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Barcelona brought to standstill by massive demonstration

Last Saturday, 1.5 million people (1.1 million according to the police) gathered in Barcelona in what was the first massive demonstration in favour of the independence of Catalonia. Using the slogan “We are a nation, we decide”, the rally brought the centre of Barcelona to a standstill, and for almost two [...]

Hereu digs his own political grave

I must confess I had quite a lot of fun last week following all the news related to the consultation on the reform of the Avenue Diagonal, one of Barcelona’s main arteries. What was meant to boost the socialist candidature for next municipal elections due in May 2011, turn out to be a week-long nightmare [...]

T1 Terminal: more a facade than a real international hub for Catalonia

After months of delay Barcelona airport’s new south terminal (T1) has been inaugurated. The media coverage of the event was large and went on without losing detail. Politicians fought to be on every photo, each one trying to take as much credit for the new infrastructure as they could.

But few are pointing out the [...]

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