Open for the holidays
The academic year is over but Catalonia’s universities offer the chance to improve your knowledge in the summer
Sergi Lopez
Actor from Vilanova i la Geltrú
SERGI LÓPEZ
The veteran actor from Vilanova i la Geltrú talks about some of his new projects, compares the Catalan and French film industries, and comments on the political consequences for the Catalan culture sector
FEATURE SUMMER FESTIVALS
Sounds and wine
Now in its 11th year, the Sons del Món Wine & Music festival has made a name for itself as one of the biggest summer festivals on the Costa Brava. The famous UK pianist and composer Michael Nyman will...
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Grec
Asian allies
This year’s El Grec Festival has an Asian flavour to it. While this provides a contrast to the festival’s western elements, it also establishes points of contact where the two traditions meet. The...
In the news. Faces in the news. What the foreign press says about catalonia
WHAT HAPPENED IN JUNE
Population grows by 0.6% due to immigration. La Caixa and British Museum sign joint agreement. Caprabo registers €11 million profit in 2017 . Museum displays unpublished Gaudí plans....
Coffee Shop
Girona
Espresso Mafia
Christian and Amber are a Canadian couple who moved to Girona 10 years ago. Christian was a professional cyclist, and while travelling around the world, he discovered his love for coffee. Soon after they...
English hour On El Punt Avui TV
Going native with Neil Stokes
Catalan connections with Marcela Topor
Small talk with Nicole Millar
The Week in Football with Barney Griffiths
Our finest hour with Matthew Tree
Opinion
News from El Punt Avui
My space
Catalans abroad
carla garcia. berta coll. bcoll@elpuntavui.cat
Carla is from Barcelona and has been living in Berlin for seven years. She is the founder of the digital magazine Femspire, for women who want more from their life. www.femspire.com
road safety
Roadworthiness test updated for new technology
Catalonia’s roadworthiness testing authority (ITV) will from this week incorporate a series of innovations aimed at adapting the test to modern vehicles equipped with new technologies. One of the main...
international
Vaccinations begin as Ebola death toll mounts
A preventative vaccination campaign aimed at beating an outbreak of Ebola in Congo began on Monday in the port city of Mbandaka, where four cases of the deadly disease have been confirmed. The use of the...
Features
Interview
Oriol Estela
General Coordinator of the Metropolitan Strategic Plan for Barcelona
Books
Tragedy in the Cathedral
Favourite for a Palafrugell literary prize in 1905, Josafat was then rejected because of its immorality. Its publication a year later caused an enormous scandal due to its anticlericalism and sex descriptions. It is now Prudenci Bertrana’s best-known book
Food & Wine
july food programme
Text: CUINA MAGAZINE
Sergi de Meià
(Barcelona)
The Net
The Eye
Temps de Flors, Girona
Photo: Sara Cabarrocas
Circuit de Catalunya, 2016
Photo: Valenti Fradera
ECCLUB
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Cinema
Every Thursday in Cinemes de Palamós, every day in Girona’s Cinema Truffaut and Wednesday to Sundays at Cinemes Girona in Barcelona. Get a great price with your ECClub card.