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Isak Andic, founder of Spain's Mango clothing chain dies in accident

Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe's largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died Saturday in an accident, the company said.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was among the first to pay tribute to the businessman's "entrepeneurial vision".While the company did not provide further details, Spanish media reports said the 71-year-old died after falling …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Billionaire owner of Mango fashion empire dies in mountain accident

The Independent

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Founder of fashion brand Mango, Isak Andic, dies in mountain accident

Hindustan Times

Isak Andic, the Istanbul-born founder and owner of the fashion brand Mango, died on Saturday in a hiking accident, reported Reuters. Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, died in a mountain accident The 71-year-old businessman slipped and fell from a 150-meter cliff while hiking with his family near the Montserrat caves close to Barcelona, according to Spanish …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Mango clothing chain founder Isak Andic dies in mountain accident

Al Jazeera

The 71-year-old businessman slipped and fell from a cliff while hiking with relatives near Barcelona, Spain. Isak Andic, the founder and owner of Mango, Spanish clothing retailer with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, has died in a mountain accident, according to the company and police. “It is with deep regret that we announce the unexpected death of Isak Andic, our non-executive …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Barcelona is put on flooding red alert as flights are diverted and city airport is submerged in shocking new footage after Spain's king and queen were pelted with mud while visiting devastated Valenci

Daily Mail

Brutal storms which caused deadly flooding across eastern Spain last week have now dumped torrential rain on Barcelona, with the city's airport submerged and locals warned of 'extreme danger' as the country's severe weather crisis continues. A man is seen taking his shoes off and wading through the departures hall at El Prat airport Abandoned cars are seen on a …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Inside Lamine Yamal's brilliant but humble upbringing: From being held and bathed as a baby by Lionel Messi to heartbreaking parent split as Barcelona star's dad is 'stabbed in a car park

Daily Mail

Lamine Yamal, widely regarded as one of the most exciting young football talents in recent years, burst onto the scene as a gifted winger for Barcelona in his teenage years. But, heartbreak struck earlier this week when Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, was taken to hospital after being attacked in a car park in Mataro, near Barcelona - according to Spanish …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest

Al Jazeera

Two police officers arrested as Spanish judges seek an explanation over the failure to apprehend the fugitive. Catalonia’s former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has left for Belgium a day after briefly appearing at a rally in Barcelona and evading a massive manhunt and an arrest warrant in Spain. Reporting from Barcelona, Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith said there had been “a …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Catalonia ex-leader Puigdemont returns to Spain despite arrest warrant

Al Jazeera

Puigdemont evades capture after addressing rally in Barcelona, triggering a frantic search by police to apprehend him. “Long live Catalonia!” Many in the crowd waved red, yellow and blue flags and chanted slogans demanding Catalonia’s secession from Spain. After his brief address, Puigdemont was set to head to the regional parliament for the investiture vote to elect a new leader, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections

LA Times

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of elections results to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Sunday. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” said Andrew Dowling, a specialist in Catalan history at Cardiff University …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Six years after plunging Spain into its worst political crisis in decades, Catalonia’s separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the northeastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday’s election. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together party of former regional president Carles Puigdemont, were set …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

LA Times

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa talks with party colleagues as they wait for election results at the party headquarters in Barcelona on Sunday. Separatist parties are in danger of losing their decade-long hold of power in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region after the pro-union Socialist Party won the most votes in an election Sunday. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rainfall allows Spain’s Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s Catalonia region will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought, regional authorities said Tuesday. Catalonia’s water agency says the average resident uses 116 liters per day at home. David Mascort, who heads Catalonia’s environmental authority, said that plans were still intact to install a floating …

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8 months ago

Barcelona to get floating desalination plant to help fight drought in northeastern Spain

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, regional authorities said Thursday. Barcelona already relies on Europe’s largest desalination plant for domestic use to compensate over three years of below average rainfall that have led to a historic drought made worse by climate …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Don’t let it flow: Tourists to Spain’s Catalonia may soon see water restrictions in the dry season

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s drought-stricken northeastern Catalonia is considering imposing water restrictions on tourists in the driest parts of the region if domestic consumption is not curtailed, the Catalan government said Tuesday. The restriction of 100 liters per tourist per day for hotels would go into effect if a municipality fails to keep domestic water use by residents below established …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Spain approves amnesty for Catalan separatists, but adiós to hopes it would bolster weak government

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has kept his part of a bargain struck last year with Catalonia’s separatists to keep him in power by pushing through a divisive amnesty bill. The passing of the amnesty bill by Spain’s Parliament in the capital of Madrid by a vote of 178-172 on Thursday was supposed to provide a boost …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain’s wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona. The move by Pere Aragonès on Wednesday came on the eve of a vote in Spain’s national parliament on a contentious amnesty law that could pardon hundreds …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Drought-stricken villages in Spain’s northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing

Associated Press

GUALBA, Spain — Plastic jugs in hand, Joan Torrent takes a path into the woods in search of drinking water. Gualba’s name, according to local lore, means “white water” — for the streams flowing down from the Montseny Mountain overlooking the village. “Some municipalities lose 70-80% of their water through leaks,” Catalan government official Laura Vilagrà told Spanish national radio …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

An expected drought emergency in northeast Spain would mean tighter water restrictions for Barcelona

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona and its surrounding in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region are preparing for tighter water restrictions amid a historic drought that has shrunk reservoirs to record lows. Broekman noted an important difference between the extraordinarily intense dry period northeastern Spain is experiencing now and Catalonia’s last serious drought in 2008, when boats were used to ship water to …

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1 year ago

Liga surprise package Girona visits Barcelona in clash of Catalan clubs

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona was the Spanish league champion last season. But as Girona CEO Ignasi Mas-Bagà recently told The Associated Press, their objective is to grow and consolidate as a top-flight club, not displace Barcelona, a team that has millions of fans around the globe and is close to being a religion inside Catalonia. “But we do want to …

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1 year ago

Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months. Catalonia is suffering its worst drought on record with reservoirs that provide water for about 6 million people, including Spain’s second-biggest city Barcelona, filled to …

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1 year ago

Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

LA Times

Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months. Catalonia is suffering its worst drought on record, with reservoirs that provide water for about 6 million people, including Spain’s second-biggest city Barcelona, filled to just 18% of …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez beat the odds to stay prime minister. Now he must keep his government in power

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez pulled off his latest feat of political survival to get reelected as prime minister with an absolute majority in a highly fragmented parliament. “This government has the possibility of lasting because it is very difficult, almost impossible, for a no-confidence motion against it to succeed,” said Oriol Bartomeus, professor of political science …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spain's Pedro Sánchez beat the odds to stay prime minister. Now he must keep his government in power

The Independent

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Isak Andic, founder of Spain's Mango clothing chain dies in accident

Billionaire owner of Mango fashion empire dies in mountain accident

Founder of fashion brand Mango, Isak Andic, dies in mountain accident

Mango clothing chain founder Isak Andic dies in mountain accident

Barcelona is put on flooding red alert as flights are diverted and city airport is submerged in shocking new footage after Spain's king and queen were pelted with mud while visiting devastated Valenci

Inside Lamine Yamal's brilliant but humble upbringing: From being held and bathed as a baby by Lionel Messi to heartbreaking parent split as Barcelona star's dad is 'stabbed in a car park

Ex-Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest

Catalonia ex-leader Puigdemont returns to Spain despite arrest warrant

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Rainfall allows Spain’s Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought

Barcelona to get floating desalination plant to help fight drought in northeastern Spain

Don’t let it flow: Tourists to Spain’s Catalonia may soon see water restrictions in the dry season

Spain approves amnesty for Catalan separatists, but adiós to hopes it would bolster weak government

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty

Drought-stricken villages in Spain’s northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing

An expected drought emergency in northeast Spain would mean tighter water restrictions for Barcelona

Liga surprise package Girona visits Barcelona in clash of Catalan clubs

Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez beat the odds to stay prime minister. Now he must keep his government in power

Spain's Pedro Sánchez beat the odds to stay prime minister. Now he must keep his government in power