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Lamine Yamal has a statuette of himself doing a poo: It’s Christmas in Catalonia

The Athletic 24 Dec 2025
Why does one of the world's greatest footballers have a figure of himself doing a poo next to his trophies? Allow us to explain ....
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Peace activists Yael Admi and Reem Alhajajra receive 2025 International Catalonia Prize

Catalan News 23 Dec 2025
The Catalan government will award the 2025 International Catalonia Prize to Israeli and Palestinian peace activists Yael Admi and Reem Alhajajra ... Mother's Call is both a manifesto and a movement created by two organisations ... .
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Flu incidence in Catalonia falls, but transmission remains very high

Catalan News 23 Dec 2025
Flu incidence in Catalonia dipped last week from 766 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 544, according to the latest official data. Diagnosed cases also fell, from 407 to 373 per 100,000 inhabitants ... .
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Films to get to know Barcelona and Catalonia better

Catalan News 23 Dec 2025
Catalonia and Barcelona have a long and fruitful relationship with the film industry ... We kick off our list with the only Christmas-in-Catalonia film on it ... The film touches on the tension of migrants who work on farms in rural Catalonia. .
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'Dream of a lifetime,' say ticket sellers after selling millions worth of Christmas lottery prizes

Catalan News 22 Dec 2025
Selling a prize like this was the "dream of a lifetime," and she celebrated the feat by opening bottles of Cava sparkling wine. Lorena Espinosa, owner of Badalona's 35 lotto ticket store, named El Petit Dimoni, was overwhelmed on Monday morning.
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Barcelona and Madrid have very different ideas on tackling Spain’s housing crisis. Which will succeed? ...

The Guardian 22 Dec 2025
While the country’s capital is loosening regulations, the Catalan city is strengthening social housing. Their outcomes will affect all our futures.
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Spain: UN Experts Appalled By Eviction Of 400 Migrants And Stigmatising Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric In Catalonia

Scoop 21 Dec 2025
“With no alternative housing provided, the vast majority of those evicted has no choice but to seek again refuge in other informal settlements or to camp in the open,” the experts said ....
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17,119 arrests in Catalonia between January and June, 504 with no ID

Catalan News 21 Dec 2025
The Catalan police, Mossos d'Esquadra, made 17,119 arrests across the country between January and June, according to a parliamentary response to the far-right Vox party. Agents reported that 504 of the people taken into custody had no ID ... .
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Catalonia evicts 400 migrants amid ongoing stigmatization and human rights concerns

Jurist 20 Dec 2025
B9, a former secondary school, had become the largest informal migrant settlement in Catalonia, hosting between 400 and 500 individuals, mostly from West and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Best things to do this Christmas in Barcelona and Catalonia

Catalan News 19 Dec 2025
The Christmas season is here, and Barcelona and Catalonia are full of things to do ... Catalonia might not be the first place that ... It's one of the oldest and largest Christmas markets in Catalonia.
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UN experts appalled by winter eviction of 400 migrants in Spain's Catalonia

Anadolu Agency 19 Dec 2025
Badalona 9 (B9), a former secondary school, had been sheltering between 400 and 500 migrants, making it the largest informal settlement of its kind in Catalonia.
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Catalonia renews Formula 1 contract until 2032, but moves to hosting races on alternate years

Catalan News 17 Dec 2025
After months of negotiations, Formula 1 will stay in Barcelona until 2032. However, race events will only take place every second year, as opposed to every single year, as has been the case ... 2028, 2030, and 2032.
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Civil Protection issues emergency phone alert in southern Catalonia for torrential rain

Catalan News 15 Dec 2025
The Catalan Civil Protection has issued an emergency phone alert for southern Catalonia due to potential torrential rain in the counties of Baix Camp, Priorat, and Ribera d'Ebre ... in southern Catalonia.
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