Erdély National Council ask to the Pope for the release of political prisoners

Romania’s High Court sentenced in July 2018 two Hungarian citizens to 5 years in jail each for attempting to detonate an improvised explosive decide during the December 1st celebrations that took place at Targu Secuiesc in 2015. Szocs Zoltan and Beke Istvan Attila have been accused of terrorism acts. Both men were members of the Youth...

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Flemish national parties grow 358,000 votes

The European elections have been a clear success for the Flemish parties. In spite of the decrease of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) it is, again, the winner with 954,048 votes (22,44 %) and 3 MEPS. In 2014 the centrist party won 1,123,355 and 26,67 with 4 MEPs. The Vlaams Beland lead by Tom Van Grieken gros from 284,856 (6,76 %) to 811,169...

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South Tyrolean national party keeps a MEP with a 46,8 %

The South Tyrolean Popular Party (SVP) obtained 142,185 votes, up from 138,037. The German speaking right party keeps a MEP with a 46,82 %. Meanwhile the coalition Autonomie per l'Europa (UV, UVP, Alpe, Stella Alpina and Epav) from the Arpitan speaking Aosta Valley cannot win a siege with 17,692 votes. In the Valley the list took a 13,9...

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Galician National Block only keeps results

Galician National Block (BNG) grows in votes and percentage: from 173,842 (11,74 %) to 187,901 (12,47 %). But their local councillors are lower than four years ago: 457, eleven less than in 2015. Other two national parties win 21 and 18 councillors. The first ones for Compromise for Galicia and the second ones for Galician Land. ...

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More pro independence Basque councillors than ever

The Basque movement EH Bildu gained 930 local councillors in the Basque Country and 320 in Navarra. Arnaldo Otegi said that they are higher than ever. In the Basque Country the movement climbs to a 24,79 % and in Navarra to the 19,73 %. Meanwhile the Basque National Party grows too. Their 1,018 councillors in 2015 are 1,057 in 2019 with...

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JxCat clear victory in Catalonia

Together for Catalonia (JxCat) won the May 26th European elections with 987,149 votes meaning a 28,5 %. Second comet he pro Spanish PSOE lead by the former FA Minister Jose Borrell. Borrell was defeated with only 766,107. His defeat is worst because the third force, Ahora Repúblicas, also pro independence obtained 733,401 votes...

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Coalition Now Republics mixed results

In Galicia the Galician National Block grows from 80,017 (7,89 %) to 171,500 (11,84%). In Canarias UP-ANC is down from 3,424 (0,6 %) to 2,456 (0,28 %). In Asturies Andecha obtains 1,886 (0,36 %) higher than 1,384 (0,37 %) of the 2014 elections. The biggest results for the coalition are those in the Basque Country with 300,796 (22,2 % in the Basque Country and 16 %) in Navarra higher than 221.421 in 2015. And in Catalonia : 733,401...

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Basque National Party keeps a MEP

EAJ-PNV formed the coalition CEUS (Coalición por una Europa Solidaria) breaking with Carles Puigdemont Together for Catalonia (JxCat). The list lead by Izaskun Bilbao (EAJ-PNV, Geroa Bai) was supported by Canarian regionalists, Coalicion Canaria, Balearic centrists, El Pi, as well as Galician autonomists, Compromiso por Galicia. They obtained...

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Corsican nationalist elected as MEP

François Alfonsi was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014. He has been elected as Régions et peuples solidaires (R&PS)-Greens candidate. Alfonsi is a Femu a Corsica/Partitu di a Nazione Corsa militant. The centrist party allied with Europe Ecologie Les Verts. Their list obtained a 21,96 % in Corsica. ...

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Sinn Féin keeps its MEP and wins European Elections in Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson topped the vote with 126,951 first preferences. Diane Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was second, with 124,991. They look set to retain their seats in the European Parliament, with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long strongly placed to take the region's third seat from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP...

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Plaid Cymru beats Labour for the first time growing 50,000 votes

Jill Evans defended her seat in the European Parliament, where she has represented Plaid Cymru since 1999. She is a former chairwoman and president of the party. Plaid Cymru backs a further referendum on Europe and also advocates a vote on Welsh independence. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price was delighted his party had beaten Labour in a national election in Wales for the first time in Plaid's 94-year history. He told the...

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SNP to have three MEPs as Labour vote collapses

With all 32 Scottish council areas having declared their results, the Scottish National Party, SNP, has 37.7% of the vote - up from 29% in the last EU election. Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has the second most votes and will have one MEP, as will the Lib Dems and Tories.Labour is fifth with just 9.3% of the votes - down from 26% in 2014....

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United Nations Condemns Spain for Tortures : Urges Spain to “Guarantee Justice” and pay a compensation

The UN Human Rights Committee has found that suspected ETA member Gorka Lupiañez was tortured by Guardia Civil following his arrest in 2007. Now the committee is urging Spain to “guarantee justice” and pay Lupiañez compensation. He is currently on jail having been sentenced to 50 years last April for kidnapping a family and other crimes....

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Pro independence labor union wins elections in the Administration of Navarra

Basque pro independence labor union LAB won the union elections in the Administration of Navarra. The elections held in the Administration of Nafarroa and its autonomous agencies, which were called 27,105 public employees among officials and employees wew won by LAB with 69 delegates. Pro Spanish labor unions obtained 34 (CCOO) and 27 (UGT)....

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Sinn Féin's John Finucane elected as Mayor of Belfast

Sinn Féin's John Finucane, son of murdered solicitor Pat Finucance, has been elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast. Pat Finucane, 39, was shot dead by loyalists in front of his wife and children in 1989. His wife Geraldine was wounded in the attack, while John and his sister Katherine and brother Michael hid under a table as their...

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Bid to boost Cornish language after 'lack of progress' in training and spoken use

Cornwall Council has drawn up a new three-year plan to increase the use of Cornish language with a focus on the spoken language. he authority launched its first three-year plan in 2015 and has now published a draft plan for 2019 to 2022. A report going to the council's Cabinet next week states that there has been a "lack of progress" in training and the use of spoken Cornish so that is a particular focus for the new plan. However...

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13 simultaneous rallies attract thousands for the Galician language

Thousands take to the streets across Galicia in 13 simultaneous rallies (A Coruña, Ferrol, Carballo, Lugo, Burela, Monforte, Ourense, Pontevedra, Vigo, A Estrada, Cangas, Compostela and Lalín) to call for 'freedom, justice and equality' for the Galician language under the slogan ‘More than never, we want Galician’. The Plataforma Queremos...

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N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) opts for “New Way” for Europe

“The European Union must work together when doing so offers added value. But we don’t want a United States of Europe. The power of the unity of Europe lies in its diversity of member states and federal states.” European leading candidate Geert Bourgeois today set out the cornerstones of the N-VA’s European election programme. The...

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Partito dei Veneti tour to present the new party

The new Partito dei Veneti (Venetians Party) is touring in Veneto with presentations of the political movement. The aim of the meetings is to explain the structure and programm of the party. It was publicly presented on April 9th in Venezia and its called Partito dei Veneti (Venetians Party). Siamo Veneto, Indipendenza Veneta, Gruppo Chiavegato,...

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Four arrested in Derry for journalist killing

British police investigating journalist's murder arrested four males in Derry, Northern Ireland, on May 9th. Two teenagers are among four people arrested in Northern Ireland by detectives investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. They are aged 15, 18, 38 and 51, and are being questioned at a serious crime suite in Musgrave Station, Belfast, after being detaine...

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Wales Independence March shows a "resurgence of interest"

The banner at the front said: “Annibyniaeth Indy Wales.” Among the demonstrators the leader of the Plaid Cymru, Adam Price. He said that he was "proud to march alongside my fellow citizens from all across Wales to proudly declare that Wales' brightest possible future is an independent nation at the heart of Europe.". The rally was called...

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"Over identiteit" (Over Identity) new book by Flemish leader Bart de Wever

In his book "Over Identity", Bart De Wever, the president of the N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), delivers his vision on Flemish identity. What are the necessary guidelines for the constitution of the foundations of the Flemish identity? in a society eaten up by "cultural relativism"? "We need new source code to reinvent ourselves as a community."...

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Corsican National Movement Honor Ponte Novu's Fighters

The battle of Ponte Nova was the last one fought by a Corsican army. That day Corsica lost its independence. On May 9th 1769 the French royalist troops defeated the Corsican Republican army led by Pasquale Paoli. Two hundred and fifty years later several Corsican national parties (Corsica Libera, Core in Fronte, Femu a Corsica, Partitu di...

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New IRA interview: "As long as you have the British in Ireland and the country remains partitioned, there will be an IRA"

The leadership of the New Irish Republican Army agreed to be intervieweb by The Sunday Times. Army Council sent representatives to be interviewed by The Sunday Times. The group recognizes that they cannot defeat the British army but reveals determination to be a clear and present. “Our armed actions serve one purpose. They are symbolic....

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March for the officiality of the Asturian language "a question of democratic right pending for decades"

A thousand people demonstrate in Uviéu/Oviedo by the Asturian language to be recognized as official by the Spanish state. On May 3rd it was celebrated the forty Asturian language day to demand that the political parties in the next term carry out an amendment to the Statute of Autonomy that converts the Asturian into a...

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Breton Party 1st annual Feast

It was held in Iffendic on April 28th. Gael Fleurent, president of the Breton Party, introduced the work day. The party invited over the Breizh Europe as well as the European Federalist Party. Both have formed a joint list for the May European elections. Aziliz Gouez from the Place Publique list was one of the speakers too. The list is...

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Catalan National Assembly AGM: unilateral way, strategic unity, nonviolent struggle

The grassroots pro independence movement Catalan National Assembly (ANC) celebrated today its 7th General Assembly in Tarragona city. Hundreds of participants from all over Catalan territories as well as international guests dicussed a new roadmap towards independence. It was ratified including a new point: A vote over 50% plus one...

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NI council elections: Sinn Féin keeps 105 councillors, "independent" Republicans elected

With all 462 seats declared, Alliance saw a 65% rise in its representation. It had 32 councillors five years ago but now it has 53. The DUP and Sinn Féin were returned as the two biggest parties, but the DUP lost eight seats. In terms of first preference votes the DUP saw a marginal increase to 24.1% but Sinn Féin's was 23.2%, a slight...

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8,000 people rally for the Catalan Language in Mallorca

The so called 'Diada' (Big Day) was held today in defense of the language. Around 8,000 people have participated this Saturday in the Day for Language, Culture and Civil Rights organized by Obra Cultural Balear (OCB) with the support of various entities. The act, lively and festive, has served to once again claim the strength of the...

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