Housing and mobility top topics in final Barcelona mayor bidders' TV debate
Tension between local government partners and blame game for street cleaning and public safety situation
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Safety and cleanliness concerns grow among Barcelona residents
One out of four locals are worried about security, more than six months ago
Safety and cleanliness revealed as main concerns for Barcelona residents
Worries over tourism and traffic increase after return of visitors and pre-pandemic lifestyles
18% of road accident victims in 2022 have been motorcyclists, with almost a hundred seriously injured
From May 23 to 29, Mossos d’Esquadra Police and local forces will carry out intensive campaign to ensure safety
What will the next school year look like?
Face masks might soon go, but social bubbles are here to stay
Illegal parties and street celebrations concern authorities as outbreak risk continues to rise
Pro-independence National Day demonstrations decentralized in several locations while doctors advise against "mass" events
Q&A: Travel rules and health and safety measures for visitors to Catalonia
Borders, hotels and restaurants are open but advice in many areas is stay at home
Staggered start and finish times among new health and safety measures for schools
Education minister hopes to announce final number of new staff for upcoming academic year by middle of next week
The ‘transformation’ of working remotely with decentralized office models
Measures to deal with the pandemic have brought about new ways of working that could be here to stay
Most Barcelona libraries and museums rule out opening on Monday
Relaxed restrictions come into effect on May 18, but many centers decide against opening
Barcelona police update car fleet with cutting edge technology
Hybrid hatchbacks will be kitted with number plate detectors, as well as equipment to better attend accidents
Catalan Castells are safer than ever with only 2.5% of the towers collapsing in 2013
The medical director of the Coordinadora de Colles Castelleres de Catalunya (the coordinating committee of the human towers of Catalonia – CCCC), Daniel Castillo, has announced that the tradition is just as dangerous as practicing any other sport. Two weeks ago, a casteller (Castell participant) was seriously injured in Barcelona during the construction of a Castell. However, in an interview with the CNA, Castillo highlighted how that historical tradition is, in fact, becoming safer with only 2.5% of the 6,500 Castells of 2013 collapsing. “During the 1990s about 7% of Castells collapsed”, he noted. Castells is a tradition unique to Catalonia and in 2010 was declared a UNESCO element of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Catalonia to have a quality certificate for real estate properties
With this label, foreign house buyers can be 100% sure that the new bought property fulfils all the quality and town planning regulations. The Catalan Minister for Territory and Sustainability, in charge of Housing, Lluís Recoder, announced the creation of an official label recognising the “quality of real estate”, in order to offer more legal safety and guarantees to consumers. Recoder hopes this certificate will help the sector, as consumers will be in a safe framework, from a juridical point of view.