First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has now published the Referendum Bill and set the Scottish independence referendum date for 19 October 2023.

(Article Below from yes.scot)
Source: https://www.yes.scot/the-worlds-eyes-are-on-scotland/

After pro-independence parties won a record result in the 2021 election, there is a clear mandate for an independence referendum.

Watch our video below setting out the facts.

1️⃣ Scottish Tory leader: “a vote for the SNP is a vote for another independence referendum”
2️⃣ Scotland votes for #indyref2.
3️⃣ Another independence referendum.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland will have a choice. Pledge your support at https://t.co/bkLETLnJTB. pic.twitter.com/iorBoMRpvk

— Yes (@YesScot) June 28, 2022

As Scotland readies itself to choose its own future, media from across Europe and the world have their eyes on Scotland.

It’s increasingly clear that the world recognises Scotland’s clear mandate for a referendum – and we’ve pulled together a selection of international coverage here.

🇫🇷 France

France’s biggest newspaper Le Monde has published this article – you can read it here, in French or in English.

🇦🇹 Austria

Austrian broadsheet newspaper Die Presse says “Boris Johnson’s Conservative British government tore Scotland out of the Commonwealth against its will and led the rest of Britain into a deep crisis”. Read the article here.

🇩🇪 Germany

Germany’s English-language news service Deutsche Welle also published an article about the October 2023 referendum. Read it here.

🇮🇹 Italy

Italian public broadcaster RAI News also covered the announcement, and talked about how Scotland being dragged out of the EU justifies a fresh independence referendum. Read the article.

🇪🇸 Spain

Spain’s major broadsheet newspaper El Pais also covered Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum date announcement, and reported the “landslide victory” in the 2021 Scottish election. Click here to read the article.

🇦🇺 Australia

Australia’s public broadcaster ABC News has also reported on the referendum announcement and stressed “there is a majority for a new independence vote”. Read the article here.

🇺🇸 United States of America

One of the USA’s biggest and oldest newspapers, The Washington Post, reports that “much has changed in recent years, including Britain’s departure from the European Union. The majority of Scots voted to stay in the bloc.”
Read the article.

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Legislation due to come into effect will mean that the standards which currently apply to private rented property and new-builds will also eventually be extended to all homes in Scotland. Continue reading →

In the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said: “This pandemic is not a war. Nations are not against other nations, soldiers against other soldiers. It is a test of our humanity.”

These have been indeed the most testing of times for people in Europe and across the world. Continue reading →

Article by First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon on yes.scot (6 Sept 2020)

Independence is the normal form of governance for most nations in the world. Most of them take it, and the ability it affords them to take decisions in their own national interest, for granted.

Being independent does not magically solve every problem a country faces, but it does allow the opportunity to deal with those problems in a way best suited to your needs. That is the essence of self-government – but Scotland does not yet have the ability to exercise those independent choices. Continue reading →

April the 6th 2020 marks the 700th Anniversary of The Declaration of Arbroath and the claim of right of an Independent and sovereign Scotland.

ANNIVERSARY FILM (Charlie Stuart / Lesley Riddoch)

Documentary celebrating the Declaration of Arbroath on the 700th anniversary 6th April 2020 Continue reading →

2019 marks the 20th Anniversary of the current Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh.

A special event marking the opening of the parliament is taking place on Saturday 29th June 2019 and members of the public are invited to visit the parliament and join the celebrations.

What many will not be as aware of, is that the previous version of the parliament (known as The Parliament of Scotland was in existence from 1235 – 1707 – a period of almost 500 years of Scottish Independence. Continue reading →

“The McCrone report is a document on the Scottish economy written and researched in 1974 on behalf of the British Government. It was composed by Professor Gavin McCrone employed at the Scottish Office. The document gave a highly favourable projection for the economy of an independent Scotland with a “chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree and its currency would become the hardest in Europe”. This led successive iterations of the British government to classify the McCrone report as “secret”. This was so to avoid fuelling independence sentiment in Scotland. The report became public in 2005 when new freedom of information legislation came into effect.” Continue reading →