''Catalonia Today'' is a monthly English-language magazine and website with news of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

. It has been linked from the outset with ''

El Punt Avui ''El Punt'' (, meaning in English "The Point") was a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia (Spain). The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original ''Punt Diari'' ('Daily Point'). It was published between 24 February 1979 and 31 ...

'' group, with whom it shares content.

History and profile

The project began in 2004 as a free newspaper with the momentum of journalist and politician Carles Puigdemont, and the

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

correspondent of ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...

'', Stephen Burgen. By 2010 it had a circulation of 15,000 copies and more than 4,500 subscribers. The idea of the project was to create a newspaper about

, but in English, in order to fill the void of the market in this respect, aimed at tourists and foreign residents living in Catalonia, as well as Catalans interested in reading and improving their English. Among the collaborators are Matthew Tree, Martin Kirby, Xevi Xirgo, Joan Ventura and Emma Ansola. In 2010, it was awarded with the

Francesc Macià Francesc Macià i Llussà (; 21 September 1859 – 25 December 1933) was a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as the 122nd president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and formerly an officer in the Spanish Army. Politically, he evolve ...

Memorial Award by the

Josep Irla Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and w ...

Foundation for its defense of Catalan culture and nation. Its editor (as of 2016) is

Marcela Topor Marcela Topor (born 8 September 1976) They married in 2000. Topor is the editor of '' Catalonia Today'', an English-language magazine and website based in Girona. She also hosts the television programme ''Catalan Connections'', which features int ...

, wife of founder Carles Puigdemont.

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