New campaign targets advice at foreign drivers on Catalan roads
With quarter of all fatal traffic victims from abroad, authorities work with consulates to design new strategy due to launch in summer
June 17, 2019 12:54 PM
Society
Current affairs and social issues
Drive to save old trees from ending up as firewood
Biologists in Solsonès county in central Catalonia aim to raise awareness among landowners of the value of mature woodland
June 14, 2019 05:43 PM
NGO finds 1,195 homeless people living in Barcelona
549 volunteers scour the Catalan capital’s streets with Fundació Arrels
June 13, 2019 06:09 PM
HP unveils world’s largest 3D printing research center in Sant Cugat
Center already produces pieces for health, automotive and aerospace sectors
June 13, 2019 02:49 PM
'I am the last generation on Earth' - Fridays For Future spokesperson in Barcelona
More than 1,500 cities around the world have already joined the youth climate emergency movement
June 13, 2019 12:10 PM
New therapy reactivates immune response against cancer by blocking protein
Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital researchers develop promising treatment for patients with aggressive tumors
June 11, 2019 02:06 PM
Barcelona's new supercomputer will aim to rival US and Asia
EU to grant 100 million in project which will include a platform to create European processors
June 10, 2019 12:24 PM
NGO denounces presence of minors, lack of interpreters and inadequate medical care at migrant detention center
Migra Studium presents annual report on Barcelona migrant detention center
June 7, 2019 02:59 PM
Housing rents up 7.6% in Catalonia in first quarter of 2019
Rental costs for new properties rose by 11,9%, with those for used dwellings increasing by 7.2%
June 7, 2019 12:32 PM
Catalonia's challenge to reform society's timetables
Critics say the Catalan working day is inefficient and a waste of free time
June 7, 2019 12:02 PM
Barcelona chosen to run one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers
European Commission awards Catalan capital one of three new supercomputers in 2021
June 7, 2019 11:02 AM
Pop star Shakira attends court near Barcelona over tax fraud charges
Prosecutors accuse Colombian star of avoiding €14.5m between 2012 and 2014 when she was living in Catalonia
June 6, 2019 01:01 PM
Barcelona tops European list of most polluted cities from large cruise ships
NGO report criticizes “less stringent regulation” of highly polluting fuels from tourist cruisers
June 5, 2019 12:19 PM
Europe's most modern dinosaur site found in Catalan Pyrenees
Paleontologists discovered remains of hadrosaurs, teeth from carnivorous dinosaurs, and titanosaur egg fragments
June 3, 2019 05:36 PM
Barcelona research center participates in promising pancreatic cancer trial
Vall d’Hebron Oncology Institute helps prove efficacy of personalized treatment for BRCA gene mutation carriers
June 3, 2019 02:04 PM
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