Rodalies commuter train network to normalize operations after month of chaos
Service restored in half the time estimated after 'very serious' copper theft on election day
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Taxi drivers in Barcelona to strike next Tuesday from 6am to 6pm
Protesters will stop service to protest insurance company 'abuses' and low tariffs
Spain to launch digital platform to fight illegal tourist accommodation
Integrated online registry of all legal listings will help authorities identify unlicensed rentals
Lifeguards protest for better regulations and safety on Catalan beaches
SOS Socorristes gather in front of government's headquarters with chairs and ring buoys
Catalonia to pay nearly €1 million for destruction of seized marijuana plants
Government justifies size of contract for external company by increase of cannabis installations
Environmentalist and anti-capitalist demonstration draws hundreds in Barcelona
Young people and ecologists call for a greener and more "dignified" future
Man arrested in connection with violent death of his own mother in Tarragona
Alleged perpetrator is of legal age and the case is kept under secrecy order
Catalonia's biggest hospital to cut 24% of beds over summer
Budget constraints force Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona to reduce capacity
Pro-Palestine protests at two Barcelona universities come to an end
Demonstrators at AUB regret not achieving their goals, but announce 'new ways of fighting'
Dying beached shark found in Ocata, north of Barcelona
Despite attempts to return animal to sea, it passed away
Climate change brings summer cockroach plagues earlier
Drought reduced mosquito activity by 45% in Barcelona last year
Study shows ‘boom’ in rental market agencies, warning they generate ‘more discrimination’
63% of tenants who rent through agencies have seen price increases beyond levels permitted for inflation
Barcelona targets tourism management in 16 frequently oversaturated city spots
€44 million investment over four years to improve vigilance, cleaning, neighborhood dynamism and more
Barcelona mayor pays fine for illegal street cycling
Jaume Collboni celebrated World Bicycle Day with video angering neighbors, while city council says prohibition was planned to be scrapped
Around 40 activists block entry to America's Cup store
Pro-environmental protesters plan action ahead of Saturday's demonstration in Barcelona and before championship begins in August
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