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
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'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
The slippery slope of property development on the Costa Brava
Hectares of woodland and dozens of species could be lost following the latest swathe of building projects to supply tourists
The sobering tale of mass tourism on the coast of Catalonia
Catalan resorts are cracking down on so-called binge tourism but it has come at a cost
Welcome to the wonderful world of snails
Lleida's annual festival devoted to the mouthwatering mollusks offers the chance to try the best gourmet gastropods from May 31 to June 2
Naked man performs on Salvador Dalí's tomb
Part of an ongoing artistic project, Adrián Pino has done similar nude performances at the Louvre, Prado Gallery and Trevi Fountain
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