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Catalan police use agents provocateurs in attempt to trigger riot

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Numerous pieces of evidence have surfaced that seem to prove that the Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalonia’s autonomous police force, used agents provocateurs during yesterday’s #15M movement protests outside the Catalan parliament. The protesters had gathered in the parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona in an attempt to prevent MPs from accessing the parliament, where they were [...]

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UPDATED: CiU wins Catalan elections – without absolute majority

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

UPDATED Current results (99% of votes counted): CiU 62 PSC 28 PPC 18 ICV-EUiA 10 ERC 10 SI 4 C’s 3 (PxC 0) ===== The first results of today’s Catalan elections are in. CiU have won a convincing majority, which was to be expected. The PP has replaced ERC as the third largest group in [...]

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28N: Catalan Elections 2010 – Who to vote for?

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

UPDATED: View the election results here There’s one week to go until this year’s elections to the Catalan parliament. And that means that the competing parties are ramping up their campaigns, desperate to convince wary voters that they offer Catalonia the best chance of recovery and stability. Fools! Don’t they know that’s my job?! In [...]

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