Society
Earthquake with magnitude of 3.4 registered in Catalonia
Epicenter in western Alt Urgell area with tremors noted in the surrounding regions
earthquake
Society
Open Arms sends 24 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria after earthquake
Director of NGO criticizes "hypocrite" government for not helping affected area
Society
Earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 felt around Catalonia
With its epicenter in western Alt Urgell area, tremors were noted as far away as Barcelona
Society
Catalan Government takes Spain’s €1.35 billion bailout of the failed Castor Project to the Constitutional Court
Society
Taxpayers foot the bill for Madrid and EU’s mistakes, paying €1.3billion to bail out failed Castor Project off Ebro Delta coast
Society
Concern in the Ebro Delta over a series of small earthquakes allegedly due to a gas offshore platform
Politics
The municipal election campaign stops for a day in honour of Lorca earthquake victims
Two earthquakes of 5.1 and 4.5 Richter degrees hit the Murcia Region (South-East Spain) on Wednesday afternoon causing at least 9 deaths and injuring 300 people. 30,000 people spent the night in the streets, fearing further shocks. All the Catalan parties suspended their electoral campaigning for 24 hours and a minute’s silence spread across Catalonia.
Culture
Barcelona’s CaixaForum hosts an exhibition on the Haiti earthquake and the reconstruction process
‘Haití, 34 segons després’ (Haití, 34 seconds later) includes unpublished photos, documentaries and restoration projects. The exhibition wants to commemorate the earthquake victims as well as picturing the drama behind and the reconstruction efforts.