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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., [...]

The real Catalonia

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:49 +0000

“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 [...]

There’s only one way

Juncà Lluís — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:15:43 +0000

(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 [...]

Good bye, Spain?

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:34:54 +0000

Since the broadcasting of the brilliant TV report by Dolors Genovès entitled Adéu, Espanya? (Good bye, Spain?) some people have kept on complaining and grumbling about. The problem is not that they want Catalonia to remain part of Spain (an opinion completely respectable as long as it is defended only by democratic means), it’s that [...]

About AVE (Spanish High-Speed Trains)

Juncà Lluís — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:40:11 +0000

(Article written by Col.lectiu Emma)

We would like to bring to your attention the report on high-speed trains in Spain that was published by the Barcelona daily Avui on Sunday May 23.

Some time ago Col.lectiu Emma wrote about a New York Times article on the same topic.We feel that the whole AVE [...]