Liceu stages Rossini opera as last production of year
Barcelona’s iconic Liceu Opera House is staging a production of Gioachino Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri to bring 2018 to a close. Written by Rossini in
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Barcelona’s Design Market kicks off at ‘Disseny Hub’
Barcelona’s Disseny Hub is the venue for this year’s Design Market, a three-day event organised by FAD (Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño), a
Italian Film Festival returns to Barcelona’s Verdi cinemas
Barcelona’s two Verdi cinemas once more host the Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona (Barcelona Italian Film Festival) this December. Across five days, audiences will
Sánchez compares Catalan independence to Brexiteer ‘lies’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday accused Catalan pro-independence parties of basing their cause on ‘lies’ and ‘manipulation’, comparing them to Brexit supporters in
Spain to raise minimum wage 22% in 2019
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22% increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros in
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ gets double performance in Barcelona
Regarded by many as an essential part of the Christmas cultural scene, George Frederick Handel‘s Messiah is regularly performed across the world at this time of
Spanish government raises tone against Catalonia
As anger rises over Catalonia’s continued push to secede from Spain, the Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has dropped its conciliatory tone towards the pro-independence
Spanish rail workers call Christmas strikes
Spanish railway workers will stage a nationwide strike on 21 December and 7 January during the busy Christmas holiday period over job cuts and working