The magazine RELS dedicates its last monographic to the essayist and Welsh translator (1917-1995), that normalized herself Catalan, and that was a bridge between both cultures. It has also spoken us about Simone Weil, the centenary of her is commemorated in 2009.

The Catalan is a living, rich language, and spoken nowadays by approximately 9 million persons in 4 countries, basically in Catalunya, Baleares Islands (Mallorca and the others), and Valencia, where it is a official language; in Andorra, where it is "the" official language, in the East zone of the south of France, where it survives with some difficulties, and other, more small, territories (Murcia -Spain-, and Sardegna -Italy-).

Geologists of the World presents a new exhibition in Catalonia to show the impact of natural disasters on societies.

A campaign to inform public opinion regarding cultural diversity, social cohesion and normality with regard to migration has been launched by the Catalan Government.

On January, the Catalan Government of Catalonia signed a framework agreement of understanding between the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme, through which both institutions commited to a strengthening of the relationship. This is the first agreement signed by the United Nations institution with a non-state entity.