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Spotlight: Barcelona International Community Day holds its 12th edition on Saturday 25 October

Features6th October 202513th October 2025

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Barcelona International Community Day will hold its 12th edition on Saturday 25 October at the Barcelona Maritime Museum, located in the former Royal Shipyards. The...

Madrid’s regional leader walks out of presidents’ conference when Catalan and Basque spoken

News Desk7th June 202510th June 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, King Felipe VI, and the presidents of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions gathered in Barcelona on Friday morning for the 28th...

EU postpones vote on official status of Catalan, Basque & Galician languages

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EU member states on Tuesday postponed a vote on the official status of Catalan, Basque and Galician being recognised as official languages of the European...

Catalan pro-independence party wants immigrants to learn Catalan to get residency

News Desk6th March 202512th March 2025

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A Catalan pro-independence party said on Wednesday that it intends to require foreigners to demonstrate proficiency in Catalan as a condition for obtaining residency in...

Events to mark 50 years since Franco’s death commence, yet his legacy still divides Spain

News Desk9th January 202516th January 2025

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided on Wednesday over the first in a year-long series of events to mark 50 years since the death of...

There’s ‘progress’ on adding Catalan, Basque & Galician as EU languages, claims Albares

News Desk25th October 202331st October 2023

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Spain’s acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares (main image) said on Tuesday that ‘progress’ has been made in the Spanish government’s request to have the Catalan,...

Spain must wait to see if EU will accept Catalan, Basque & Galician as official languages

News Desk19th September 202329th September 2023

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Spain’s demand for Catalan, Basque and Galician to become official EU languages faced opposition on Tuesday as the bloc’s member states fear any such move...

Spain allows MPs to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician in Parliament – Vox walk out

News Desk19th September 202326th September 2023

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The Spanish Congress allowed its national MPs to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician for the first time from Tuesday. The...

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