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Spain’s right-wing make significant gains in local and regional elections

News Desk29th May 202329th May 2023

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LATEST: Pedro Sánchez announces General Election for Sunday 23 July. Spain’s People’s Party (PP), the main right-wing opposition group, made significant gains in Sunday’s local and regional

Former mayor Xavier Trias wins in Barcelona, but can he become mayor again?

News Desk29th May 202329th May 2023

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Trias per Barcelona, the Catalan pro-independence group of former Barcelona mayor, Xavier Trias, won 11 seats in the city’s council elections on Sunday, ahead of the Catalan Socialists (PSC)

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Opinion: three women in Spanish politics – No.1 Ada Colau: agent of change

Michael Bunn19th May 202322nd May 2023

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‘For the past eight years, Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and her council have been attempting to drag the city into the 21st century.’ In the first

Spanish Foreign Minister criticises Barcelona for cutting ties with Israel

News Desk19th February 202321st February 2023

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The Spanish government has criticised a decision by the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, to cut the city’s ties with Israel, calling it a ‘unilateral

Spain marks 5 years since the jihadist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils

News Desk17th August 202224th August 2022

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A ceremony was held in Barcelona on Wednesday in memory of 16 people killed in jihadist attacks in the Catalan city and the nearby resort

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Fire kills four, including two children, living in abandoned bank in Barcelona

News Desk30th November 20216th December 2021

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A blaze that tore through an abandoned bank occupied by squatters in the Plaza de Tetuan in central Barcelona on Tuesday, killed four people, including

Mercabarna announces €70m expansion of Barcelona food market site

Steph Osborn26th October 20211st November 2021

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Barcelona’s Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale food market complex in Europe, has announced plans to expand and create up to 3,000 new jobs. The market has

Spain suspends Barcelona airport expansion plans due to lack of support from Catalan government

News Desk8th September 202113th September 2021

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The Spanish government and Aena, the country’s airport authority, have suspended a €1.7 billion investment plan to expand Barcelona El Prat airport, due to lack of

Ceremony to mark four years since Barcelona and Cambrils terror attacks

News Desk17th August 202123rd August 2021

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Barcelona held a sombre ceremony on Tuesday in memory of the 16 people who died during terror attacks in the city and nearby resort of Cambrils on

Barcelona airport expansion plan given go-ahead with €1.7bn investment

News Desk4th August 20219th August 2021

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The Spanish and Catalan governments have reached an agreement to move forward with the expansion of Barcelona airport with a huge €1.7 billion investment plan, aiming to transform

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