Stizzard
MY BLOGS
-
Catalonia Travel Blog
http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/
A travel blog about the beautiful region of Catalonia in north eastern Spain. With local news, world news, stories and travel articles.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1351 )
-
Referendum Madness
ONE dodgy referendum lost Ukraine Crimea. Another threatens to lose it the European Union. On April 6th the Dutch public will vote on the “association agreement... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Greece Urged to Deliver Pension Reform Quickly
The Greek government was forced to accept the IMF’s role in the bailout review and was warned that a new liquidity crisis could come soon. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Greece, Creditors in ‘observation Round’
Eurozone finance ministers will discuss the Greek bailout on Thursday, a few days before the start of decisive talks on pension reforms. Read more
Posted on 14 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Germany to Relax Migrant Deportation Rules
German ministers on Tuesday presented a draft law to make it easier to expel foreigners convicted of crimes. Move follows Cologne sex attacks. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Revenge Attacks in Cologne, Alleged Cover-ups in Sweden
Vigilante groups have sprung up in German cities, carrying out New Year’s Eve revenge attacks in Cologne. Meanwhile, police in Sweden struggle to deflect... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Journalist-mayor to Lead Catalan Road to Independence
Carles Puigdemont has promised “to start the process to set up an independent state in Catalonia”. News from Read more
Posted on 11 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
[Agenda] Poland in the Spotlight This WEEK
Poland will be in the spotlight next week in Brussels, as the EU Commission is expected to discuss its controversial new legislation, while the EU is... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Less Than Ecstatic
AT HALF past two in the morning a dozen people queue in the freezing cold to get in to Tresor, a night club in a former power station in Berlin. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
EU Commission Criticism Upsets Warsaw
The Polish foreign ministry has summoned the European Commission’s top official in Warsaw to clarify criticism of its new media law. Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
[Opinion] Preventing the Return of Europe’s Authoritarian Right
Europe cannot look the other way when authoritarian rule is raising its head in a member state. News from Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Chore of the Spanish Succession
IN MOST places, when 3,030 people take an up-or-down vote, some sort of decision will probably emerge. But one should never underestimate the contentiousness... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Snow Job
DOWN a bumpy two-lane road through the hills north-west of Vladivostok, the Pogranichny border crossing is where Russia meets China. Bilateral relations are... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Courting Disaster
Communists, communists everywhere WHEN the far-right Law and Justice (PiS) party won Poland’s parliamentary elections on October 25th, it was clear that the... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
[Focus] EUobserver Wishes You a Happy New Year
EUobserver will continue to report on the EU exactly as it is – good or bad. But let’s hope there will be better news to report in 2016. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Russian Roulette
A billion on Siberia, please THE shiny new Tigre de Cristal casino looks like a black glass and steel spacecraft that has landed in the Siberian forest. A neon... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Learning the Hard Way
That’s an ä not an å AFTER Aida Hadzialic’s parents fled war-torn Bosnia for Sweden in the early 1990s, they put their five-year-old daughter in a school... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Poland Ignores EU Appeal on Constitutional Reform
Polish president Andrzej Duda has defied the European Commission by signing a controversial law on constitutional reform. News from Read more
Posted on 29 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Show Me the Money
MOST people agree that big piles of cash are nice things to have. But not everyone thinks it is good for a country if its citizens conduct their business with... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Tsar v Sultan
Less fruit to throw at politicians TWO portraits flanked by red roses and candles rest on a bench outside the Russian defence ministry. Read more
Posted on 27 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Eyes on the Prize
IT IS market-day in this red-brick former mining town in northern France. Stall-holders wrap up fat slices of rabbit terrine, or flog discounted hairspray and... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL