Traffic jams expected over Easter, with 380,000 cars leaving Barcelona before weekend
Authorities call on drivers to be cautious at all times, especially on AP-7 highway
April 5, 2023 12:40 PM
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Catalans prefer paella over 'tapas,' sushi, or pizza
Most representative Catalan dish is 'escudella,' overtaking 'pa amb tomàquet,' says poll
April 5, 2023 04:26 PM
Barcelona open to fining partygoers at overcrowded Carmel Bunkers viewpoint
Council to keep police patrols in addition to signs forbidding night access to site
April 5, 2023 03:33 PM
Almost 600,000 cannabis plants seized in 2022
Over 2,100 arrests related to dealing of drug last year in Catalonia, 6% up on 2021
April 4, 2023 07:23 PM
Police take down RansomHouse website after Hospital Clínic cyberattack
Hackers published sensitive data after authorities refused to pay $4.5 million ransom
April 4, 2023 11:26 AM
Children under 2 years old to receive bronchiolitis shot from October
Catalan Covid-19 vaccine to be administered as booster during flu season
April 3, 2023 12:40 PM
UEFA president: Barça's referee payments case 'one of most serious matters' in football
FC Barcelona paid €7 million to former referees official and could be charged with potential continuous corruption
April 3, 2023 12:33 PM
Easter week 2023: What to do in Barcelona and Catalonia
Holy processions, Easter cakes, and Dance of the Death
April 3, 2023 11:16 AM
Remembering Barcelona's past: wartime shelters or 'underground fortress'
Bunkers in city show context of chaos during construction
April 2, 2023 11:00 AM
Unveiling 1,322 Spanish Civil War bomb shelters in Barcelona
New photography exhibition in 'La Model' prison takes visitors underground and over eight decades back in time
March 29, 2023 06:29 PM
Barcelona agrees to name street or square after Freddie Mercury
Queen singer recorded homage to city in duet with Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé
April 2, 2023 12:31 PM
PODCAST: Barcelona's Civil War bomb shelters, 85 years on
Photographer Ana Sánchez on her new exhibition of underground bunkers and 90-year-old Manel Bachs recounts his vivid memories of the war
April 1, 2023 10:27 AM
World's oldest person, 116-year-old Maria Branyas, receives visit from president Aragonès
Catalan president and social rights minister Campuzano meet 'Catalan Super Granny' in Olot care home
April 1, 2023 08:50 PM
'We'd play in the shelter's tunnels': 90-year-old recalls bombing of Barcelona
Manel Bachs took refuge in one of Barcelona's 1,322 bomb shelters during Spanish Civil War
April 1, 2023 10:51 AM
Montserrat mountain closed during weekend due to high risk of wildfire
Government restricts access from Saturday
March 31, 2023 01:56 PM
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