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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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End of the matadors in Catalonia

End of the matadors in Catalonia might just be a reality if a certain group of people have their own way.

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7Oct2009 | Catalonia | 3 comments | Continued
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Pathetic TMB throws rattle out of pram and bans adverts

TMB can only be described as pathetic for vetoing and advert for their buses which reminds the Catalan government that they should include a checkbox which says “Castellano” on the enrolement papers for schools here in Catalonia. This check box is for parents to tick so the school knows that their children should be schooled [...]

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18Mar2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued
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Burberrys in Barcelona axes 250 jobs

A meeting took place on Saturday in Barcelona Spain between representatives of the UGT trades union and the directors of Burberry after the company revealed that it was axing 250 jobs in the region.
However, the effects on Catalonia are said to be devastating, as companies such as Roca, Seat, Indo, Derbi, Vitri, Sony and Nissan [...]

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26Jan2009 | Steve | 0 comments | 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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Pet shop in Barcelona shows how a boa eats rabbit

A pet shop near Barcelona has been denounced for using a macabre method of attracting clientele. Apparently, the shop had in it’s window display a boa constrictor devouring a rabbit as a means of attracting customers!
The pet shop is said to be somewhere between Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona. Animal protection laws clearly [...]

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7Feb2008 | 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