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Recommended: Spanish nationalist MEP threatens Scotland and Catalonia (Paisley Daily Express)

Monday, 17 june 2013 | Paisley Daily Express
Jun 17 2013 Some excerpts: Alejo Vidal-Quadras, an MEP from Catalonia who opposes the region's independence from Spain, said France and Spain "will surely not" accept an independent Scotland, and the UK will "probably not" accept Scotland either. Mr Quadras also insists that if Catalonia holds its own independence referendum, the police will confiscate the ballot boxes. (Link here) [+]

Recommended: Scottish independence an inspiration for Catalonia (Newsnet Scotland)

Friday, 14 june 2013 | Newsnet Scotland
MONDAY, 10 JUNE 2013 By Mark McNaught Some excerpts: Catalans are truly envious of what Scotland will have: a legally binding referendum in which both sides promise to accept the results. The Spanish government refuses to even countenance the legality of a referendum, and uses all legal means at its disposal to delegitimize Catalonian independence. On the other hand, Scots do not yet have what Catalans have: overwhelming popular support for independence. Polls show at least 60% would vote ‘yes’ in a referendum, thus making independence a foregone conclusion when the referendum is held. [+]

Recommended: “Small countries ...” (Carles Boix, diari ARA)

Thursday, 13 june 2013 | Ara
On 1 June 2013, in the closing speech of the 29th Jornades del Cercle d´Economia held in Sitges (Barcelona), the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, declared that “to be able to participate in Europe, a country needs to be big. Small countries don’t count. They don’t count for anything.” The following article is a translation of a response to this declaration by Carles Boix, a professor at Princeton University (USA), published in the Catalan daily Ara on 4 June 2013. [+]

Recommended: « Les petits pays… » (Carles Boix, diari ARA)

Wednesday, 12 june 2013 | Ara
Ce 1 juin 2013, dans son discours de clôture des XXIXe Journées du Cercle d’Économie, tenues à Sitges (Barcelone), Mr Mariano Rajoy, président du gouvernement espagnol, déclarait à propos des pays de l’Union européenne : « Pour être fort en Europe, il faut être grand. Les petits ne comptent pas. Ils ne comptent pas du tout. » En réponse à ces déclarations, Mr Carles BOIX, docteur ès sciences politiques et professeur à la Princenton University, a publié ce 4 juin l’article ci-dessous, dans le quotidien Ara. [+]

Recommended: "Los países pequeños..." (Carles Boix, diari ARA)

Monday, 10 june 2013 | Ara
El 1 de junio de 2013, en el discurso de clausura de las XXIX jornadas del Círculo de Economía celebradas en Sitges (Barcelona), el presidente del gobierno español, Mariano Rajoy, declaró: “Para estar en Europa con fuerza se necesita ser grande. Los pequeños no cuentan. No cuentan nada". El siguiente artículo es la traducción de la respuesta a estas declaraciones que hizo Carles Boix, profesor en la Universidad de Princeton, publicada en el periódico catalán Ara el 4 de junio de 2013. [+]

Recommended: I paesi piccoli... (Carles Boix, diari ARA)

Monday, 10 june 2013 | Ara
Il presidente del governo spagnolo, Mariano Rajoy, nel discorso di chiusura delle XXIX Giornate del “Círculo de Economia” a Sitges (Barcellona), il 1º giugno 2013, ha dichiarato “Per avere peso in Europa si deve essere grandi. I piccoli non contano. Non contano affatto”. L’articolo che segue è la traduzione da un originale del prof. Carles Boix, docente all’università di Princeton, apparso sul quotidiano catalano ARA il 4-6-2013 in seguito a queste dichiarazioni. [+]

Paraules de Marco Giralucci en l'acte de lliurament del Premi Francesc Macià de la Fundació Irla

Saturday, 8 june 2013
Bon vespre a tothom. Sóc aquí perquè tinc l’honor de representar i de parlar‐vos en nom del Col·∙lectiu Emma. El Col·lectiu va néixer el 2009 amb l’objectiu de fer -­ com explica el nostre company Francesc Mortés -­ vigilància informativa i resposta als mitjans de comunicació que no fan prou bé la seva feina. També fem tasques més discretes facilitant el contacte entre periodistes estrangers amb persones clau del procés català i – quan fa falta – fer-los també de cicerone (per la ciutat). [+]

Recommended article: Madrid's dangerous attempt to distort the history of the Spanish civil war (The Guardian)

Saturday, 8 june 2013 | The Guardian
We recommend the article "Madrid's dangerous attempt to distort the history of the Spanish civil war" by David Mathieson published in The Guardian. Some excerpts:  Explaining the past to shape the future is a basic tenet of any mature political process. Outside Spain, other European countries are increasingly able to face up to their own dark history. [...]  Yet in Madrid there is not a single information point or visitor centre attempting to tell the history of the civil war. [+]

Spagna. Fischi e buu per il principe Felipe e Letizia (RaiNews24)

Wednesday, 5 june 2013 | RaiNews24
Friday, 31 may 2013 (...) e' avvenuto a Barcellona, capitale di quella Catalogna che aspira all'indipendenza. Però è un segnale "sonoro" rivolto alla monarchia spagnola, dopo i mugugni trapelati attraverso i sondaggi che la danno in netto calo nel gradimento dei cittadini (il re e' sotto il 50 per cento) (...) a Barcellona, dove risiede la sorella secondogenita Cristina (che) non si vede in giro, soprattutto da quando e' coinvolta nell'inchiesta in cui e' imputato il marito, Inaki Urdangarin, e altre cinque persone, per una presunta appropriazione indebita di 6 milioni di fondi pubblici (. [+]

Bon dia o 'adiós' (El Periódico)

Monday, 3 june 2013 | El Periódico
Il parlamento aragonese ha approvato il 9 maggio scorso la nuova legge linguistica secondo cui il catalano parlato in una parte della comunità autonoma – la franja – cambia nome: diventerà il LAPAO, curioso acronimo ben spiegato in quest’articolo del poeta e scrittore Jaume Subirana sul Periodico.cat, che consigliamo e presentiamo tradotto in italiano. La fobia del Partido Popular verso la lingua catalana ha come conseguenza che in tutte le comunità dove questo partito governa, si tenta in tutti i modi di combatterla arrivando a inventare nuovi nomi. [+]


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Thursday, 2.5.2013 23:00

A future for Catalans outside Spain

It has become a recurring theme for Spanish politicians and opinion makers to admonish Catalans about the ills they would bring upon themselves if their nation were to follow the path of independence. ... [+]

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