The harvest of the millenarian olive oil dropped to one fifth compared to the previous season due to drought. This olive oil coming from 1,000 years old trees is a delicatessen from the Ebre Delta, in Southern Catalonia. Locals are pushing for UNESCO to declare the 4,500 trees a World Heritage.
More than 30 years after the end of the fascist dictatorship of Francisco Franco, some towns have yet to remove the symbols that celebrated the victory of the general back in 1939. In Tortosa, the council is following procedures to change the name of a neighbourhood that refers to the day that the fascists conquered the town.
Josep Ramon Castells, the president of the Federation of Mollusc Producers from the Ebre Delta, explained in an interview the properties and the quality of the mussels and oysters they produce. They have a stronger flesh and greater sea taste than those from France and Italy.