Catalonia to declare its independence within days
By Reuters
04 October 2017 |
10:09 am
Catalonia will declare independence "in a matter of days", the region's secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont was quoted as telling the BBC, a move that would defy Madrid and attempt to implement the directive of Sunday's banned independence referendum.
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