Joan Saura presents fire-fighting resources to halt summer brush fires
Catalan Home Affairs Minister calls for cooperation on all sides as fears rise of forest wreckage from March snowfalls
June 19, 2010 04:32 AM
Current affairs and social issues
Catalan Home Affairs Minister calls for cooperation on all sides as fears rise of forest wreckage from March snowfalls
June 19, 2010 04:32 AM
Artificial reefs to the south of Barcelona set in place to restore marine biodiversity. The pioneer project aims to facilitate the reproduction of species and benefit traditional fishing methods.
June 18, 2010 06:42 PM
Catalan police arrested two days ago 6 supposed bosses of the Russian Mafia. The suspects have been sent immediately to the National Court of Spain where the instruction judge has sent five of them to jail and the other was released on parole.
June 18, 2010 03:56 PM
One out of every three students has serious difficulties regarding reading and writing competence
June 16, 2010 11:48 PM
Six Russian mafia leaders have been detained in Catalonia by the Mossos d?Esquadra, the Catalan Police. The arrested men, whom were detained in Barcelona, Reus, Cambrils, and Salou, will be accused of the falsification of documents, illicit association, a
June 16, 2010 06:50 PM
Neus Català, a survivor from Ravensbrück, has been recognised as a ?defender of democracy? on her 95th birthday. The event was an homage to the hundreds of women who were deported during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship whom ended in conc
June 16, 2010 06:25 PM
DINCAT demands equal rights in a difficult context as special learning centres are hit by job cuts and a reduction in the number of new service centres
June 16, 2010 04:44 PM
The Catalan police uncovered a laboratory with over 200,000 pills whose active ingredient provokes a serious health risk.
June 16, 2010 04:54 AM
Barcelona?s Mayor has announced his intentions to ban the use of full-face veils in municipal buildings. The ban would be issued ?imminently? and would enter into force in September.
June 15, 2010 04:43 PM
Wholesale market Mercabarna aims to redress students' eating habits
June 15, 2010 02:11 AM
A local movement complaining about the large numbers of tourists that visit Barcelona has found an original way of expressing its ideas. A graffiti on the pavement segregates tourists and local has reported 'The Observer' newspaper.
June 14, 2010 06:09 PM
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) aims to reinforce European leadership in the field. This EU network will be a key asset in European R&D. Catalonia will update its Mare Nostrum supercomputer to remain a PRACE?s key node.
June 11, 2010 07:55 PM
Site contains online dictionary with over 7,000 names of Catalan dishes in four languages
June 10, 2010 05:16 AM
Hospital Clinic will be the first Catalan medical centre to provide cells for clinical use to fight some pathologies. The hospital has received the European certificate allowing such practices.
June 8, 2010 02:37 AM
Four hundred people block a road to oppose the nuclear warehouse at Ascó. The village has posted its candidature to host this controversial equipment, which will store all the nuclear waste produced in Spain in the last years and in the next decade.
June 7, 2010 03:57 AM
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