by FLEXIT | Oct 3, 2017 | News
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — For teacher Elisa Aroca, Sunday was the moment Spain lost the battle for the hearts and minds of 7.5 million people living in the Catalonia region. Aroca intended to defend her Spanish roots and cast a ballot against Catalonia breaking away...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont outwitted police helicopters following him to stop him voting by changing official cars in a tunnel, it was sensationally claimed. The politician had to resort to the Hollywood-style manoeuvre during a cat-and-mouse game with...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | News
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – The secessionist leader of Catalonia called for international mediation on Monday in the region’s dispute with Madrid, a day after hundreds of people were hurt as police swung truncheons and fired rubber bullets to disrupt an...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | News
On October 1st, 2017, the territorial unity of Spain faced a challenge as the Catalan regional government staged its promised and controversial independence referendum. Despite the referendum being “suspended” by Spain’s constitutional court and fiercely opposed by...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | News
High-ranking sources in Kurdistan (Erbil) said that the Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani “expected the sanctions already announced by Baghdad and expects many more sanctions to come in the future”. Nevertheless, “the referendum was an essential step to undertake,”...
