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Spanish region of Catalonia to mull bullfighting ban

A bill in Catalonia to ban bullfighting in the Spanish region has cleared its first obstacle today in the local legislature Friday.

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18Dec2009 | Catalonia | 2 comments | Continued
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Trip Advisor, Catalan and xenophobia

I was reading El Periódico newspaper this morning and a letter caught my eye which I thought would be good to relate. Apparently this Catalan guy called Joan M. Serch wrote some kind of review on Trip Advisor about his stay in La Seu d’Urgell, Catalonia.

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24Sep2009 | Catalonia | 7 comments | Continued
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Hamilton wins at last in Hungary

Lewis Hamilton has finally scored his first grand prix victory of the 2009 season following a flawless performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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27Jul2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued
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St Georges Day in Catalonia

On April 23rd Catalonia celebrates one of its nicest and most pleasant holidays; the famous and charming day of Sant Jordi (St George’s day).This day has always been closely linked to the literary traditions, and in 1996 UNESCO declared St Jordi as the “International day of the Book”. April 23rd is not only famous for [...]

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20Apr2009 | Catalonia | 2 comments | Continued
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Juan Gris Exhibition at cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona

An unknown Juan Gris stands out at the cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona
The creativity of the great geniuses always radiates out in all directions. The general public can enjoy such delights that come in the form of large paintings or sculptures, but its ramifications are endless, poetry, small illustrations or photo collages.
One of the [...]

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6Apr2009 | Steve | 1 comment | Continued
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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 the [...]

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30Dec2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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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 Caganer”.  [...]

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22Dec2008 | Catalonia | 3 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

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27Nov2008 | Catalonia | 2 comments | Continued
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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 that [...]

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23Nov2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Spanish Tous wearing “Chavs”

I think I’ve found a Spanish equivalent of a “Chav”. As we all know, the word  “Chav” is mainly a derogatory slang terms in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions such as imitation gold, poorly made jewellery and fake designer clothing (often Burberry), combined with elements of working class British street [...]

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26Feb2008 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued
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Catalonia’s linguistic immersion programme

The first phase of Catalonia’s linguistic immersion programme will start on february 6th and will see the best part of 80,000 immigrants learning Catalan until the year 2013. These will be mainly infant and primary school children.
This first phase will see 84 schools participating – the majority being in Barcelona with 425 teachers taking part. [...]

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23Jan2008 | Catalonia | 9 comments | Continued
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Alex Salmond to visit Catalonia

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is to visit the devolved Spanish region of Catalonia.
The visit will take place in the autumn, said a senior figure in the Catalan government.
Government vice-president Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira announced the plan after meeting Mr Salmond in Edinburgh.
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11Jan2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Alicia Keys in Barcelona

Alicia Keys will be presenting los premios Onda in El Teatro de Liceu in Barcelona tonight. This will make it the 54th edition of the premios Onda and there will be music from Andrea Corr, Paul Potts who was the winner of Britain’s “You Got Talent” program and The Fray. Amongst tonights winners will be [...]

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4Dec2007 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Catalan kids don’t know their Spanish geography!

I was sort of horrified to learn this morning whilst my 10 year old daughter was going over her homework in Catalan that Catalonia’s primary school children know virtually nothing about the rest of Spain regarding geography.
My wife happened to ask her if she knew any of the names of Spain’s river and she drew a blank. [...]

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3Dec2007 | Catalonia | 58 comments | Continued
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The Catalans

Got any funny stories about Catalans? What are they like and what makes them tick? Are there any real Catalans left in Catalonia? What do you think?

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30Jul2007 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued