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Kosovo’s independence is legal

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:14:41 +0000

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., [...]

Samaranch’s death: shame on our mass media

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:26:33 +0000

Samaranch’s death has shown us the true level of mass media in both Spain and Catalonia. Last week we witnessed such a master class of cover-up and blind-eye turning that would make any responsible journalist blush with embarrassment.

The vast majority of mass media did their best to dodge the dark side of Samaranch’s curriculum in [...]

Catalan in the European institutions

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:32 +0000

Last week, Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras tabled a block of 17 parliamentary questions in respect of each of the Spanish government’s failures to comply with agreements concerning Catalan: 5 questions to the European Council, 4 to the Commission, 3 to the Parliament and 5 to the Ombudsman.

As the Horitzó Europa think-tank recently pointed out, the [...]

SNP publishes the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill

Juncà Lluís — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:03:01 +0000

Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, this week the Independence Referendum Bill consultation document, a proposal which mirrors the approach of 1997 referendum on the Scottish Parliament.With this proposal, the Scottish Government is seeking views on the draft Referendum Bill which sets out proposals for an advisory referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Parliament. [...]

Recent news on Catalonia in international press

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:00:53 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote about Col·lectiu Emma, a group of Catalans living in different countries who try to set the record straight on news items published in the international press relating to different aspects of the Catalan economy and society. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of their [...]