(MENAFN) Barcelona, the Spanish champions, have been fined 150,000 Euro by UEFA after Catalan flags were flown in the Camp Nou during Champions League games last season.
In a statement, the La Liga title holders said that they would do everything to overturn a punishment which they described as 'totally unjust and ... opposed to the exercise of the freedom of expression.'
Of the fine, 50,000 Euro will be suspended if there is no repeat offence in the next two years.
The Catalan 'estelada', which differentiates from the red and yellow Catalan flag by the presence of a five-pointed star within a blue triangle,has in recent years become a symbol of the independence movement within Catalonia.
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