Catalan language voice assistant database to receive further €12m funding
AI project called AINA aims to teach machines to understand and speak Catalan
the project
Spain blocks Catalan and Occitania governments' Mediterranean 5G Corridor project
Foreign ministry vetoes initiative for motorway for smart and self-driving vehicles over concerns about references to Catalonia as a "country"
Barcelona among 43 world cities listed for fighting climate change
International study by Carbon Disclosure Project highlights Catalan capital for its Climate Plan initiative
Spanish government to dismantle controversial gas plant
Castor project which caused earthquakes in 2013 was "disastrous," says minister
Catalan professionals take part in an EU project in Egypt
The program aims to promote some professional fields in the country, mainly tourism and hospitality
‘Fumanya Dinosaur Project’: a world-class paleontological site in the Catalan Pyrenees
The museum is to open its doors on Saturday
European Parliament calls for compensation for citizens affected by disasters such as the Castor Project
The European Parliament passed this Thursday a text, promoted by the Greek MEP Kostas Chrysogonos, which explicitly reports the Castor case and the thousand earthquakes suffered by the locals in Valencia and Catalonia’s Ebro Delta. This business project, consisting of an offshore facility that had to store 1.3 billion cubic metres of reserve gas for Spain, failed after causing over 1,000 small earthquakes. The European Parliament called this Thursday to “include the victims of collateral damage linked to prospecting, surveys and the operation of offshore facilities” in the potential beneficiaries of future compensations. “It is very important that all those affected by offshore oil and gas operations, which are proved to be in detriment of the environment and of the activities of other persons be compensated”, Chrysogonos said to the Catalan News Agency, after slamming the “scandal” which is the Castor case.
Catalan volunteers to bring dignity to Vasilika refugee camp in Greece
Two months after the Greek Police evicted the self-managed refugee camp at Eko Station, which hosted 1,800 people at a motorway petrol station 20 kilometres south of Idomeni, a group of Catalan volunteers aim to reproduce the projects which were carried out there in Vasilika, a military-run refugee camp located in an old warehouse in Central Macedonia, Greece. Most of the people settled in Eko Station, mainly Syrians and Iraqis, were moved to Vasilika, a camp which doesn’t comply with the minimum hygienic, sanitary and alimentary conditions. In order to bring dignity to this facility the volunteers have started to set up a 4,000-square-metre space which will host a school, a communal kitchen, a library and several communal areas to host workshops and activities for people of all ages. The initiative is expected to serve the 1,200 people currently living in Vasilika.
47th International Jazz Festival in Barcelona takes to the streets
The 47th International Jazz Festival in Barcelona has organised a public celebration called ‘Jazz and Food’ this Saturday, the 3rd of October, at ‘Parc del Centre’ in Poble Nou neighbourhood. There will be 12 hours of free music programmed for the event and a wide range of food trucks selling international street food. The party in the park is part of a new programme which was proposed on the 40th anniversary of the festival. “It was an idea we pursued for years and now it is a reality. We have found the formula,” stated president of The Project, Tito Ramoneda, who recalled that the park has a special symbolism for the festival and said that he wants to continue celebrating the festival’s opening there. Between 20,000 and 25,000 people are expected to attend the event.