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The Latest Breaking News from Catalonia

Prayer for rain, water rations: Catalonia struggles with drought

With no sign of rain clouds, the Catalan regional government broadens curbs on water use to 495 towns or villages.

Al Jazeera

Catalonia’s farmers face threat of drought … and a plague of hungry rabbits

With water reserves running low, Spanish farmers are also struggling to protect crops from thousands of rabbits starved of fresh grass

The Guardian - UK

Books and roses mark St Jordi day on Sunday

This Sunday is the day of Sant Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia in Spain. On this day, people celebrate by exchanging books and roses. Sunday is also World Book Day as declared by Unesco in 1995.

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Spain's Barcelona faces drought 'emergency' in September

Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast have warned that Barcelona and a surrounding area that's home to some 6 million people could face even tighter restrictions of water use in the coming months

The Independent UK

Experts hail 'fundamental shift in independence studies' ahead of exhibit launch

HOW life experiences impact on people’s support for independence in Scotland, Wales, and Catalonia will be explored in a “world-first”…

The National (Scotland)

Looking back at Picasso's life and legacy

Few artists have left such an impact on their era. Pablo Picasso dominated the 20th century, bequeathing an iconic legacy to the history of painting, printing and sculpture. Fifty years after the Spanish artist's death, his influence still looms large. To mark that anniversary, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear retraces his…

France 24

11th century church emerges from dried-up reservoir as Catalonia suffers worst drought in decades

At Sau Reservoir, the water level has dropped so low that it risks contamination

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11th century church emerges from dried-up reservoir as Catalonia facing worst drought in decades

The drought has already affected up to six million people

The Independent UK

Clara Ponsati ARRESTED on first visit to Spain in five years

CLARA Ponsati, the MEP and academic who faced extradition charges for her part in the unsanctioned Catalonia independence referendum, has returned…

The National (Scotland)

Church tower reemerges from parched reservoir in drought-hit Spain

Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come.

Reuters

Catalonia launches operation to clear fish from reservoir to save drinking water

Focus is on Sau reservoir, where water supplies have plunged to their lowest level since 1990

The Guardian - UK

Catalonia confronts past racism after slave trade documentary

Programme highlights fact that much of 19th-century wealth was built on the back of transatlantic practice

The Guardian - UK

Raul Romeva: Scotland and Catalonia WILL get our independence vote

SCOTLAND and Catalonia will legally vote on independence sooner or later, but it will take persistent demand to politically address the question,…

The National (Scotland)

Spanish bureaucracy leaves Ukrainians waiting for cash help

Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to Spain after Russia invaded their country last year are still waiting for promised payments of 400 euros ($425) a month

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Remains of anti-Franco activist who died in 1973 recovered in Catalonia

Forensics identify remains of Cipriano Martos, an antifascist forced to drink sulphuric acid during a police interrogation

The Guardian - UK

Barcelona’s ‘other’ great architect: five of his finest buildings

Catalonia’s design gems don’t begin and end with Gaudí. The works of Lluís Domènech i Montaner deserve a closer look on the centenary of his death

The National (Scotland)

Pope Francis: Scottish independence has been 'resolved' by 'the English'

The pontiff said that the UK has “resolved the requests of Scotland” in an interview with a Spanish newspaper.

Radio France Internationale

Spain drops sedition charge against ex-Catalan leader

The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over a failed 2017 independence bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

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Spain's Supreme Court drops sedition charges against Catalan separatist leader

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia's failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country's penal code abolished the crime.

The Guardian - UK

Alcarràs review – an angry, urgent fight for family land in Catalonia

Carla Simón’s powerful drama of a battle to save an ancestral peach farm from redevelopment is given added potency by nonprofessional actors

ABC News

Here's a look at Tio de Nadal, Catalonia's Christmas log that 'poos' presents, and other unusual festive traditions

At Christmas, good kids in some parts of the world might be visited by the mischievous Yule Lads while the naughty ones in others might have to outrun a demonic creature from Germanic folklore who wants to whip them. Here's a look at some of the more unusual Christmas traditions…

The National (Scotland)

Catalonia's independence drive is 'over', Spanish prime minister declares

CATALONIA’S push for independence is “over”, the Spanish Prime Minister has declared.

Reuters

Commuter trains collision in Spain lightly injures dozens

Two commuter trains collided on Wednesday morning at a station in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region leaving 155 passengers lightly injured, local emergency services said.

Daily Mirror

Barcelona train crash: At least 150 injured as train smashes into 'full' carriage during rush hour

Emergency services for Catalonia said that 150 people were in a "mild condition", while five others were left in a "less serious condition" and three were taken to hospital as a precaution

The National (Scotland)

'I was spied on five times in a month': EU urged to halt spyware used in Catalonia

A CATALAN MEP has called for a moratorium on the use of a controversial spyware program that was allegedly used to target the…

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