Chef Ferran Adrià and physicist Caterina Biscari awarded Gold Medal of Catalan government
President Illa asks for openness to those who "insist on projecting a closed, withdrawn and isolated country"
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Brussels says new EU housing rules create framework for Catalonia to curb speculative purchases
Housing commissioner Dan Jørgensen says future restrictions must comply with EU law, but Barcelona's existing tourist-flat ban will not be affected
Catalonia lifts travel restrictions in five counties as storm threat eases
High-speed rail between Barcelona and Madrid resumes after lightning damages
Summer sea temperatures breaks records, 2.3ºC above average
Average of 26.1ºC between June and August unprecedented since at least 1982
Barcelona adds first 100% electric minibus to its local bus service
Vehicle joins line 185 and TMB plans to add four more in coming weeks
Five counties to see mobility restrictions and classes suspended on Wednesday due to rain forecast
Authorities request remote working and postpones non-urgent healthcare as precaution
Striking teachers block roads as first day of school starts with protests
Police clear demonstrators who were blocking high-speed rail lines in Lleida
New school year begins amid fresh strikes as conflict with teachers remains open
Number of teachers increases by 1,100, with similar number of students, and record of 2,141 welcome classrooms
PISA tests: with invalid sample, Catalonia ranks above Spanish and OECD averages
Spain falls back in all three areas analyzed and achieves worst results in a decade
House prices up 10% year-on-year in second quarter
Statistics record the third highest year-on-year increase for a second quarter
Three injured, two serious, in explosion at chemistry lab in Tarragona university
Fire from chemical products has not caused significant structural damage
Watches and perfumes overtake tobacco as top contraband at Andorra border
Cash-sniffing dog Amy bolsters border controls as seizures of undeclared cash fall steadily from 2022 peak
Catalonia records 1,835 heat-related deaths this summer, nearly triple previous high
Heat continues into September as Barcelona's Fabra Observatory sets new temperature record
Thousands protest across Catalonia as Ceuta border crisis deepens
PM Sánchez says it's "absurd to think the executive was warned and did nothing"
Spain renews push for Catalan to become official EU language
Sánchez government asks EU ministers to debate official status for Catalan, Basque and Galician on September 22
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