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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM JULY 7 2016

4.92/5 (12) IN the past Joseph has said: "Watch Italy..."  Well, in the wake of the BREXIT vote there has been movement in Italy, and it has huge long term repercussions:
https://www.rt.com/news/349601-itlay-russia-sanctions-crimea/
Italian senate refuses to…
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Crimean Separatism as Fashion

It set a trend, but the Crimean referendum has the discussion on separatism tittering away. As ever, the narrative of the national compact, bound by mystical unity and statehood, powers the narrative, while separatist movements seek to draw parallels and sketch contrasts. Movements from as far as Catalonia in Spain and Scotland in the UK have taken heed of the referendum. The Spanish case is significant – Spain, along with four other European Union members, have not recognised Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.