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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., [...]

Rosell will succeed Laporta

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:26:04 +0000

Yesterday Sandro Rosell was elected as the man who will lead FC Barcelona for the next 6 years. Sandro, 46-year-old and former Barça vice-president (he stepped down in 2005 after falling out with Laporta) won the presidential elections by a landslide, obtaining 61% of the votes and thus starting off as a very strong president.

He will take over [...]

After the second wave of referendums

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:50:36 +0000

It started off in Arenys de Munt, then the first wave of refendums on the 13D came and now it was time for the second wave. At this stage, 80 municipalities spread all across the country celebrated a non-binding referendum on the independence of Catalonia following the same procedures established in the former referendums. The turn [...]

Kosovo force states to show their arguments on international recognition

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:17:53 +0000

When wondering about the international recognition of an eventual independent state of Catalonia after a democràtic and peaceful process, it is always interesting to try to identify those countries which are likely to swiftly recognize the new state and those who will be more reluctant.

In this sense, the arguments presented by [...]

Ingenuity in international politics strategy

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:42 +0000

Historically, Catalans have been very sensitive to other stateless nations, minor regions oppressed by powerful states and any other group of people with political, social or cultural problems.

Thus, we have found ourselves joining campaigns in favor of minority languages, dismembered nations at the verge of being assimilated by the dominant nation [...]