Iberia cancels 444 flights over holiday period due to baggage handling strike
Company reports 45,641 passengers affected and says alternatives will be offered in coming days
Society
Current affairs and social issues
Average rent in Barcelona up 10% in one year
New record high price of €1,170 reached, while Catalan average now stands at €850
Barcelona beach covered with clothes in memory of 2,600 refugees drowned in Mediterranean
Open Arms staged a symbolic shipwreck to protest the staggering number of deaths
50% discounts on public transport to remain, but general prices to increase in 2024
New prices to come into effect January 15
Badalona becomes Catalonia’s third largest city with over 225,000 inhabitants
Hospitalet de Llobregat is the second largest city, while Barcelona remains the largest with over 1.6 million
Catalan Water Agency director criticizes lack of drought awareness in urban areas
Barcelona to be placed in most serious state of emergency in first half of January
Only 25% of victims of gender-based violence in Catalonia filed a complaint in 2022
49 women murdered by their partners or ex-partners in Spain last year
746 new public housing units open in Barcelona
Nearly 80% of new apartments to have affordable rent
Catalan health minister asks families to 'trust' in new pediatric care model
New plan aims for patient travel times of no more than 30 minutes
Acute respiratory infections surge in Catalonia, flu cases double among children
Influenza was most common infection, with cases booming in 0-14 age group in one week
Two separate deadly crimes in Barcelona area on Saturday night
Man stabbed to death in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, while another man shot dead in a bar in capital's Poble-sec
Pro-Palestine protesters block Barcelona's La Rambla and call for boycott of Carrefour
Rally-goers oppose companies supporting 'colonization' and target French supermarket chain
Spain's Christmas lottery brings €60 million to Catalonia
One of the fourth prizes left €33.2 million, El Gordo jackpot brought more than €16 million
Nurses in Catalonia to continue strike through Christmas
Infermeres de Catalunya began indefinite industrial action on December 12
Barcelona Supercomputing Center unveils MareNostrum 5 supercomputer
Machine has performance equivalent to 380,000 mid-range laptops
Latest updates and breaking news on society, social issues, and current affairs from Barcelona and Catalonia. Keep up to date on protests, the housing crisis, the ongoing drought, the climate crisis and environmental management, urban development and management, the language immersion system, and much more here.