Spanish riot police smashed their way into a polling station in Catalonia on Sunday as they sought to shut down a banned independence referendum that has thrown the country into its worst constitutional crisis for decades. CBC | World News
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Spanish police block polls to try to prevent Catalan independence referendum
Spanish police seal off schools earmarked as polling stations and occupy the Catalan government’s communications hub in efforts to prevent a banned independence referendum. CBC | World News
Read More »‘We have already won’ Defiant Catalonia declares victory BEFORE independence referendum
CATALONIA independence leaders told cheering crowds they have “already won” as Spain tried to clampdown on preparations for tomorrow’s banned referendum. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Catalonia referendum: Spain deploys more than 10,000 police officers for independence vote
SPAIN has deployed more than 10,000 officers to Catalonia as tensions increase in the region ahead of the controversial independence referendum on Sunday. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »GBP v USD: Sterling slides on BoE Independence Anniversary
THE POUND has lost ground against the US dollar today, trading down at a rate of $ 1.336 and moving further away from the pairing’s recent 14-month high of $ 1.359. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »GBP v USD: Sterling slides on BoE Independence Anniversary
THE POUND has lost ground against the US dollar today, trading down at a rate of $ 1.336 and moving further away from the pairing’s recent 14-month high of $ 1.359. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »Catalan independence referendum ‘is BIG risk to the euro’
THE Catalan referendum over independence from Spain spells disaster for the euro, experts have warned with the vote set to take place on Sunday. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Catalan independence referendum ‘is BIG risk to the euro’
THE Catalan referendum over independence from Spain spells disaster for the euro, experts have warned with the vote set to take place on Sunday. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »Catalonia independence: Spain orders Catalan police to SHUT DOWN polling stations
THE Spanish authorities have ordered Catalan police to shut the polling stations ahead of the independence referendum, which it deems to be illegal, in a desperate bid to tighten Madrid’s control on Catalonia. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iraq’s Kurds vote on independence, raising regional fears
Iraqi Kurds voted Monday in a landmark referendum on supporting independence, a move billed by the Kurdish leadership as an exercise in self-determination but viewed as a hostile act by Iraq’s central government. CBC | World News
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