Catalonia’s parliament will meet on Monday despite the decision of Spain’s Constitutional Court to suspend the session, the Catalan head of foreign affairs said on Friday. “Parliament will discuss, parliament will meet. It will be a debate,” Raul Romeva told the BBC. He […]
Published time: 4 Oct, 2017 00:52 Hotels around Catalonia evicted up to 500 Spanish police officers from their premises on late Monday, amid a local outcry and mass protests surrounding their buildings. The demonstrators surrounded hotels in the towns of Calella, Pinedea and Figueres, shouting, “Out with the occupying forces!” and singing Catalan songs. Videos […]
Published time: 2 Oct, 2017 17:09 More than 40 unions and Catalonian associations are calling for a general strike across the embattled region following widespread violence during the national police crackdown on the independence referendum Sunday. More than 840 people were injured in clashes with police after the Guardia Civil tried to close polling stations […]
Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 20:27 Catalan ministers have announced they are pursuing international justice following the Spanish government’s crackdown on voters in the Catalonia independence referendum. Read more Announcing a two pronged response strategy, officials added that a process to institute anti-Madrid sanctions in the EU is already underway. “We will initiate formalities to […]
Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 16:42 Videos filmed both outside and inside polling stations for the ongoing referendum on Catalan independence show disturbing scenes of Spanish police variously throwing people out of the stations, pulling their hair and kicking them to the ground. More than 460 people have been injured in the Spanish police crackdown, […]
Barcelona’s board pushed to suspend the game following violence that has broken out over Catalonia’s vote for independence today Barcelona have released a statement condemning the incidents. “FC Barcelona condemns the events which have taken place in many parts of Catalonia today in order to prevent its citizens exercising their democratic right to free speech,” […]
Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 01:53 Several hundred pro-regional independence activists have marched through the streets of Nantes, calling for reunification with the Brittany region of France and greater autonomy from the central government in Paris. While the city of Nantes is officially part of the Pays de la Loire region, the district is historically […]
Spain’s Catalonia is gearing up for an independence referendum on Sunday despite attempts to hinder the process by the government in Madrid, which considers it illegal. Catalans have staged numerous protests and occupied polling stations to secure their right to vote. Over six thousand ballot boxes will be used, and there are more than 2,300 […]
