18Oct2017
The great Catalonian cyberwar of 2017 (The Washington Post)
As the citizens of Catalonia prepared to vote on independence from Spain this month, software developers decided to offer an assist
04Oct2017
Catalonia vs Spain: Democracy tested (Opinion – The Jerusalem Post)
Article by Ksenia Svetlova, Israeli politician, journalist, associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and policy fellow at the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies. She serves as a member of Knesset for the Zionist Union
03Oct2017
I was Catalan, Spanish and European. But Mariano Rajoy has changed all that (Opinion – The Guardian)
Article by Irene Baqué is a Barcelona-born journalist and film-maker
02Oct2017
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls on Spanish authorities to ensure respect for freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe issued a statement about the police repression against the 1-O referendum on independence
26Sep2017
Mariano Rajoy won’t answer the Catalonia question by visiting Donald Trump (The Independent)
Oddly, the very existence of the EU as a supranational proto-federalist body has given relatively small would-be states such as Scotland, Catalonia and Flanders more encouragement to feel that they can make it in the world under the EU ‘umbrella’
22Sep2017
Sorry, Spain. Catalonia is voting on independence whether you like it or not (Opinion – The Washington Post)
Article by Carles Puigdemont, the 130th president of Catalonia
04Oct2017
Lament for Catalonia (Politico)
Political negotiation, not repression or unilateralism, is only answer to Catalan issue
03Oct2017
Spain’s Flawed Response to the Catalonian Referendum (Foreign Affairs)
How Its Overreaction Legitimized the Call for Independence
03Oct2017
Why Spain’s catastrophic handling of the Catalonia crisis is a lesson for the world (Opinion – The Washington Post)
Article by Frida Ghitis, columnist for World Politics Review and a regular CNN.com opinion contributor
27Sep2017
Europe must act to protect the rights and freedoms of Catalans (Opinion – The Guardian)
Article by Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona
22Sep2017
Catalan independence: ‘Ireland came into being as a result of a similar “illegal” action’ (TheJournal.ie)
To deny Catalans the right to a referendum will likely only win converts to the cause of independence, writes Caoimhín De Barra
21Sep2017
Spain and the Catalan referendum (The Guardian)
A group of MPs and peers writes to denounce Spain’s attempts to block the referendum in Catalonia. And more than a hundred academics put their names to a letter condemning Madrid’s crackdown
