When it comes to weird Christmas traditions, Catalonia takes the biscsh*t. (Credit: GETTY / REX) Barcelona was the first place I lived and worked in after finishing university. It is a beautiful, vibrant city, somehow chaotic and calm both at once. I had visited it before, and, like the millions […]
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The 11th Century church of Sant Romà de Sau was submerged when the reservoir was created in 1962 In the Sau reservoir, teams in small boats are hard at work hauling out fish with nets. The idea is to remove them before they die and rot in the water, making […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and large swathes of Spain’s northeast are going under water restrictions as a months-long drought that has devastated crops starts to put the pinch on human activities in the Mediterranean country. The measures will affect 6.7 million people, 80% of the population in the Catalonia […]
ARTESA DE SEGRE/TOLEDO, Spain, June 16 (Reuters) – Three wildfires have laid waste to 1,600 hectares (3,950 acres) of pines and bushes in eastern Spain since Wednesday as a heatwave pushes temperatures close to record highs, regional firefighters said on Thursday. Hundreds of firemen were on the ground battling the […]
Catalonia formally pardons more than 700 women executed for witchcraft between the 15th and 18th centuries The Catalan parliament has passed a resolution to rehabilitate the memory of over 700 women executed for witchcraft The move was driven by left-wing and pro-independence groups who believe the women were ‘victims of misogynistic […]
Surveying rolling hills, vineyard owner Albert Jane expounds on the art of wine-making. ‘Through our wine we really express this landscape,’ he says. ‘It’s strong and robust.’ We are standing amid the vines of his Acustic Celler estate in the Priorat area of Costa Daurada, about an hour-and-a-half south-west of […]
Ronald Koeman insists he wants ‘important’ Ousmane Dembele to stay at Barcelona next season – amid Manchester United and Juventus interest in star who has just 12-months left on his contract By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 08:15 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 08:16 BST, 6 April 2021 Barcelona […]
The European parliament has voted to waive the immunity of Catalonia’s former regional head of government and two other separatist politicians, taking them a step closer to extradition to Spain, where they are charged with sedition. The chamber announced on Tuesday that EU lawmakers had voted clearly in favour of […]