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01Oct/17

Spanish police move to prevent Catalonia independence vote

October 1, 2017Politics2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, Barcelona, Carles Puigdemont, Catalan government, Catalan independence movement, Catalan leader, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, Generalitat de Catalunya, Girona, Government of Spain, Independence, Independence referendum, International law, Madrid, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics of Catalonia, Secession, Sovereignty, Spainsmbale

Spanish national police moved to shut down a banned independence referendum in Catalonia on Sunday, confronting crowds of angry voters at some polling stations. Pascale Davies reports. Continue reading →

01Oct/17

Clashes erupt outside Catalan leader’s polling station in Girona

October 1, 2017Politics79 BC, Autonomous communities of Spain, Barcelona, Carles Puigdemon, Carles Puigdemont, Catalan general strike, Catalan independence, Catalan independence movement, Catalan independence referendum, Catalonia, Cordon, Country: Spain, Europe, Geography of Europe, Girona, Legislatures, Madrid, Parliament of Catalonia, Politics of Catalonia, Puigdemont, Spain, Spanish constitutional crisis, War/Conflictsmbale

GIRONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 1, 2017) (REUTERS) – Spanish Civil Guard police in riot clashed with people gathered outside Catalan President Carles Puigdemon’s polling station in Girona on Sunday (October 1), minutes before he was due to vote in a referendum on Catalan independence from Spain.
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01Oct/17

Crowds queue outside polling stations as they wait to vote in banned Catalan referendum

October 1, 2017PoliticsBallot box, Barcelona, Catalan independence movement, Catalan independence referendum, Catalonia, City: Barcelona, Containers, Europe, Geography of Europe, Independence referendum, Independence referendums, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, Politics of Catalonia, Spainsmbale

BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 1, 2017) (REUTERS) – Thousands of people were seen on Sunday (October 1) queuing outside polling stations in Barcelona waiting to cast their ballots in Catalonia’s banned independence referendum. Continue reading →

18Aug/17

Catalonia attacks had been planned “for some time” – police

August 18, 2017WarAlcanar, Barcelona, Barcelona attacks, Cambrils, Catalan independence movement, Catalonia, Geography of Europe, Josep Lluis Trapero, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, Politics of Catalonia, Spain, War/Conflictsmbale

BARCELONA, SPAIN (AUGUST 18, 2018) (GOVERNMENT TV) – Two deadly attacks in Catalonia on Thursday (August 17) and in the early hours of Friday (August 18) had been planned for some time by people operating out of the town of Alcanar, police said. Continue reading →