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A man walks past a banner during a march organized by pro-Basque independence organization Gure Esku Dago (In Our Hands) in favor of Catalonia’s independence referendum. (Reuters)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 10, 2017 | Features
As Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region’s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country. Among the verdant mountains of Basque Country, which borders France, a...
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The Union Flag and Saltire—the national flag of Scotland—are flown above Horseguards in central London, the United Kingdom, on September 17, 2014, ahead of the referendum on Scotland’s independence. (AFP Photo/Carl Court)
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 18, 2014 | Opinion
Scotland’s pro-independence camp did not need to form armed groups or practice ritual murders to declare their intention to secede from the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, they pushed forward their secessionist scheme, which would separate the two most populous nations...
