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Barcelona wants to revoke all city’s 10,101 tourist apartment licences by Nov 2028

News Desk22nd June 202430th June 2024

22nd June 202430th June 20241731

The socialist Barcelona Mayor, Jaume Collboni, has said that the council will revoke all 10,101 tourist apartment licences currently in operation in the city by November

Socialist Jaume Collboni becomes the new Barcelona mayor

News Desk18th June 202327th June 2023

18th June 202327th June 20232022

Jaume Collboni, the Catalan socialist (PSC) candidate for the city of Barcelona in the 28 May local elections, has become the mayor of Spain’s second city, despite

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

News Desk29th May 20236th June 2023

29th May 20236th June 20233758

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 20236th June 2023

29th May 20236th June 20232842

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 202311th June 2023

19th May 202311th June 20233624

‘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

19th February 202321st February 20231795

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

17th August 202224th August 20221745

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

30th November 20216th December 20211665

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

26th October 20211st November 20211833

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

8th September 202113th September 20212502

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

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