38.9°C: Barcelona sees new highest August temperature ever recorded
Absolute record seen in July 2024 with 40°C
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Fire at 'Festes de Gràcia' burns down the Carrer Verdi decorations
Blaze started at 5.45am Sunday morning, over two hours after the end of activities, and no one was injured
Barcelona pays homage to victims of 2017 terror attack on 8th anniversary
Family members of victims and political representatives observed minute's silence and gave traditional floral offering
Catalan journalists condemn killing of colleagues in Gaza: 'Israel does not want witnesses to genocide'
Around 1,000 professionals protested in Barcelona, demanding foreign press be allowed entry to Gaza again
Barcelona draws millions of tourists – yet they know little about its culture
Many visitors can't name Catalonia's languages or dishes, as experts blame a global 'wow effect' that favors spectacle over substance
Seasonal worker in Alcarràs died of acute respiratory failure amid 'heat stress'
Social entities to demonstrate in Lleida under slogan 'Enough abuses in the countryside'
Striking Barcelona lifeguards vow to 'fight' until a 'fair' agreement is reached
No deal reached in mediation meeting, as strike reaches two-week point
Unions warn that handling strikes at Barcelona airport this weekend will be 'very significant'
Both sides entrenched in dispute with no meeting between workers and employers scheduled this week
Barcelona airport breaks all-time passenger record in July with 5.54 million
Year-to-date figures also at record highs with 32.7 million users, up 4% on 2024
Seasonal worker dies in western Catalonia during peak of heatwave
Police say autopsy will have to determine cause of death
Barcelona port, European leader and 6th globally, faces reduction of terminals and more cruise passengers
Expert believes the sector “cannot grow indefinitely” but doubts that there will be immediate effects
'It's getting worse' - heatwave brings highs of over 40ºC in parts of Catalonia
Summer's second heatwave expected to last at least until Thursday
New Catalan conversation groups aim to promote language use to 2,400 speakers
Department of Linguistic Policy subsidizes 300 'Xerrem Junts' groups with €150,000
The Catalan donkey, an ally in preventing forest fires
Barcelona Provincial Council launches pilot test to for the 'ruc' to help clean undergrowth
Barcelona to ban pub crawls across city after pilot tests in Old Town and Eixample
City council aims to improve coexistence for locals, as well as public health
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