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Egunkaria, shameful process

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:22:01 +0000

The Spanish National Criminal Court has acquitted the five defendants in the closing down case of Egunkaria daily newspaper –Joan Mari Torrealdai, Iñaki Uria, Txema Auzmendi, Martxelo Otamendi and Xabier Oleaga–, arguing that there is no proof against them. According to the verdict, the defendants did not commit any crime and [...]

Disinformation at TVE

Juncà Lluís — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:32:20 +0000

That what you see on TV is only a small part (often completely viased) of the big picture out there is something we should bear in mind. And when it comes to political issues, even more.

After shamelessly filtering out the boos at the Spanish anthem during King’s Cup final, TVE (the [...]

Catalonia still suffers from “Basquitis”

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:44:55 +0000

“Basquitis” is a human behavior, basically seen among Catalans, by which one feels an awe-inspired fascination by anything related to the Basques and the Basque Country. Many pro-independence Catalans suffering basquitis regard the Basques as the almighty example to follow, as if an hypothetical independence of the Basque Country would automatically translate into [...]

Iniciativa Internacionalista made it to the EU elections

Juncà Lluís — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:34 +0000

Iniciativa Internacionalista leaflet

The Basque “abertzales” left-wing pro-independence parties have been repeatedly banned from taking part in local and national elections, on the grounds that all these parties had links with terrorist group ETA. But Europe is not Spain, specially when it comes to illegalizing political parties without blinking an eye, and this [...]

NoDo-style TV at Mestalla

Juncà Lluís — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:59:06 +0000

Expected as it was, the Spanish national anthem was tremendously booed by both the Catalan and Basque supporters as the Spanish monarchy took their box seats at Mestalla stadium for the King’s Cup final. The jeers and whistles which greeted the anthem were so loud that not even the thundering power at which [...]