Vueling to fly to Lleida via Barcelona
Vueling will offer flights to the Lleida-Alguaire airport from 14 cities around Europe via Barcelona. The airline company Pyrenair will offer ski vacation flights from Madrid, Vigo and Lisbon.
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Aranese language becomes the 3rd co-official language in Catalonia
The Catalan Parliament approves a law that recognises Occitan language, called Aranese in the small Aran county, as co-official in Catalonia. It will also be the preferred language in the Aran county, in Western Catalan Pyrenees. The top representative of the Aranese county, Francesc Boya says it is a “historic day” and warns that Aranese language is in an “intensive care unit”.
Plans for the Penedès Intermodal Centre made public
The future intermodal centre in South-West of Barcelona will span across 177 hectares of land.
Isabel Coixet: “I could not believe that a 66,000 square kilometre sea had become a desert”.
The director talks with CNA about her new documentary film and announces an upcoming fiction project, although no further details were unveiled.
International Catalan Institute for Peace denounces a 5.9% increase in arms expenditure
The Institute denounced 2009’s record levels of arms expenditure in the world. The organisation is currently hosting a photographic exhibition on women in Israel and Palestine.
Autumn weather welcomed after one of the hottest summers
The 27th of August had one of the highest recorded temperatures in history. Locals are welcoming cool autumn weather after the scorching summer heat.
New theatre opens on Barcelona’s Broadway
The Artèria Paral.lel Theatre opened its doors with Dagoll Dagom’s musical ‘Nit de San Joan’. The new theatre hopes to revive the Paral.lel Avenue’s important theatre tradition.
New theatre opens on Barcelona’s Broadway
The Artèria Paral.lel Theatre opened its doors with Dagoll Dagom’s musical ‘Nit de San Joan’. The new theatre hopes to revive the Paral.lel Avenue’s important theatre tradition.
The Catalan Government to enter Spanair’s board
The Catalan Government will become part of the Spanair’s board after a 10 million euro shareholders increase made possible by the public company Avança.
A push for the Mediterranean Railway Corridor
The Catalan Government hopes that the Mediterranean Corridor, which is planned to unite northern and southern Europe, will pass through Catalonia, along the Mediterranean shore and not through the centre of Spain.
Girona’s trade fair launches new website ‘e-fira’
The Fira de Girona (Girona Trade Fair) has created a new website that opens fair doors for businesses all year round. The website already has 219 registered businesses and predicts 500 by the end of the year.
Catalan food featured in Italian gastronomic fair
The Gusti di Frontiera Fair in the Italian town of Gorizia invites Catalonia as the guest of honour in their gastronomic showcase.
Spanish Government will only reform the Constitutional Court Law’s renewal procedure
A renewal was urgent after the legitimacy crisis that occurred during the debate over the Catalan Statute of Autonomy. Some political forces, especially in Catalonia, were expecting a broader reform that would limit the Court’s power to decide on already approved laws via referendum.
Health alert triggered after French man contracts dengue fever in Europe
A tiger mosquito has transmitted the dengue fever in Europe for the first time. The insect transmitted the virus in the French city of Nice to a man who had never travelled into a dengue area. Officials claim that this is an “isolated case” and say it poses no threat to public health.
Catalan cuisine fills the classrooms of Harvard
Renowned Catalan chefs Ferran Adrià, Joan Roca and Carme Ruscalleda are participating in a Harvard University course aimed at strengthening the bonds between science and cooking.