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Thursday, 12 December 2013

Why Barcelona?





1. The first point is LOCATION. What does it mean?
Barcelona’s location is really good. Tthis city is the gateway to southern Europe. Its history has about 2000 years and it’s the Mediterranean’s area capital. It is well known as a bridge to the Maghreb and a platform to Latin America and it is represent the main city in the Mediterranean. In Catalonia it is also known as the economic, cultural and administrative capital. Barcelona is one of the economic drivers of the European Union and Spain.



Barcelona has about more than 25 million inhabitants, ones that make up the Euroregion. This Euroregion stretches from the Balearics to Aragon, and from Valencia to the south-east of France.
Being on the shores of the Mediterranean in the north-east of Spain, two hours from France by road. It has a good connection with the main European cities. This connection means that Barcelona’s destinations that is preferred for international investment in southern Europe.
Barcelona is a leader of the Mediterranean, it is like a bridge to the southern shore and a platform for the entry of goods, merchandise and people from the Middle East and America, is becoming increasingly clear.

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Thursday, 5 December 2013

Christmas lights in Barcelona

In Barcelona well-known "Els llums de Nadal." It is special lights for Merry Christmas in Barcelona. Christmas stars when the Mayor of Barcelona are switched on all the lights every year. This year the lights were turned on the 22nd of November. The Barcelona Shopping night that helds every year is more popoular even than Christmas shoppping with its shopping festivals, and popular Christmas fashionable shopping street well known as Passeig de Gracia. During Christmas time in Barcelona you will find the christmas light on more than 390 spots and streets with illumination that that cover for about 85km.
One more popular tourist destination is Magic Fountain of Monjuic in Barcelona. During Christmas period thid fountain has a special Christmas water and music show. 
This special free show you can watch on Fridays and Saturdays in December 2013 and on 25th December and 1st January between 19:00 to 21:00. But it could be cold, so take care about yourself and dress warmly. Torre Agbar in the Sant Marti district is one more unusual Christmas show, which lights up with a special Christmas light show from 18:00 to 23:00.
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Saturday, 30 November 2013

Spain-Barcelona pro-European Union protests 2013

Today the 30th of November active citizens in Barcelona appeared to protect Ukrainian right to be in European Union! Everyone knows that Ukraine is not in the best relationship with European Union, but it was a great chance for Ukraine people become one step closer to Europe. Who could answer why our people suffer from inappropriate behavior of some of the head of the state? Where is the root of non-human behavior to Ukrainian people? 
The series of protests well known in the world as the EuroMaidan. The protest in Ukraine started on the night of 21 November, 2013. On the 21st of November, 2013 the protest for better life started out. In the capital of Ukraine in Kiev people begun protesting. The main challenge is  we want better life and Ukraine worth of it and deserve it! 
The series of protest were throughout the Europe, so we can’t stay aside!!! A few people, but WE CAN change the world!!!













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