catalonia
June 14th, 2011
The Catalan police have arrested a pair of thieves who devised an unusual method for stealing from travellers taking the bus from Girona airport to Barcelona: hiding in the luggage hold of the vehicle curled up inside a large suitcase. As reported by Europa Press last Monday, the Catalonia police said ...
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April 12th, 2011
The public vote in Barcelona gave a lukewarm thumbs-up to the idea of full autonomy from Spain in an informal, non-binding referendum organised by pro-independence activists. Just over 91 per cent said yes to the idea of full independence, however the turnout yesterday was a paltry 21.4 per cent in Spain's ...
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April 5th, 2011
The world's first cash machines to feature contact-less technology from Fujitsu have been rolled out by Spanish bank La Caixa. They have installed the new machines in three Spanish cities, Barcelona, Sitges and Palma, with more deployments soon across locations in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia. Customers using these cash points only ...
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February 18th, 2011
Police in Spain's Catalonia region have dismantled a network that trafficked in performance-enhancing drugs, arresting seven amateur sportsmen. VNAMP42DWX28 Among the substances seized was clenbuterol, the drug for which three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive
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January 10th, 2011
Spain's state broadcaster, TVE, has banned live bullfighting from its schedule, angering matadors and bullfighting fans who are already smarting over a ban in the eastern region of Catalonia. The broadcaster has decided bullfighting contravenes its code of conduct for programmes before Spain's 10pm watershed hour, when children
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November 26th, 2010
The elections this Sunday in Catalonia, Spain's wealthy northeastern region, are expected to usher in a combative nationalist government that could shake up Spanish politics. Support for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist party, which governs in Catalonia as well
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November 18th, 2010
A video game in which the player shoots down illegal immigrants to promote the policies of Spain's conservative party ahead of the regional elections in Catalonia later this month has been withdrawn after provoking widespread outrage. The game, named "Rescue", was removed within hours of appearing on the campaign website
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October 26th, 2010
Women touting for customers on a rural highway outside Els Alamus near Lleida in Catalonia have been told to don the yellow fluorescent bibs or pay fines of 40 euros under road traffic laws. Police claim the sex workers on the LL-11 road are not being specifically targeted because
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September 24th, 2010
Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft of a new Gambling Act, which is designed to regulate and tax all forms of gambling including online, interactive television and mobile gambling. The draft legislation has tax and regulatory provisions relating to advertising, sponsorship, consumer protection
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July 28th, 2010
Its orange sands have witnessed delight and death. Generations of matadors strutted their way across Barcelona's Monumental bullring, drawing roars of approval from the crowds as they tormented the hulking bulls with their scarlet capes before killing them with a sword-thrust between the shoulder blades.
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