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IN PHOTOS: Primavera Sound draws 287,000 festivalgoers after rain-hit opening day

Barcelona

Around 15,000 Thursday ticket holders will be eligible for refunds after weather forced cancellation of headline acts

Five Catalans aboard MV Hondius discharged from hospital

Barcelona

Patients must continue isolation at home after testing negative for hantavirus

Sagrada Família: timeline of a temple under construction for 144 years

Barcelona

Glory facade remains last challenge, with plans to relocate residents to fulfill Gaudí's envisioned staircase

Police will do "everything possible" to ensure that the Pope's visit is compatible with teacher protests

Barcelona

Few precedents in Mossos d'Esquadra deployment, with reinforced level 4 out of 5 of terrorist alert maintained

Catalonia prepares for visit of Pope Leo XIV on June 9-10

Barcelona

Pope will mark Gaudí centenary and visit Sagrada Família, Montserrat and Olympic Stadium

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The Catalan anti-poverty project that 'impressed' Pope Leo XIV

The eggs start to dance in one of Catalonia’s most curious traditions

Music festival season 2026 in Barcelona: all you need to know

Tote bags and Vatican flags: Barcelona prepares for Pope's visit

Energy communities gain ground in Catalonia to strengthen a more resilient power system

Barcelona has nearly 7,000 bar and restaurant terraces, up 6% compared to four years ago

PODCAST: Blackouts, batteries and big decisions: Catalonia's energy crossroads

Barcelona Supercomputing Center launches new quantum computer in former chapel

Pope's Sagrada Família blessing ceremony to gather 8,000 people

New fines of up to €900,000 for graffiti on trains

Son of former Mango CEO arrested in relation to father's death in 2024

Speak Catalan, the initiative of two young people to help foreigners speak Catalan in social settings

Ubiquity of addiction, post-culture society, and the musicality of Irvine Welsh’s singular literary voice

Pope Leo XIV to lead 37,000-strong prayer vigil at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium

Casa Batlló's last original Gaudí residence restored and opened to public for first time

Traditional Catalan dessert finds audience in Barcelona's tourist-flooded centre

Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti takes up CCCB residency

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IN PHOTOS: Primavera Sound draws 287,000 festivalgoers after rain-hit opening day

Five Catalans aboard MV Hondius discharged from hospital

Sagrada Família: timeline of a temple under construction for 144 years

Police will do "everything possible" to ensure that the Pope's visit is compatible with teacher protests

Catalonia prepares for visit of Pope Leo XIV on June 9-10

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