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‘We are family’: Barcelona celebrates Pride 2019
50 years after Stonewall riots, 100,000 people celebrate sexual and gender diversity in the Catalan capital
Designer stages alternative fashion show featuring ‘real women’
After years of participating in 080 Barcelona Fashion event, Míriam Ponsa decides to go solo
El Celler de Can Roca restaurant recognized as one of 'The Best of the Best'
Restaurant Magazine to honor culinary accomplishments at Singapore gala
080 Barcelona Fashion launches with their most ‘sustainable fashion’ manifesto ever
The summer edition of the fashion, design, and style festival, with a technological twist, takes place this week until Friday
'You need empathy to be a correspondent in Africa' - Xavier Aldekoa
After more than a decade working in Africa, the journalist keeps the same enthusiasm to continue living that dream
Sant Joan: Catalonia's nocturnal festival of fire and food
You won’t get much sleep if you’re in Catalonia on Sunday night
La Patum: Berga's 'explosive' annual festival
Every June, the Berguedà county capital in central Catalonia lets its hair down for five days of celebrations in which fireworks play a key role
Sagrada Família finally gets building permit 134 years since applying
Licence will cost Antoni Gaudí's landmark church €4.6m, making it the most expensive in Barcelona's modern history
From ‘aggressive’ executive to Montserrat monk: Pau Valls’ extraordinary transformation
Montserrat to welcome its first Benedictine monk in 4 years
Singer Miley Cyrus grabbed and forcibly kissed by fan in Barcelona
The Primavera Sound headliner has reacted angrily to victim-blamers on social media
Lleida's snails attract some 200,000 visitors
The western city's annual Aplec del Caragol a "great success" and serves almost two tonnes of the gourmet gastropods
Government announces plans to crack down on smoking in vehicles
Percentage of smokers in Catalonia in 2018 up from previous years to 25.6%
Primavera Sound springs into life ahead of its biggest long weekend
The Barcelona music festival sheds its indie homogeny as Rosalía comes home
Catalan hotspots named among the world's top 10 Pride festival hosts
Sitges and Barcelona came 9th and 10th in annual Pride Index
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