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Catalan drama ‘Alcarràs’, by Carla Simón, chosen as Spain’s Oscar entry

News Desk13th September 202219th October 2022

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Spain has chosen Catalan director Carla Simón’s semi-autobiographical drama, Alcarràs, a film about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future, as its entry for the Best International

Spain’s sex club owners and workers protest government’s prostitution bill

News Desk13th September 202220th September 2022

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Protesters including brothel owners and sex workers demonstrated on Monday in front of the Spanish Congress in Madrid, over a bill that would penalise prostitution

Amid political in-fighting, Catalan independence takes to the streets again for ‘La Diada’

News Desk12th September 202219th September 2022

12th September 202219th September 20221833

While the local police in Barcelona calculated that 150,000 people attended a mass pro-independence rally in the city on Sunday, coinciding with ‘La Diada’ (the

Filming of Netflix ‘The Crown’ in Barcelona suspended ‘out of respect’

News Desk9th September 202214th September 2022

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Filming of the Netflix series The Crown, that was due to take place in Barcelona on Friday and over the coming days, has been suspended

Train service in Catalonia ‘gradually resumes’ after all trains halted for 3 hours

News Desk9th September 202212th September 2022

9th September 202212th September 20221633

All Rodalies short, medium and long-distance trains in Catalonia were ground to a halt for three hours between 5am and 8am on Friday morning, after

Queen Elizabeth II has died peacefully at Balmoral

News Desk8th September 202212th September 2022

8th September 202212th September 20221641

Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday. ‘The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,’ a short statement from Buckingham Palace

Carrefour launches €30 shopping basket in Spain after price cut proposal

News Desk8th September 202214th September 2022

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Supermarket chain Carrefour in Spain is to offer consumers a basket of 30 basic goods for €30, the company has said, days after the Spanish

Spain defends MidCat gas link, despite Macron saying no need for new pipeline

News Desk7th September 202213th September 2022

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Building a gas pipeline across the Pyrenees mountains is ‘in Europe’s interest’ and a project that Spain will vigorously defend, despite opposition from the French

Spain gives labour benefits and job protection measures to domestic cleaners

News Desk6th September 202213th September 2022

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The Spanish government approved a bill on Tuesday to give hundreds of thousands of domestic cleaners and carers the right to unemployment benefits and other

Debate reignites over Spain’s bull-running fiestas, after 10 deaths during summer

News Desk6th September 202213th September 2022

6th September 202213th September 20222488

Bull-running festivals have come under the spotlight in Spain again, after the summer saw at least 10 people lose their lives, provoking divisions over the centuries-old

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