Following up a complaint from Serbia, he U.N. General Assembly requested taht the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -on October 2008- should clarify the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence, which took place on the 17 th February 2008. After considering written statements from 36 U.N. member states, including Serbia, USA, France, Spain, etc., [...]
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 7 comments | Tags: ICJ, independence, international law, kosovo, recognition, Spain | Category: Spain, catalonia, independence, international, kosovo, stateless nations | July 26th, 2010 “This is not the real Catalonia” is one the most recurrent arguments used by pro-Spanish Catalan politicians when they attempt to denigrate any kind of pro-Catalan event. We have come to a point, though, where this argument is so weak that it actually sounds funny. Following up last week’s massive demonstration where more than one [...] 11 comments | Tags: arguments, la roja, plural, real | Category: Spain, catalonia, culture & language | July 19th, 2010 Last Saturday, 1.5 million people (1.1 million according to the police) gathered in Barcelona in what was the first massive demonstration in favour of the independence of Catalonia. Using the slogan “We are a nation, we decide”, the rally brought the centre of Barcelona to a standstill, and for almost two [...] 2 comments | Tags: 10J, barcelona, catalonia, demonstration, independence, rally, statute | Category: catalonia, culture & language, independence | July 12th, 2010 After several months of uncertainty, the former president of FC Barcelona,Joan Laporta, has confirmed through his website that he’ll run for president of Catalonia. With his seven years of unprecedented success at the front of the “unarmed army” of Catalonia (to quote M.V. Montalban), he is determined ”to devote his energy to a challenge that, if achieved, [...] 3 comments | Tags: catalan elections, democràcia catalana, FC Barcelona, laporta | Category: catalonia, independence | July 5th, 2010 (for a comprehensive overview of the whole statute of autonomy process read this) So this is it, the end of autonomism and, consequently, the end of federalism in Spain. When we started the process for a new statute of autonomy for Catalonia in 2003, independentists supported the idea in the hope that it would be a [...] 2 comments | Tags: autonomy, Constitutional Court, federalism, independence, spanish, statute | Category: Spain, catalonia | July 1st, 2010 The referendums on the independence of Catalonia have reached the metropolitan area, the theoretically worse possible scenario, situated at the heart of the pro – PSOE network of influence and made up of large numbers of Catalans who came from Spain during the 60s and 70s. The turnout average was 14%, but in places where the [...] 5 comments | Tags: catalonia, independence, migration, referendum | Category: catalonia, culture & language, independence | June 21st, 2010 |
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Kosovo’s independence is legal
The real Catalonia
Barcelona brought to standstill by massive demonstration
Laporta to lead his own political party
There’s only one way
Referendums in the metropolitan area
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