Demonstration

25.03.2013 - 05.58 pm The use of rubber bullets by Catalan Police is being discussed in Parliament The use of rubber bullets by the Catalan Police is at the centre of a fierce social and political debate. The Catalan Parliament has recently decided...	07.01.2013 - 10.52 pm A strike leaves Barcelona El Prat Airport temporarily without taxis Taxi drivers have protested against the new car shifts implemented as of last week. The new shift system affects all Barcelona taxis and it has been...	13.11.2012 - 10.14 pm General strike against austerity measures held 11 days before the Catalan elections The general strike called at European Union level to protest the austerity measures and support a new strategy to deal with the economic crisis will...	29.09.2012 - 11.31 am Catalan Euro MPs ask the European Commission to give an opinion on recent military threats by Spanish nationalism Members of the European Parliament from Catalan parties have asked the European Commission “if it would suspend Spain’s rights as a Member State of...
25.09.2012 - 11.33 pm Catalan President calls for earlier elections on 25th November, which may turn into a plebiscite “In exceptional times, exceptional decisions are needed”, stated the Catalan President, Artur Mas. After the 1.5 million strong independence...	21.09.2012 - 09.55 am The Spanish Government closes the door on negotiating a new fiscal agreement with Catalonia The Catalan President states that, “if the Constitution is always interpreted from a centralist point of view”, “Catalonia will have to quietly and...	12.09.2012 - 09.25 pm The Catalan President asks Spain to “listen carefully”, “don’t get angry”, and offer solutions, “if it has them” “Listen, and listen carefully. Do not get angry if you don’t like what you see. And put solutions on the table, if you have them”, the President of...	11.09.2012 - 10.15 pm 1.5 million people demonstrate peacefully for Catalonia’s independence from Spain In the largest demonstration Barcelona has ever seen, 1.5 million citizens according to the Catalan Police marched in Catalonia’s capital after the...
11.09.2012 - 03.29 pm The reasons behind Barcelona’s massive demonstration for Catalonia’s independence Catalan nationalism has changed over the years. Most Catalan nationalists have now concluded that Spain will never accept a plurinational state, will...	10.09.2012 - 09.19 pm Catalonia’s National Day scheduled festivities September 11th is the National Day of Catalonia. It remembers the day Barcelona was defeated by the Bourbon army in 1714 and Catalonia lost its self-...	22.05.2012 - 05.31 pm Massive demonstration in Barcelona in defence of public education Teachers, administrative staff, students and parents have protested against budget cuts by the Spanish and Catalan Governments affecting primary,...	14.05.2012 - 10.55 pm The ‘Spanish revolution’ returns with greater support and more organised demands The 15-M Movement, also known as ‘The Indignados’, ‘The Outraged’, or ‘the Spanish Revolution’, which occupied squares throughout Spain in May and...
03.05.2012 - 10.22 pm Peaceful university student demonstration coinciding with the ECB meeting in Barcelona Thousands of students protested in Barcelona against the reduction in the university budget and the increase in tuition fees. The demonstration was...	27.05.2011 - 10.00 pm Police charges against demonstrators in Barcelona and Lleida “to clean up the squares” but protesters set up camps again Catalan and Barcelona Police tried to remove protesters from Barcelona’s Catalunya Square to facilitate the work of cleaners to dismantle the camp....	18.05.2011 - 09.54 pm Protest camps grow and spread across Spain claiming for “real democracy” during the last days of the electoral campaign They call themselves “angry people”, they are fed up and they are asking for a “real democracy”, as they believe the political class has failed to...	02.02.2011 - 09.18 pm More than hundred people demand “Egyptian people’s freedom” in Barcelona Demonstrators carried signs that said “Free Egypt” or “Up with Egypt, down with Mubarak”. All their claims demanded the President’s immediate...