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Catalonia to introduce tourist tax
The Government of Catalonia is planning to introduce a tourist tax to be paid by national and foreign tourists alike.
Tourists would pay between € 1 and € 3 a night depending on the type of accomodation. Continue reading
Prohibido Fumar — Spain’s Smoking Ban Gets Tougher
Smokers throughout Spain are no longer allowed to light up a cigarette, pipe or cigar in bars, cafes and other public places after new anti-smoking legislation came into effect on Sunday, January 2.
The new legislation replaces one of Europe’s most relaxed anti-smoking laws with one of the strictest. Continue reading
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Bullfighting — the savage ‘sport’ of animal torture
Earlier this year British newspaper The Independent quoted Antonio Moreno, president of Cacma, an animal rights association in the bullfighting heartland of Andalusia, as saying, “An overwhelming majority of Spaniards, 76 per cent according to Gallup surveys in 2009, are not in favor of bullfighting. However, only half that total want outright prohibition.”
The Catalan parliament, meanwhile, earlier this year agreed to consider outlawing the controversial practice across the region Continue reading
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Ahead of court decision, newspapers defend Catalonia’s autonomy
Twelve Catalan newspapers published a joint editorial last Thursday in which they defend the legality of Catalonia’s statute of autonomy.
The statute — meant to clarify the division of political powers between Spain and Catalonia — is under review by Spain’s constitutional court. Continue reading
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Dutch schoolgirl killed in coach accident in Spain
A 16-year-old Dutch schoolgirl has been killed in an accident involving a coach in northern Spain. Two other school children are seriously injured and 17 passengers are slightly injured.
The coach was carrying teachers and pupils from a secondary school, Canisius College, in the southern Dutch city of Nijmegen to Barcelona, when it turned over on the A7 motorway near the city of Gerona in north-east Spain. Continue reading
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