Catalonia to launch an inflatable buoy to help lifeguards rescue swimmers
The project could help reduce the drownings at Catalan beaches, which have doubled this year
August 10, 2017 05:14 PM
Society
Current affairs and social issues
Tourism in Barcelona: how much is too much?
With 30 million visitors expected to come this year, some locals feel the city is about to reach the tipping point
August 9, 2017 08:09 PM
53 archaeologists to document Neanderthal life from 60,000 years ago
University researchers from all over the world excavate together in the Abric Romaní in Catalonia in this 35th campaign
August 8, 2017 08:02 PM
Catalan NGO rescue boat with three migrants not allowed to disembark
Libyan coastguard patrol threatens to shoot waiting Proactiva Open Arms ship
August 8, 2017 06:01 PM
Area burnt by wildfires in Barcelona doubles in a year
Risk of forest blazes is “much higher” due to high temperatures, lack of rain, and heat waves caused by climate change
August 8, 2017 12:45 AM
Catalonia earmarks 15.7 million euros for cooperation grants
The Government’s main priorities are the refugee crisis, Middle East and Central America
August 4, 2017 03:35 PM
Barcelona officially in the race to become medicines agency hub
The Catalan capital competes against 18 other European cites to host the European Medicines Agency
August 1, 2017 01:36 PM
RCR Architects set up international digital platform to share knowledge
Pritzker prizewinning architects based in the Catalan city Olot create LAB·A to promote debate through universities around the world, starting with annual summer workshop
July 31, 2017 07:18 PM
56 injured, one severely, in train crash in Barcelona
Convoy hit the buffers at the platform at Estació de França
July 28, 2017 09:46 AM
Catalan government works on program to help migrants integrate
Scheme aims to provide legal, labour and social information for migrants
July 27, 2017 10:29 AM
Catalan and Spanish institutions come together to celebrate 25th anniversary of Barcelona Olympics
Amid political clash over independence referendum, King Felipe VI praises institutional “joint effort” in 1992
July 26, 2017 01:52 PM
Catalan parliament takes first step towards euthanasia law
The proposal to be taken to the Spanish Congress suggests modifying penal code to exempt those who help provide terminally ill with ‘safe, peaceful and painless’ death
July 25, 2017 06:47 PM
Long security lines in Barcelona Airport amid labor conflict
Workers plan to strike on August 4, claiming more resources are needed
July 24, 2017 07:42 PM
Barcelona 25 years on from 1992 Olympics: a city still glittering a little too much?
The main architect of the great transformation the city experienced a quarter of a century ago says opening up to the sea was the principal feat
July 21, 2017 09:06 PM
Controversial inauguration of tourist complex in Catalonia
President Rajoy’s opening of new hotel where hundreds were killed in 1707 makes many Lleida inhabitants very uncomfortable
July 21, 2017 01:35 PM
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