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
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Catalonia earmarks 15.7 million euros for cooperation grants
The Government’s main priorities are the refugee crisis, Middle East and Central America
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
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
56 injured, one severely, in train crash in Barcelona
Convoy hit the buffers at the platform at Estació de França
Catalan government works on program to help migrants integrate
Scheme aims to provide legal, labour and social information for migrants
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
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
Long security lines in Barcelona Airport amid labor conflict
Workers plan to strike on August 4, claiming more resources are needed
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
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
Two Japanese universities debate self-determination in Catalonia
The Catalan case and processes of self-determination in Europe discussed at the Tokyo universities of Kobe and Waseda
Catalan hospital leads Euro healthcare project for migrants and refugees
MyHealth initiative coordinated by Vall d'Hebron hospital involves centers in seven countries and is to focus on primary care and mental health
National Day for Yes planned in Barcelona for September 11 2017
This year’s mass protest for self-determination to feature giant yellow fluorescent plus sign in centre of Catalan capital two weeks before October 1 referendum
‘Some students don’t even know who Franco was’ says 97-year-old Civil War veteran
Miquel Morera is one of the last remaining witnesses of a brutal conflict that left half a million dead and forced nearly as many to flee the country
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