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Sarai Sarroca
Director of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC)
“Catalonia is now more arid in every way”
The SMC makes a cautious analysis of the semi-arid zone in Catalonia.We have been cautious. And to be rigorous, we base our analysis on a 30-year period. That’s why we updated the analysis for the 1991...
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Pol Morillas
cidob director
“We have more global and simultaneous crises than ever”
The New Year is full of tensions and conflicts in an increasingly complex world facing multiple challenges. Here, Pol Morillas, Director of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, or CIDOB, analyses...
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Epic sequels, talent, reminiscence and farewell tears
2024’s film bonanza guarantees unparallelled excitement and nostalgia for movie enthusiasts
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Miró and Matisse, a relationship never explored
The highlight of 2024 in the Miró Foundation will be the first exhibition showing the links between the two great 20th-century artists
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The concerts of 2024
Bruce Springsteen, Estopa and Rammstein will be at the Olympic Stadium, with Depeche Mode, Olivia Rodrigo and Manolo García at the nearby Sant Jordi
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Mireia Vilanova. marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat
is a Barcelona-born, LA-based producer working in film, TV and digital media. She has led numerous projects in the US and Europe that have screened at top-tier festivals such as Tribeca, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Outfest and Palms Springs ShortFest, among others. She is currently in pre-production on her debut feature, I Live Here Now, directed by Julie Pacino
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