Archive for November, 2008
Josep Lluis Carod Rovira wants to start a new ERC
Barcelona: Josep Lluís Carod Rovira left as leader of ERC last June but has shown great interest in becoming an influence in the Catalan Republican Party as he demonstrated on Tuesday during the conference of “30 años de independentismo de izquierda: pasado, present y futuro” that took place at la biblioteca Jaume Fuster in the [...]
The Catalan media might have to go back to school
I’ve been reading with interest what’s been happening this week in Cataluña regarding the…ahem language spoken by the Catalan media. The Periódico de Cataluña gave us an insight this week into the right and wrong way of pronouncing certain Catalan expressions which are used on a daily basis on TV3 et al. Now I understand [...]
Hats Off To The Economist’s Article
I’ve got to take my hat off to The Economist for publishing an excellent article about Catalonia called “The party’s over” last week. It has caused great concern here in Catalonia and there’s been much calling for public apologies, articles being banned etc etc. In my opinion the article was very well written and touched [...]
British salsa champion killed in car crash in Spain while celebrating his 24th birthday
A 24-year-old salsa dance champion has died in a three-car pile up in Spain. Lee Wright had been celebrating his birthday in the holiday resort of Malaga when he died early on Sunday. His was being given a lift back to his hotel when another vehicle hit the back of the car he was travelling [...]
Catalonia Saturday round up
Another week has passed us by and we have a new American president in the shape of Barack Obama. Liked the British press yesterday when they had a photo of Obama leaving a gym in Chicago with a baseball cap and trainers on – the caption was…….wait for it “Yo-Bama”. While Zapatero insisted to the [...]
Lewis Hamilton – the new world F1 champion
Ok it’s Sunday evening and I can’t believe Lewis is the new world Formula 1 champion. With two laps to go Vettel overtakes him – don’t ask me how or why, must be the nerves. Then on the very last bend Timo Glock suddenly slows down, Vettel goes through so does Hamilton and ends up [...]
