Society

Corporate Europe Observatory's Kenneth Haar calls on cities to challenge higher authorities for powers to manage affordable housing problems

Irregular street sellers demonstrate on Rambla in response to crackdown by local authority

Aimed above all at tourists, 'Buy legal' is a new council initiative in the same week it began cracking down on 'top manta' vendors 

The Catalan NGO continues to rescue migrants stranded in the Mediterranean despite opposition from the authorities

Court to consider prosecuting him for reckless endangerment after he ran over 92-year-old while checking his phone, say reports

Newspaper says terrorists were not tracked before incidents, but digital publication insists secret reports it used were independent of police investigation

Despite being plagued by problems, work on the city's grand intermodal station continues but with no fixed completion date 

With the new police crackdown on illegal selling, spokesman says sellers have no alternative and calls on mayor to "remember her promises" 

Some hundred officers from three forces again patrolled key areas of the city to discourage illegal street selling

Last heatwaves contributed to a 20% drop in donors, says public health agency

Hundred officers from three forces will work together on "permanent" effort to disrupt illegal street selling in key areas of city center

Government and local administrations to raise pace of implementing air quality improvement measures after EU takes Spain to court

Airport resumes activity with delays and restrictions

Alba Vergés: "We have the responsibility to answer to the people"

Chance to finally close scars of tragic incident as judge greenlights trial of two people accused of causing blaze after decade of delays