Articles tagged with: Barcelona

21 June 2021 10:44 AM

Pro-independence protesters in front of the Liceu opera house (by ACN)

Protests greet conference by Spanish president announcing pardons for jailed Catalan leaders

Pro-independence groups call demonstrations ahead of Pedro Sánchez’s speech in Barcelona’s Liceu opera house

Society

20 June 2021 11:50 AM

A hotel room in the Arenas Resort Giverola in Tossa de Mar (image from Azora EH&L)

Hotels hope for progressive return to normality after ‘catastrophic’ 15 months

Manel Casals, the head of the Barcelona hotels association, says 35% occupancy is expected this summer season

Business

20 June 2021 09:03 AM

The interior of the Sagrada Família basilica (image from Sagrada Família website)

What you need to know if you're visiting Catalonia this summer

Which sights are open, under what Covid-19 conditions, and some alternative ideas for around different regions

Life & Style In Depth Highlights

18 June 2021 02:41 PM

The twin peaks of Els Encantats in Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park in the Pyrenees (by Marta Lluvich)

PODCAST: A guide to visiting Catalonia this summer, despite Covid

Where to go, what to see, rules and regulations

Life & Style

16 June 2021 10:42 AM

Barcelona Femení players celebrate on the pitch following their first ever Champions League triumph (by Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency/Reuters)

Women’s football turns professional

Organizers aim for one of the best leagues in the world with employment terms and TV rights deals up for renegotiation

Sports

16 June 2021 09:20 AM

Passengers at the Barcelona El Prat airport (by Gemma Sánchez)

Barcelona airport passengers down 82% in May compared to 2019

17 times more users in fifth month of 2021 than in same period of last year

Business

14 June 2021 04:03 PM

The new exhibition 'Science Friction' at the CCCB (by Pau Cortina)

‘Science friction’: art exhibit questions human supremacy over living world

Barcelona’s CCCB takes on anthropocentrism and reimagines relationship with other creatures

Culture

12 June 2021 11:19 AM

FC Barcelona Femení players celebrate on the pitch following their first ever Champions League triumph (by Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency/Reuters)

PODCAST: Barça Femení and women's football – treble success and fight for fairness

What impact will the blaugrana's record-breaking season have on and off the pitch?

Sports In Depth

10 June 2021 08:00 AM

The Merinals neighborhood in Sabadell (by Albert Segura Lorrio)

Cities near Barcelona grow poorer as wealthy move to smaller towns, study finds

Mataró, Terrassa, Granollers, and Sabadell lose higher-income residents to neighboring towns