Catalan Language

17.05.2013 - 09.53 pm Madrid to oblige the Catalan Government to pay for a privately-owned school if a pupil wants to study in Spanish The Spanish Government has approved its Education Reform, which aims to make Spanish a teaching language in Catalonia and reduces the Autonomous...	09.05.2013 - 09.43 pm Aragon's Parliament renames Catalan language spoken in its territory with the acronym 'LAPAO' The opposition has denounced “the insult to intelligence” and the “ridiculousness” of changing the official name of the Catalan language in Aragon....	26.04.2013 - 04.57 pm 'Keep Calm and Speak Catalan', a poster of passive resistance The poster ‘Keep Calm and Speak Catalan’ was created by Josep Maria Ganyet, expert in digital communication, in order to protest against the draft...	24.04.2013 - 10.56 pm Rajoy's measures against linguistic immersion questioned by Brussels and the Spanish State Council The European Commissioner for Education, Culture and Multilingualism, promised Catalan Euro MPs to ask the Spanish Government – chaired by Mariano...
22.04.2013 - 10.16 pm The Catalan President states in Brussels that the EU views Catalonia's self-determination "with great respect" In an official visit to Brussels where the President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, met with three Commissioners, he recognised that the...	11.04.2013 - 09.38 pm Catalan Euro MPs ask European institutions to take up a stance regarding Catalonia's school model Four Members of the European Parliament representing three Catalan parties have asked the European Commission and the European Council to declare...	10.04.2013 - 09.11 pm Catalonia’s Supreme Court asks for Spanish to be made a teaching language in schools if a single pupil requests it The Catalan Education Minister will appeal the decision to the Spanish Supreme Court and meanwhile will not follow the petition of the Catalan...	09.04.2013 - 03.07 pm Dubbing, a practice in the spotlight Dubbing is deeply rooted in Spanish and Catalan television and cinema but it is now dealing with a crisis of demand. At the same time, voices have...
09.04.2013 - 02.03 pm Nine US and four Catalan universities aim to promote international masters programmes together The Consortium for Advanced Studies of Barcelona (CASB), made up of 9 of the most important universities from the United States and 4 Catalan public...	02.04.2013 - 09.05 pm Ban Ki-moon asks for talks regarding Catalonia’s self-determination claims “The United Nations respect self-determination processes” stated the Secretary General of the United Nations when he was asked about Catalonia’s and...	22.03.2013 - 10.03 pm Catalan literature on show at the 2013 Paris Book Fair since Barcelona is this year’s guest city Classic and contemporary authors from Catalonia, writing in Catalan or in Spanish, are one of the main attractions of this year’s Salon du Livre in...	26.02.2013 - 09.15 pm The Spanish Supreme Court validates the Catalan school model based on the principle of linguistic immersion The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected an appeal presented by one family against the Catalan Supreme Court’s decision adopted in March last year that...
19.12.2012 - 10.21 pm Wert does not change his Education Reform proposal and the Catalan Government “totally rejects” it The Spanish Education Minister, José Ignacio Wert, refuses to modify his Education Reform that will relegate the Catalan language in schools and re-...	12.12.2012 - 10.36 pm Agreement in Catalonia to stand by the Catalan school model despite the Spanish Government’s reform The parties supporting the current school model, representing 80% of the new Catalan Parliament, and Catalonia’s School Council – with all the...	10.12.2012 - 10.35 pm Demonstrations throughout Catalonia against the Spanish Government’s Education Reform relegating the Catalan language More than 60 demonstrations have taken place to protest against the new law announced by the Spanish Education Minister, José Ignacio Wert. The...	06.12.2012 - 12.26 am Catalan MEPs ask European Commission for meeting to discuss “attacks” against Catalan education system In Brussels, all political parties but the PP denounced the new proposals by the Spanish minister for Education, José Ignacio Wert, to relegate the...