by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Catalan officials claimed 90% of 2.2million voters had called for independence in an ‘illegal’ referendum blighted by violent scenes which left at least 888 people injured. World leaders condemned the brutal scenes after officials revealed that hundreds of...
by FLEXIT | Oct 1, 2017 | News
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia’s regional government declared a landslide win for the “yes” side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain that degenerated into ugly scenes of mayhem on Sunday, with more than 800 people injured as riot police attacked...
by FLEXIT | Oct 1, 2017 | News
Update (6:30 pm ET): In further proof that Spain’s brutal crackdown on today’s Catalan independence referendum only helped bolster the seccessionist cause, the regional government announced that voters had overwhelmingly voted in favor of independence,...
by FLEXIT | Oct 1, 2017 | News
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard While the EU watches in disbelief, a remote threat has mushroomed suddenly into an existential crisis. It is even more intractable than Brexit, and certainly more dangerous. The volcanic events unfolding by the day in Catalonia threaten the...
by FLEXIT | Oct 1, 2017 | News
via the Daily Mail: Why do some in Catalonia want independence? Catalonia is one of Spain’s wealthiest and most industrialized regions. The region has its own language and a distinct culture which leads many Catalans to consider themselves as being from a...
