http://www.visitblanes.com Guide to Blanes, Spain: Gateway to the Costa Brava Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.visitblanes.com/149-bullfighting-is-animal-torture http://www.visitblanes.com/149-bullfighting-is-animal-torture#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:27:49 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=149 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]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/149-bullfighting-is-animal-torture/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 20:15:30 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=140 Many Catalonians cannot find affordable housing.

Building on the 2007 Law on Housing Rights Catalonia's government is now looking at measures to insure that those with a poor credit history, unemployment problems, and/or low income will be able to find a suitable place to live.

Its proposals include possible enforcement of a measure already passed: forcing landlords to rent out property that has been sitting empty for too long.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/108-catalonia-autonomy http://www.visitblanes.com/108-catalonia-autonomy#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:37:27 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=108 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.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/108-catalonia-autonomy/feed 0