MADRID Jordy Nelson Limited Jersey , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Civil Guards seized a total of 1.3 million posters promoting the October 1 independence referendum campaign in an operation on Sunday evening, the Spanish Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday.
The operation took place in the town of Moncada I Reixac, just two weeks before the referendum, which has been declared illegal by the Spanish Constitutional Court, which also ruled that any propaganda or acts to support the campaign are also against the law.
The seizures mean that in three days Spanish Civil Guards have now seized a total of 1.5 million posters Gareon Conley Limited Jersey , including 100,000 from a printers in the Poble Nou district of Barcelona on Friday, as well as the printers blocks used to make the posters.
The posters seized on Sunday belonged to the left wing pro-independence party CUP as well as the Catalan regional assembly (Generalitat).
The Interior Ministry explained that "material belonging to the 'Generalitat' promoting the illegal referendum, along with effects directly calling for a 'yes' vote" had been seized, "showing the convergence of efforts and the unity of action between both dynamics".
The Catalan Public Prosecutor last week insisted that Spanish national police and the Catalan regional police force were obliged to intervene in order to stop the referendum from taking place.
Meanwhile Johnny Townsend Limited Jersey , the Catalan regional assembly has reacted to the closure of the official referendum website by activating an account on the social media site Twitter. This will now be the official channel for the referendum, along with a website with a European Union domain.
"It is impossible for them to put doors on a field," commented Catalan regional leader Carles Puigdemont in a tweet.
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KATHMANDU P.J. Hall Limited Jersey , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nepal observed the 38th World Tourism Day by organizing various programs across the country on Monday.
The World Tourism Day, which falls on Sept. 27 globally, was marked a few days prior in Nepal due to the occurrence of biggest festival Dashain, which starts from Wednesday.
To mark the day, a special procession was taken out in the capital city Kolton Miller Limited Jersey , with the attendance of officials of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal Tourism Board, tourism entrepreneurs and representatives from various tourism related associations.
Addressing a program organized by the government, Tourism Secretary Maheshwor Neupane expressed hopes that the arrival of tourists in Nepal will reach 1 million by the end of this year.
"There is a need to focus on India and China with creative ideas to entice more tourists from these two neighbors Reggie Nelson Limited Jersey ," Neupane said.
With the ambitious plan of "Visit Nepal Year" in 2020, Nepal government has set a target to bring in 2 million tourists each year. The ministry is planning to establish a secretariat for the "Visit Nepal Year" shortly to make necessary preparations.
Earlier, the ministry had planned to celebrate "Visit Nepal Year" in 2018, which was put off due to the delay in construction of airports, heritage sites and roads.
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Currently, India, China, the United States Jared Cook Limited Jersey , Britain and Sri Lanka are the major source countries of tourists. As many as 729,550 foreign tourists had visited Nepal in 2016.
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