Town decides its no longer Spanish
Sunday the citizens of a small town in Catalonia, called Arenys de Munt, decided to succeed from the country of Spain in a poll which is only symbolic but shows that the Spanish government needs to...
View ArticleCatalan Autonomy Statute Out of Court
A Statute was endorsed by Spain’s constitutional court on Monday, while increasing the self-govt. of the northeastern areas of Catalonia. The region had been under a constant challenge by the...
View ArticleCatalonia Summer Shopping Frenzy Begins
Miguel Angel Fraile – Secretary General of the “Confederation of Commerce of Catalonia”, has been beaming happily over the number of shoppers who are up for summer sales. Out of numerous reasons, one...
View ArticleSpain’s Catalunya To Vote On Bullfighting Ban
Lawmakers in Catalonia will vote on a bullfighting ban this week. The vote on Wednesday comes after animal rights activists collected 180,000 signatures on a petition calling for the assembly to decide...
View ArticleCatalonia Bans Bullfighting “Tradition”
The Catalan Parliament has approved a ban on bullfighting Wednesday with 68 votes in favour, 55 against and 9 abstentions. Catalunya becomes the second Spanish autonomous community to veto...
View ArticleCatalunya’s PP Wants Unemployed Immigrants to Leave
The President of Catalunya’s Partido Popular party, Alicia Sanchez-Camacho, has proposed the creation of a contract of intentions for immigrants in which they agree to go back to their country if they...
View Article“In Andalusia not even God pays taxes” says Catalan Politician
Joan Puigcercós, head of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) in Catalunya has enraged Andalucia with comments made Sunday regarding taxes. At a rally held in in La Seu d’Urgell (Alt Urgell),...
View ArticleFamous Porn Star to Support Catalan Independence
Former President of Solidaritat Catalana, Joan Laporta, has recruited Maria Lapiedra, a porn star to be the image of his party during the run-up to elections on November 28th. Maria Lapiedra, whose...
View ArticleBarcelona Slaps Fine On Airbnb And Considers Taking Action To Ban Access To...
Barcelona’s Generalitat has fined the holiday rental site Airbnb €30,000€ after detecting that the site displayed advertising for more than 11,000 ‘irregular’ properties that are not registered with...
View ArticleSpanish River Turns Fluorescent Green, Sparking Fears of Poisoning
Residents were in shock as the river Valira that passes through Andorra and Catalunya from the Pyrennes, turned fluorescent green earlier this week. People feared the green colour was a result of...
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