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The team gave their stricken team mate Eric Abidal, as well as their fans, a great present with the three points against Getafe that take them one more step towards the title. Alves and Bojan were Barça’s scorers.

The Mayor believes the Catalan capital has a real chance of being chosen as the starting city to the world’s most famous bike race and the Tour organisation says it is a ‘remarkable candidature’.

FC Barcelona have been drawn against Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League quarter finals. The first leg is at the Camp Nou on April. If Barça qualify for the semi finals, they will meet either Real Madrid or Tottenham, with the second leg in Barcelona.

The strike threatened by Spanish airport staff was finally cancelled as an agreement was reached between the ministry and trade unions. Air Berlin announced a flight increase in Barcelona: 38 flights per week will link the Catalan capital with Düsseldorf. The Spanish Minister for Transport insisted that the tender process to manage the airport will be issued before the end of the year.

The company sells high end clothing on the Internet. It distributes over 25.000 items of clothing daily amongst its 3,7 million clients. The centre will deliver on demand from Spain and Italy.

The Spanish Government will invest 25.4 billion euros up until 2020 in this strategic railway infrastructure for goods transportation that will link Spain’s Mediterranean seaports with Central and Northern Europe. The European Commission has to decide in the next 3 months whether the transport axis is a European priority.

Andreu Fontàs will form part of the first team squad for the rest of the season. Despite being only 21, Fontàs has already had experience playing for the first team under Guardiola.

‘Construir la Revolució. Art i arquitectura a Rússia, 1915-1935’ (‘Building the Revolution. Art and architecture in Russia, 1915-1935’) will run until April 17th. The exhibition focuses on the first Soviet art during the Russian Revolution, Lenin and the first Stalin period.

FC Barcelona President said Club would never sell stadium name. Barcelona 2022 Winter Olympic organisers claimed the Games is not a political project.

A tumour in Barça’s French international defender Eric Abidal’s liver has been detected. The player will have surgery this Thursday.

The draw in Seville on Sunday was Barça’s 26th La Liga (Spanish League) game on the run without defeat, which equalled the Club record that had stood since the 1973/74 season.

Despite being clearly the better team, Barça had to settle for just a point in Seville tonight after a second half Navas goal neutralised Bojan’s first half strike. Messi had a goal disallowed and Barça also hit the woodwork twice.

Some of the confirmed performances are M.I.A, Janelle Monáe, The Human League and Baraka Som Sistema. The music festival will be held in Barcelona from the 16th to 18th June. The festival will keep its Galicia showcase, scheduled on the 17th and 18th of June.

Barcelona’s ‘La Virreina’ centre opened an art exhibition about the important changes that happened in 1979 at local and global level. Some of the moments captured in the display are revolutions in Iran and Nicaragua, Margaret Thatcher being sworn into office, the first democratic elections in Spain and Sony’s walkman era.

Barça are through to the UEFA Champions League quarter finals for the fourth year running –something only Manchester United have equalled over the period. Another historic achievement for Guardiola’s team.