Catalonia

Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun and councilor Sònia Hernández presented the Acción Portabella program at the Filmoteca de Catalunya, featuring acts, exhibitions, and screenings to commemorate filmmaker Pere Portabella's centenary. The event kicks off the Año Portabella, starting on his 99th birthday on February 11. The initiative involves 62 entities, including 20 international ones.

January 13, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

The government has confirmed that President Pedro Sánchez held two discreet meetings with ERC leader Oriol Junqueras before their public January 8 gathering at La Moncloa. These focused on negotiating the new regional financing system, which will benefit Catalonia with an additional 4,700 million euros. The confirmation follows days of official silence and highlights Sánchez's strategic push to seal deals with ERC.

Generalitat President Salvador Illa used his December 26 Christmas speech to warn about the advance of ultra-right ideas in Catalonia, Spain, and Europe, defending humanity and solidarity as essential pillars. Amid the eviction of 400 homeless people in Badalona and the growth of parties like Aliança Catalana and Vox, Illa emphasized that responses to challenges do not involve blaming the most vulnerable.

December 25, 2025 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Following the eviction of the former B9 institute in Badalona, led by Mayor Xavier García Albiol, over 80 people continue living in tents under the C-31 bridge, exposed to the elements during Christmas. While some have been temporarily relocated by the Generalitat and social entities, uncertainty lingers for most, with family separations and a lack of stable solutions. The affected individuals reject short-term alternatives that fail to address their precarious situation.

The Catalan government has authorized a temporary employment regulation file (ERTE) affecting 458 meat sector workers in Santa Eugènia de Berga, due to an outbreak of African swine fever detected near Barcelona. The measure, requested by a temporary employment agency, is due to force majeure and allows the affected workers to access unemployment benefits.

December 10, 2025 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

A recorded conversation between María Dolores de Cospedal and José Manuel Villarejo reveals her awareness of police payments to Victoria Álvarez and infiltration in the Mossos d'Esquadra, days before the 1-O referendum in 2017. Judge Manuel García Castellón ignored these audios for two years, according to a police report. Operation Catalonia, part of the dirty war against independence, remains largely uninvestigated.