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Catalonia to hold Independence Referendum in October

Friday, 09 June 2017 10:35 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 11 June 2017 3:14 AM ]

President of the Catalan regional government Carles Puigdemont announces the referendum on independence to be held on October 1, 2017 at the Palau de La Generalitat in Barcelona on June 9, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Kusai Kedri
Press TV, Barcelona

Catalonia’s regional government has set October 1st as the date for a referendum on independence from Spain. The move comes despite a constitutional ban and repeated warnings from Madrid which says it will block such a referendum by all means. Press TV’s Barcelona correspondent Kusai Kedri reports.

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