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UPDATED: Police break up separatist protest on Spain-France route

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:53:24 +0100

Catalan separatists once again blocked routes linking Spain and France on Wednesday morning in an ongoing protest to try to draw international attention to the Catalan independence issue.

WATCH: French riot police clear Catalan protesters at highway blockade on border with Spain

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:47:27 +0100

UPDATED: Riot squads from the French Gendarme moved in to clear the highway linking France and Spain at La Jonquera border on Tuesday morning, dragging protesters from their camps and firing tear gas.

Catalonia protests: Separatists block Spain-France highway

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:10:51 +0100

Catalan separatist activists blocked traffic on Monday on a motorway linking Spain and France, in a fresh protest against the sentencing last month of nine of their leaders to lengthy jail terms.

Roads blocked between France and Spain by Catalan separatist protesters

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:51:58 +0200

Catalan separatists have blocked traffic on two routes connecting Spain and France, on the fifth day of protests over the jailing of nine of their leaders, the transport ministry said on Friday.

French tourist died at airport blockade during Barcelona protests

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:21:28 +0200

A 65-year-old French tourist suffered a heart attack and died after being forced to walk 4km to reach the Barcelona airport during protests staged against the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders, it has emerged.

Podcast: "There's no safe option in Catalonia now"

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:22:58 +0200

In this week's episode of The Local's Europe-wide podcast, Lee Roden looks at what the future might hold for Catalonia.

French Catalans offer to host 'government in exile' as tensions rise in Spain

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:47:29 +0200

French backers of Catalonia's possible secession from Spain plan to "offer hospitality to president Carles Puidgemont to lead a government-in-exile in Perpignan," a southern French city with deep Catalan roots, a statement said Monday.

LISTEN: Austria turns right, Venice bids for freedom, France stamps on sex pests

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:51:29 +0200

In this week's podcast we look at how Austria's government could soon include an ex-Nazi party. How right wing could it get?

One in five Bretons want independence: poll

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:57:00 +0100

Nearly one in five residents of Brittany favour independence from France, according to an opinion poll whose results have sparked a censorship row in the Atlantic coastal region.

Savoy separatists steal 38 French flags

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:14:51 +0200

Two separatists were arrested on July 14th after stealing 38 French flags in the Savoie department to mark their condemnation of the French state and the National Bastille Day.