Number of tourist apartments in Barcelona 'massive', says European watchdog
Corporate Europe Observatory's Kenneth Haar calls on cities to challenge higher authorities for powers to manage affordable housing problems
August 5, 2019 11:36 AM
Current affairs and social issues
Corporate Europe Observatory's Kenneth Haar calls on cities to challenge higher authorities for powers to manage affordable housing problems
August 5, 2019 11:36 AM
Irregular street sellers demonstrate on Rambla in response to crackdown by local authority
August 2, 2019 06:29 PM
Aimed above all at tourists, 'Buy legal' is a new council initiative in the same week it began cracking down on 'top manta' vendors
August 2, 2019 06:03 PM
The Catalan NGO continues to rescue migrants stranded in the Mediterranean despite opposition from the authorities
August 2, 2019 12:52 PM
Court to consider prosecuting him for reckless endangerment after he ran over 92-year-old while checking his phone, say reports
August 1, 2019 06:27 PM
Newspaper says terrorists were not tracked before incidents, but digital publication insists secret reports it used were independent of police investigation
August 1, 2019 11:51 AM
Despite being plagued by problems, work on the city's grand intermodal station continues but with no fixed completion date
July 31, 2019 07:11 PM
With the new police crackdown on illegal selling, spokesman says sellers have no alternative and calls on mayor to "remember her promises"
July 31, 2019 12:16 PM
Some hundred officers from three forces again patrolled key areas of the city to discourage illegal street selling
July 30, 2019 06:00 PM
Last heatwaves contributed to a 20% drop in donors, says public health agency
July 30, 2019 11:38 AM
Hundred officers from three forces will work together on "permanent" effort to disrupt illegal street selling in key areas of city center
July 29, 2019 08:14 PM
Government and local administrations to raise pace of implementing air quality improvement measures after EU takes Spain to court
July 29, 2019 06:32 PM
Airport resumes activity with delays and restrictions
July 27, 2019 01:48 PM
Alba Vergés: "We have the responsibility to answer to the people"
July 27, 2019 12:27 PM
Chance to finally close scars of tragic incident as judge greenlights trial of two people accused of causing blaze after decade of delays
July 25, 2019 08:37 PM
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