Home Affairs signs off on recruitment of 500 new Mossos d'Esquadra
Executive sidesteps tax office injunction to approve new police intake in move towards objective of 1,500 extra officers
July 6, 2017 07:34 PM
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Mossos and Guardia Civil in international operation against Camorra mafia
Score of Italian crime syndicate members arrested in Barcelona suspected of money laundering as Catalan executive announces 505 new police officers
July 5, 2017 06:53 PM
Tourist apartments have no effect on the housing price increase in Barcelona
A report shows that the economic recovery and the arrival of tenants with a higher income have an influence on the market
July 4, 2017 07:27 PM
Catalan Government assigns €53.4 million to unemployment program, 34% over last year
The program is aimed at people out of work who are not elegible for unemployment benefits or subsidies and to beneficiaries of the minimum income
July 4, 2017 06:58 PM
European Language Equality Network calls on the EU to levy sanctions against discrimination towards Catalan
ELEN Secretary-General warns that EU support for minority languages “has dropped off in the last decade”
July 3, 2017 05:30 PM
Barcelona Gay Pride spotlights discrimination in sports for 10th edition
Over 260,000 expected to turn out for Mediterranean’s main LGTBI celebration with 20% of attendees from other countries
June 28, 2017 07:11 PM
Airbnb an 'opportunity' for Barcelona, says consumer protection MEP
Nicola Danti states that online platforms offering accommodation or transport should not be banned amid dispute between Barcelona and Airbnb
June 28, 2017 11:48 AM
200 social and economic entities join forces to bring the European Medicines Agency to Barcelona
They defend the city as a great headquarters due to its “scientific, technologic, and industrial potential” and the way it faces “big challenges” as it did with the Olympic Games in 1992
June 27, 2017 11:59 AM
European conference in Barcelona underscores importance of women in tech
Barcelona is a very attractive city for IT startups because of its “diversity” and “openness”
June 23, 2017 01:21 PM
First Civil War mass grave exhumed in Catalan government initiative
17 bodies found in common burial in Pyrenees to be genetically analyzed and identified
June 22, 2017 10:19 AM
Catalan police exclusion from Europol 'can compromise' European security, warns Eurocop
European police union says the agency "should be able to maintain direct contact" with the Mossos d'Esquadra
June 21, 2017 10:44 AM
Barcelona pays tribute to the victims of the Hipercor attack
The 21 dead and 45 injured in the ETA car bomb attack were honored on the 30th anniversary of the massacre
June 20, 2017 04:06 PM
Spain excludes Catalan police from Europol while granting access to Basques
Minister of Home Affairs suggests there are “political reasons” behind the decision
June 19, 2017 01:59 PM
Mauthausen photographer Francesc Boix finally buried with other heroes at Père-Lachaise
"Justice has been done," says Catalan Foreign Affairs Minister Raül Romeva after Paris ceremony
June 19, 2017 12:35 PM
Spanish government challenges call for 500 new Catalan police officers
The Government affirms that they will add the personnel as planned this June
June 16, 2017 02:06 PM
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