SNP conference : "It is time for Scotland to become independent"

Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon held the party's conference in Edinburgh on April 27-28th. "It is time for Scotland to become independent,'' said the leader's party Nicola Sturgeon, to roaring applause. The events of the last six months at Westminster have proven beyond any reasonable doubt; the United...

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Basque national parties clearly defeat the Spanish ones and rise a 38 %

Pro independence EH Bildu rises from 2 to 4 MPs growing to 212,200 votes from 152,782. It means that EH Bildu rises from 13,3 % to 16,7 % (and 15,07 % in 2015). The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) won the Spanish elections in the Basque Country with a percentage of 31,05 %. In 2016 it obtained a 24,91 % and in 2015 a 24,75 % so it's...

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Galician BNG doubles the number of votes

The Galician Nationalist Block (BNG) obtained 44,902 (2,89 %) in the last elections and 70,464 (4,32 %) the year before. The last time that the BNG obtained MPs was in 2011 with 184,037 (11,18 %). On April 28th the party recovered from the last election débâcle rising to 93,810 meaning a 5,74 %. The party is now the fifth force in Galicia....

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Pro independence party win Spanish elections in Catalonia

With a turnout rising 13 points to 77,58 % Spanish elections in Catalonia have been won by a pro independence party first time ever. Catalonia's Republican Left (ERC) lead by political prisoner Oriol Junqueras defeated the Spanish ruling Socialist party. ERC rises from 18,17 % to 24,59 % meaning 1,015,355 from 629,294 votes.  It's...

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Puyalón de Cuchas obtains less than a thousand votes

Nor Chunta Aragonesista nor Partido Aragonés participated in the Spanish elections last April 28th. Their aim was to favour Spanish left and right parties respectively. The pro independence party Puyalón de Cuchas, leftist, obtained 824 votes meaning a 0,11 %. ...

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New Canary Islands pro independence alliance fails but autonomists double

In 2011 the Canarian National Alternative (ANC) obtained 3,180 (0,34 %) and People's Unity (UP) 1,1,38 (0,12 %). In 2015 UP rose to 2,874 (0,29 %) but ANC had not list. The UP party was down to684 (0,07 %) in 2016. This year a coalition was formed by ANC, UP and the Canarian National Congress. It is called Ahora Canarias (Now Canarias)...

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Andecha Astur obtains less than a thousand votes

With a 0,15 % the pro independence party Andecha Astur gets no MPs in the Spanish elections. Andecha Astur did no present a list in 2016 nor 2015. The party obtained 1,018 votes meaning a 0,17 % in 2011. In spite of the bad result AA will be in the Spanish parliament thanks to an angreement with Basque and Catalan parties....

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Sardinia's National Day: "The Sardinian Language is Our Identity"

"The Sardinian Language is Our Identity" said the new President of Sardinia, Christian Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) on April 28th. A mass in limba (Sardinian Language) in Casteddu was followed by a solemn meeting of the Sardinian Parliament where Solinas also spoke in Sardinian. Pro independence leader Giovanni Maria Angioy was the...

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Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna launches the campaign against plastic marine waste: "Sardigna chene plàstica"

On Saturday April 20, ProgReS - Progetu Repùblica party hold a press conference for the presentation of the Sardigna Chene Plàstica national campaign: in the heart of one of the protected marine areas of Sardinia, that of the Sinis-Maldiventre, at the local VentoMaestro, leaders of the independentist party illustrated the campaign for the...

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Spanish Electoral Board refuses a question for being written in Asturian language

The party Andecha Astur presented a claim to the electoral board but it was refused yesterday. The board answer that it is written in Asturian language and refuses it. Paulo Arboleya, from AA, remembers that the Spanish Constitutional Court granted in 2000 the right to use Asturian for electoral process as this one. In fact the Asturian...

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Venetians independentists star St Mark's Day in Venice

The Comitato Liberazione Nazionale Veneto (CLNV) as Asenblèa Veneta stared the celebrations of the Saint Mark's Day. CLNV and the Gruppo Intervento Rapido attrackted hundreds in the San Marco's Square to denounce the Italian colonization and claiming for independence. AV marched though the city with a...

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Patriotti's Corsican movement denounces trial against Corsican former prisoner

At a press briefing yesterday in Bastia, the Patriotti collective was keen to lend its full support to Jean-Philippe Antolini. who is also an active activist of this group. The Corsican activist will be tried by the court of Aix-en-Provence this Thursday, April 25. It is indeed warned to have broadcast the video of a hearing of the court...

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Nicola Sturgeon wants second Scottish independence vote before 2021

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said she will push ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum within the next two years if the UK quits the European Union. While Ms Sturgeon said she wants to have cross-party talks with opposition leaders about Scotland's future in the wake of Brexit, she also announced...

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Rally for the Frisian language called for April 24th in The Hague

The Council of the Frisian Movement (Ried fan de Fryske Beweging), the Association of Frisian Education and Civil Action Group Sis Tsiis have called for a march on Wednesday 24 April. Their aim is to join a large number of Frisians  to The Hague to make clear to the House and the government that the central government must better fulfill...

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Basque National Day Marches Held

Thousands of people demonstrated today in Iruñea for the celebration of the Aberri Eguna (Basque National Day) convened by EH Bildu. The EAJ-PNV, Basque Nationalist Party, celebrated the day in Bilbo. The first ones marched under the motto "Erabaki" (To advance) and called to reunite a million of pro independence votes in the...

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Petrol bombs thrown at police in Derry as journalist killed

People throw petrol bombs at armoured police vehicles during a night in which 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee died after shots were fired in the Creggan area of the city. Northern Irish police say they are treating the death as a ‘terrorist incident’ by the New IRA. The unrest comes before the Easter weekend when republicans mark...

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A thousand people claim to end French repression in Corsica

The former political prisoners collective 'I Patriotti' (The Patriots) called for a rally in Bastia on April 13th. It was suported by three students unions, one labor union and several parties and civical associations. Demonstrators denounced the French repression of Corsican national militants including files with...

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5,000 people rally in València for national and cultural rights

Cultural Action of the Valencian Country (ACPV) convoked the march on April 13th. It commemorates the Battle of Almansa on April 1707 where the Borubon army defeated the Habusburg forces. The defeat was the end of the autonomy of the Kingdom of Valencia and gave rise to the proverbs; "De ponent, ni vent ni gent," ('From the west, neither...

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