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The New York Times' correspondent in Spain, Raphael Minder, has expressed his "amazement" at today's peaceful protest by Catalans in the streets of Barcelona for the Diada, the Catalan National Day. Minder noted that this was still his feeling despite it being the sixth Diada that he's covered as a journalist.

Minder attended this morning's press conference by Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and Foreign Affairs minister Raül Romeva for international correspondents and also took part in a discussion on famous morning show Els Matins on Catalan public broadcaster TV3. His fellow participants in the discussion were Catalan politicians Antonio Baños, Montserrat Nebrera and Josep-Lluís Carod.