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Life & Style

'Holidays are mandatory' - Catalans ready to jet off for Easter break

Barcelona

April 17, 2025 06:06 PM

Barcelona airport sees one of its busiest days of the year with over 1,000 flights scheduled

Society

Judge annuls ban on vapes on Barcelona beaches

Barcelona

Catalan High Court partially accepts appeal against local legislation in force since July 2022

April 17, 2025 12:58 PM

Sports

Global talent and Catalan tennis heritage at Barcelona Open 2025

Gigi Giulia van Leeuwen | Barcelona

The tournament's final will be played on Sunday April 20 at Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona

April 17, 2025 06:45 PM

Society

Traffic jams on AP-7 highway averaged over 10 hours every day in 2024

Barcelona

Authorities registered 699 accidents causing injuries, but a lower death rate

April 17, 2025 09:53 AM

Business

PortAventura halts ticket sales for Easter Saturday, coinciding with workers' strike

Barcelona

Catalonia's most famous amusement park will open its doors, but "cannot ensure" quality service

April 17, 2025 01:28 PM

Life & Style, Culture

Easter processions, Chocolate workshops, tennis tournament: what's on this weekend

Barcelona

From concerts, exhibitions, festivals, and family-friendly events, there are always plenty of things to do in Barcelona and the surrounding area

November 4, 2022 04:35 PM

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Society

Foreign affiliates to Social Security increase by 5% in Catalonia

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 11:34 AM

Of 675,032 foreign workers, 192,132 come from the EU, while 482,900 are from non-EU countries

Culture

Sant Jordi outside of Catalonia: 80 events, 60 cities, and 30 countries

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 02:16 PM

Paris, New York, Panama, Singapore, and Tokyo are among host cities of Catalan culture and literature celebrations

Politics

Catalan High Court suspends decision excluding Spanish as instruction language in Catalan schools

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 10:33 AM

Instructions for 2022-2023 course from Department of Education excluded Spanish as language of instruction

Politics

‘Constitutionalist’ group claims 80% of Catalan city halls lack Spanish flag

Barcelona

April 14, 2025 07:30 PM

Impulso Ciudadano names 97 municipalities with pro-independence flags on façades

Society

'Significantly' more unhoused women come to Girona

Barcelona

April 15, 2025 11:37 AM

Women ‘very affected’ upon arrival, warn social services

Society

Baqueira Beret ski resort records 40 centimeters of snow before Easter holidays

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 04:37 PM

Masella ski resort extends season until April 27

Society

Three peregrine falcons hatch in Sagrada Família

Barcelona

April 15, 2025 01:39 PM

Decade-long reintroduction project helps nesting birds in Barcelona

Life & Style

Scraping the clouds: New contender among Barcelona's tallest buildings

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 05:55 PM

Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre will soon lose their title as Sagrada Família construction reaches new heights

Business

Renfe postpones Barcelona-Toulouse high-speed train connection

Barcelona

April 14, 2025 04:44 PM

Route scheduled to launch early April, but company delays due to French bureaucratic hurdles

Podcast

PODCAST: City roots - Barcelona’s urban farming movement

Barcelona

April 12, 2025 09:52 AM

Filling the Sink discusses the pros and cons of sustainable agriculture in the concrete jungle

Society

PortAventura staff maintain strike planned for Easter Saturday after mediation fails

Barcelona

April 15, 2025 07:05 PM

Trade union says no new talks planned, as company assures it wants to reach an agreement

Life & Style

Village in training for blowing bubbles ahead of Guinness World Record attempt

Barcelona

April 14, 2025 01:06 PM

Neighbors and visitors make thousands of bubbles with various utensils and devices suitable for the occasion

Culture

FC Barcelona and Dragon Ball most popular Easter ‘Mones de Pasqua’

Barcelona

April 15, 2025 09:37 AM

Average spending per family around €35, as bakers expect similar sales numbers as 2024

Society

Pope approves first steps toward beatification of architect Antoni Gaudí

Barcelona

April 14, 2025 01:36 PM

Pope Francis acclaims "heroic virtues" of Sagrada Família's mastermind

Politics, Culture

Story of longest-serving Catalan president's 'fall to hell' arrives in cinemas

Barcelona

April 16, 2025 12:52 PM

Fictionalized 'Parenostre' follows former 23-year term leader Jordi Pujol and his family hours before announcing Andorran bank account

Business

Barcelona airport keeps breaking records with 4.3 million passengers in March

Barcelona

April 15, 2025 12:12 PM

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona El Prat airport sees 11.8 million travelers during first quarter of 2025

Videos

Global talent and Catalan tennis heritage at Barcelona Open 2025

Scraping the clouds: New contender among Barcelona's tallest buildings

Back to the roots: rural farming in Barcelona's Collserola hills

Barcelona's rooftop farms: growing both plants and community

Convenient collection lockers arrive in rural western Catalonia to boost local commerce

Drawing on ‘emotional honesty’ to understand human existence in new Chris Ware exhibition

Study warns that TikTok and Instagram affect girls' psychological well-being more than boys'

‘Uncertain Times. Interwar Germany’ - new exhibition exaimes Weimar Republic turbulence

Oldest flea market in Barcelona continues to attract over 50,000 monthly visitors

PODCAST: Small villages, big challenges - A closer look at Catalonia's micropobles

Micropobles: the fight to keep Catalonia's smallest villages alive

Prosecutor to appeal Dani Alves' acquittal in sexual assault case

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