Catalans Abroad

Bàrbara Roviró
Teacher Educator for Foreign Language

A land of opportunity

Marc Femenia Nobell. catalonia today. contact@cataloniatoday.cat
Photographer

Just one of the locals

Mariona Casals Cases.
Project Manager

Straight from the heart

Mariona Trias Campaña. gemma busquets. gbusquets@elpuntavui.cat
is from Banyoles, Pla de l’Estany. Mariona moved to Barcelona when she was 17, where she started her studies in Hair/Makeup/Special FX. In 2001, she went to live in New York for a year and a half, where she continued her studies. She’s married to Jan, from Mexico, and they have twin boys: Roc and Klaus. They moved to London six years ago

Non-stop London

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

Living in Neverland

society

Public transport grows by 5 million in first quarter

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...

international

Paraguay opens its embassy in Jerusalem

Paraguay opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the second country to follow the United States in making the politically sensitive move from Tel Aviv. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and Israeli...

society

Manresa’s ExpoBages a crowd pleaser

This year’s ExpoBage fair in Manressa turned out to be even more popular than ever and participants are thrilled at the results. Some 30 businesses set up stands and exhibitions to show locals and out-of-towners...