Two years ago the Spanish King’s football Cup final was played by Barça and Athletic Club de Bilbao, two non Spanish teams. The supporters of both teams agreed to give the Spanish Bourbon a warm welcome by whistling so loud that the Spanish anthem could not be heard. The Spanish TV edited the live sound of the stadium and cut the booing from the broadcast. I mentioned it in a previous post.
Another booing happened last year during the final of the Spanish basketball King’s Cup final, Barça against Real Madrid. …

Former Catalan President Jordi Pujol has declared on the radio that he has already voted “Yes” by advance poll in the upcoming popular referendum for independence that will take place on April the 10th in Barcelona.
Jordi Pujol was the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya for more than two decades and his policies were always aimed to try to make Catalonia fit in Spain as he believed in a plurinational Spain. A couple of months ago he surprised everybody by saying that seeing the unfair treatment Catalonia receives from …

Matthew Tree’s articles have helped more than I’ll ever be able to thank him to find ways of explaining Catalonia to people from other countries. Being English born and, as he describes himself in the book, an adopted Catalan (I’d say he’s just as Catalan as you can be) has given him a unique point of view, which combined with curiosity to learn about the country where he lives and a strong sense of justice have produced this book as a result.
Matthew has lived in Catalonia for 24 years and …

Us faig arribar un manifest signat per 17 membres de Reagrupament de l’estranger, agrupats a la Vegueria d’Exteriors, en representació dels 74 membres de la Vegueria i que expressa el nostre posicionament en referència als esdeveniments produïts darrerament a l’escena política independentista.
Els catalans residents a l’estranger, reagrupats o simpatitzants a favor de la independència, reunits dins de la Vegueria d’Exteriors, volem manifestar la nostra perplexitat a la fragmentació produïda en les darreres setmanes en torn a la candidatura unitària i transversal que proclami la independència al Parlament de Catalunya.
Des …

Primer de tot vull deixar clar que sóc associat a Reagrupament i des d’aquest punt de vista parlo avui.
Des d’aquestes línies jo mateix vaig donar la benvinguda fa una setmana i mitja a en Laporta, en Bertran i en Tena. Me n’alegro que s’hagin adonat que la millor manera d’aconseguir la independència és la declaració d’independència. Si finalment tots arribem a la mateixa conclusió tothom és benvingut.
A la seva presentació com a Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència aquests senyors van dir que ells no tenien cap tipus d’ambició personal per …