Archive for December, 2008

Carta a La Vanguardia sobre los malos tratos

Estoy muy agradecida de poder haber leido un artículo (30/12/2009) tan valiente ,veraz y real. Muy a pesar de estar vivendo en una sociedad de lo más avanzada y progresista es lamentable palpar como los malos tratos a niños ya sean físicos , los más visibles y aún más los invisibles al ojo [...]

30Dec2008 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

VEUS DEL MON A BARCELONA

Ok I hold my hand up high and say I went to the presentation of the book “veus del mon a Barcelona“. It was quite a nice presentation, held in the ayuntamiento in Plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona just over a week ago. There were musicians playing and some video footage of people from around [...]

30Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued

Corbacho says that imposing the Catalan language on immigrants is counterproductive

The Ministry of Labour and Immigration, Celestino Corbacho has said that the administration must promote awareness of Castellano or co-official languages to immigrants, but not as an obligation. Imposing the Catalan language on immigrants for example, would have a counterproductive effect, the minister noted in an interview with El Periodico de Catalunya, which it [...]

23Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued

Some bizarre Christmas traditions from Catalonia

These Catalan traditions usually come as quite a shock to the rest of mankind but are nonetheless quite fun although strange at the same time if you get my meaning. Ok so we know that Christmas has its roots in pagan celebrations, but where do these guys come from? This little guy below is “El [...]

22Dec2008 | Catalonia | 3 comments | Continued

Praise for Catalan language policies

I read with interest Erik’s post from his blog at wirdheim in vilanova and I have to praise his unbiased views. I say this as quite a few people have just lately left a few less than savoury comments in their efforts to make their mark and force their opinions on others. He explains that [...]

17Dec2008 | Steve | 16 comments | Continued

Weekly roundup of news in Catalonia and Spain

What do you know, Barcelona FC – instead of them sticking in 50 goals on saturday night they could only manage 2 – and rather pathetic if I may say so. First one by Eto and the second one by cannavaro although Messi did his job.The funniest thing is that Real Madrid with “8 bajas” [...]

15Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued

Bicing bike stations to give warning if the bike has not been properly locked

Bicing users now have more security when returning bikes to the bike stations, with a confirmation as to whether the bike has been parked correctly. The user only needs to put the card in the station reader and a message will appear on the screen. If it has not been parked correctly, the message gives [...]

11Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued

Huntelaar cumple su sueño y ficha por el Real Madrid

Huntelaar cumple su sueño y ficha por el Real Madrid Read the rest of this post here: Barcelona FC Blog

4Dec2008 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

Cristiano Ronaldo wins the Ballon d’Or

Cristiano Ronaldo has been awarded the Ballon d’Or by France Football Magazine. Ronaldo was widely tipped to be the winner, after scoring 42 goals as Manchester United won both the Premier League and the Champions League. Lionel Messi of Barcelona FC was 2nd, with Fernando Torres – Liverpool coming 3rd. Ronaldo picked up an amazing [...]

3Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued

Car sales in Spain plunge to 15-year low

Car sales in Spain fell by almost 50 per cent last month in another sign that the country’s economy is hurtling further downward. Anfac, the car trade association, said that 63,068 vehicles were sold in November – a decrease of 49.6 per cent from the 125,206 sold in November last year. This was the biggest [...]

2Dec2008 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued