Hot on the heels of the independence referendum in Scotland, Cataluña’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving regional president Artur Mas the power to call an independence ‘consultation’.
Strike prevents broadcast of King’s speech in Cataluña
A partial thirty-minute strike by employees of the Catalan TV3 television channel prevented the broadcast of the King’s Christmas message on Tuesday.
Large cocaine laboratory dismantled in Cataluña
The National Police have dismantled the largest cocaine production laboratory ever found in Cataluña and the fourth largest discovered in Spain.
Cataluña to ban circus acts with live animals
Cataluña is set to become the first region in Spain to ban circus acts with live animals, although 99 municipalities in the region do already have bans in place.
145 people arrested for fraud
National Police in Cataluña have so far arrested 145 people and charged another 275 with defrauding €7.8 million through the setting up and running of shell companies to make fake work contracts for the purpose of collecting unemployment benefit.
Cataluña asking for €9 billion bailout for 2013
Cataluña is asking for a €9.073 billion bailout from the Autonomous Liquidity Fund (FLA) for 2013, an increase of €3.7 billion on their 2012 request. In principle, the FLA has been set at €23 billion for 2013, up from €18 billion in 2012.
Rajoy rejects fiscal pact with Cataluña
An attempt by Cataluña’s regional premier Artur Mas to reach an agreement with the central government on a new financing plan for Cataluña has failed, and a disappointed Mas has said that he will announce his plans in the coming days and that early elections have not been ruled out.
Fires in Cataluña claim fourth victim
The two major wildfires in Girona have claimed a fourth life, one of those injured yesterday having failed to recover from very serious burns.
Three dead as fire rages in Cataluña
Three people ave so far died, one of them a minor, as a result of a forest fire raging out of control in Girona, Cataluña.
Police in Santa Coloma de Gramenet investigating death of 38 year old man
The Catalan police are investigating the death this morning of 38 year old Kashem O, a Bangladesh national, whose body was found in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona. The body showed obvious signs of violence and is the fifth violent death in the region in the past week.