Catalunya Info - Issue 23

08.22.2012 - 08.48 pm
Foreign tourism in Catalonia continues to flourish despite the economic crisis. In July, there have been just over two million foreign tourists to Catalonia, 9% more than in the same month of 2011. In the first seven months of 2012, Catalonia hosted 8.4 million foreign tourists, a figure which represents 25.6% of international tourism to Spain. Catalonia has therefore consolidated its position as the...
08.16.2012 - 08.35 pm
With 5.13 billion in foreign sales in June, Catalan exports have grown by 6.6% over the same period in...
08.16.2012 - 08.33 pm
The City Council’s ban, totally prohibiting street prostitution, comes into force this Friday. The...
08.23.2012 - 05.48 pm
Barça and Real Madrid go head to head this Thursday evening (10.30 pm CET) in the Camp Nou for the first...
08.10.2012 - 08.25 pm
The Director General of the Catalan fashion retailer, Enric Casi, had already warned that the MANGO's...
08.21.2012 - 08.04 pm
The Cadaqués Orchestra played ‘Concerto libero’, an unfinished work for piano and cello at the Peralada’s...
08.20.2012 - 08.52 pm
Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz ended the successful Costa Brava festival that achieved full audiences...
08.17.2012 - 08.54 pm
After the Catalan Parliament’s ban on bullfighting approved in 2010, controversy between those in favour...
08.17.2012 - 06.55 pm
The search engine giant adds thirteen languages to its speech recognition system, also including Basque...
08.17.2012 - 09.29 pm
Barcelona’s neighbourhood of Gràcia has started its annual street festival on Wednesday, a week long...
08.20.2012 - 09.00 pm
Alella wineries, in Greater Barcelona, have started this summer’s harvest, with predictions that this...
08.14.2012 - 01.29 pm
Ivan Tibau, the Catalan Government’s Secretary of Sport, emphasises the “great effort” made by...