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United Kingdom

Scotland threatens London with independence by autumn next year

Scotland may choose to have a second referendum on independence as early as autumn 2018, says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Spain

The men behind Catalonia's separatist push

In January 2016, Carles Puigdemont took over from Artur Mas to lead the regional government of Catalonia.

Spain

Thousands rally to support Catalonian independence leader as he stands trial

Artur Mas is accused of civil disobedience for holding an unofficial independence referendum for the Spanish region in 2014.

USA

Calexit? California paves way for independence vote

Grassroots organisers have received the green light to start campaigning for California to secede from the United States

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Catalonia wants declaration of "interdependence, not independence"

Carles Puigdemont was elected as head of Spain’s Catalonia region in January last year on a platform of delivering independence.

United Kingdom

Scotland hits back, threatens UK with independence after May's Brexit speech

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon criticised Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit vision and reinforced Scotland's right to self-determination

Spain

Catalonia ups pressure on Madrid over independence referendum

Catalonia's parliament voted in favour of holding a referendum on independence in September 2017.

Spain

Catalonia to hold independence vote next year, says regional leader

The President of Catalonia has said the Spanish region will hold a referendum on secession in 2017, whether the central government in Madrid agrees or not.

My Europe Series

Nagorno-Karabakh: a deadly conflict that threatens to spread

In this edition of Insiders we head to Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed republic that seceded from then communist Azerbaijan when the Soviet Union fell apart in…

My Europe Series

Nagorno-Karabakh: a time-bomb in the Caucasus?

Last April, fighting between troops from the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan army rekindled a conflict that had been frozen for more than 20…

My Europe Series

Nagorno-Karabakh: peace or more peril?

Sophie Claudet: Valerie, what is so important about Nagorno-Karabakh that is worth fighting over?

United Kingdom

Sturgeon warns Scotland will decide its European future independently

The people of Scotland have made two recent choices in referendum votes.

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India: Kashmiri separatists demand UN intervention

Protesters and supporters of Kashmiri separatist groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir have marched on the United Nation’s office in Srinagar, demanding the UN intervene in the Kashmir…

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Clashes in Indian Kashmir

Protesters took to the streets of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, throwing stones at security forces despite curfews.

South Sudan

Gunbattles erupt in South Sudan's capital

Gunbattles erupted in South Sudan on its fifth independence anniversary and as peace talks were underway in the capital Juba.

United Kingdom

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon vows to do whatever it takes to remain in the EU

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she will do whatever it takes to remain in the European Union.

My Europe Series

"Nae Brexit" say Scots unwilling to follow England out of Europe

In England there may be a noisy chorus of voices to leave the EU, but they find no echoes in Northern Ireland, Wales, or Scotland. There people are far more pro-European and, in the latter's case, vot

World News

Explainer: Tibet's struggle against Chinese rule

It’s 57 years since hundreds of Tibetans rose against the Chinese occupation of Tibet and their fight lives on today. On Thursday (10 March 2016)

World News

Former leader of banned Basque party freed from jail in Spain

The former leader of the outlawed Basque separatist party Batasuna, Arnaldo Otegi, was greeted by supporters shouting independence

World News

Taiwan election: experts predict win for pro-independence DPP

Taiwan has gone to the polls in elections which could prove crucial to its future relations with China. Outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou and his