A pro-independence left-wing party has won the early election to the Parliament of Greenland held on 6 April and is set to lead the government of this self-governing island of Denmark. In total, 80% of the votes cast went to pro-independence candidates. Keep reading

The fourth election in two years in Israel has again left a fragmented parliamentary arc with no solid majority for either bloc. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud has again secured the Knesset’s main parliamentary group (30 seats out of 120 with almost all votes counted) but, combining with its usual partners, the party does not reach the 61 seats needed to form a government. Keep reading

Chief Prosecutor of Turkey’s Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin has launched a legal proceeding that could lead to the outlawing of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). In the lawsuit submitted to the Constitutional Court, Şahin blames the HDP for undermining the indivisibility of the Turkish state and for maintaining links with the PKK, according to reports published by Anadolu Agency. Keep reading

The survival of the United Kingdom is more contested than ever. As Scotland moves towards a second referendum and Irish reunification becomes a real possibility, pro-independence demands are rising in Wales to unprecedented levels. Historically the demand of a minority —some 10% of the population—, it has now boomed, with 1 in 3 Welsh citizens supporting it, along with an unprecedented popular mobilisation. This is how we have come to this point. Keep reading

718 people, including prominent members of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party HDP, have been arrested a day after the Turkish government announced that 13 Turkish nationals had been executed by the PKK in an operation in South Kurdistan (Iraq). The wave of arrests takes place as Turkish far-right party MHP, the main parliamentary ally of Erdogan’s AKP, insists on outlawing the HDP. Keep reading

Parties calling for independence from Spain got yesterday a combined 51% of the votes in the Catalan Parliament election and secured an enlarged absolute majority of seats. The result opens the door for main independence parties ERC and Junts to rekindle an agreement to stay in power, although it is unclear what their roadmap will be. Keep reading