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Sant Pau Research Institute gets 'unique' new HQ
Life & Style
Carme Ruscalleda's Michelin-starred Sant Pau restaurant closes
Life & Style
Three Michelin star restaurant Sant Pau to close down after 30 years
Society
Catalan modernism: it’s not only Barcelona and Gaudí
Society
500 bone marrow transplants performed in Catalonia each year
Society
Catalonia is ready to host refugees
Society
Barcelona unveils Art-Nouveau Hospital de Sant Pau premises after a 5-year renovation
Life & Style
Catalonia adds 5 new restaurants to its Michelin star list
Politics
Catalonia will have its own representatives in UNESCO separate from the Spanish delegation in specific issues
The agreement was previously discussed with the Spanish Executive and it respects the Catalan Government’s external action power as described in Catalonia’s main law. The President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, signed the agreement with UNESCO’s General Director, Irina Bokova. The new framework allows Catalonia to have its “singularity” represented in the international organisation, although not permanently. Catalan representatives will be present in specific meetings and projects, separate from the Spanish delegation. “It is more than what we already have”, stated Mas. The Catalan President was one of the speakers at the Opening Plenary Session of UNESCO’s Global Conference, which is being held in Paris from the 3rd to the 5th of June.
Society
Catalan hospital staff members demonstrate to support public healthcare
Staff members from Catalonia’s main hospitals, including Sant Pau, Vall d’Hebron, Clínic, Parc Taulí and Germans Trias i Pujol, carried out several protests on Wednesday. Some of these protests had already started a few days ago and might last a few days longer, such as spending the night in the hospital lobby. They are demonstrating to criticise the budget cuts affecting health centres and to defend the public healthcare system. Some of these hospitals are recognised at an international level for their top quality clinical and scientific research work.
Politics
UN’s body for Water Management (GWOPA) will be based in Barcelona
Depending on UN-Habitat, the Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) has established the Catalan capital as the permanent base for its headquarters. GWOPA will set up its offices in one of the historical Art-Nouveau pavilions of the old Sant Pau Hospital, in Barcelona. These pavilions will host other international organisations, such as one institute of the United Nations University. “It is not the first and neither will it be the last organisation to choose” Sant Pau’s historical site to base its headquarters, stated the Catalan Minister for Sustainability, Lluís Recoder.
Society
Barcelona opts to be the UN world organisation for water management’s permanent base
The Catalan capital proposes an Art Nouveau pavilion in the former Sant Pau Hospital, located near the Sagrada Familia, as the organisation’s headquarters. The former St Pau Hospital pavilions will host in a few months several international organisations, such as an institute of the United Nations’ University and the European Forest Institute.
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Catalan scientists show how Alzheimer's disease spreads from neuron to neuron
Research conducted on genetically modified mice opens a new field of study to prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by removing the spread of the Tau protein. This protein is a cause of disease which accumulates in the entorhinal cortex, moving from one region to another.
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Sant Pau Hospital will expand its research facilities with 17,000 square metres
The Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona will have 2 new buildings in 2014 dedicated to biomedical research. The new space will be of 17,000 square metres. The new buildings will be integrated into the daily activities of the university health centre. Then, at a second phase, the space for research will reach 28,000 square meters.