Sources: The New York Times
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, announces during a parliamentary debate session that an independence referendum bill will be tabled in the Scottish Parliament. The bill sets the date for the break-up vote at October 19, 2023. Sturgeon will try to bypass Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unlikely permission to conduct the referendum by referring the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. 2022-06-28
Scotland begins a mandatory hotel quarantine for all international arrivals, requiring them to self-isolate for 10 days in one of six government-designated hotels. 2021-02-15
Scotland reports its highest number of daily new cases since May, with 77 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. 2020-08-20
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces she will seek a second referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. 2017-03-13
Launch of "The National", the first Scottish daily newspaper to support Scottish independence. 2014-11-24
Voters in Scotland go to the polls to vote on the referendum on independence. 2014-09-18
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says that blocking a post-independence Scotland from a currency union could damage businesses in the rest of the United Kingdom. 2014-02-17
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, says it would be "extremely difficult, if not impossible" for an independent Scotland to join the European Union as it would need the approval of all member states. 2014-02-16
The BBC is told that the UK's three main political parties, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, will declare that whoever forms the government after the next general election will not agree to a currency union with an independent Scotland. 2014-02-12
New research based on a previous study indicates climate may be responsible for Scotland having more and Africa having fewer people with red hair. 2010-03-8