Socialist Jaume Collboni becomes the new Barcelona mayor
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
Jaume Collboni
Spain’s right-wing make significant gains in local and regional elections
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?
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)
Climate activists splash fake ‘blood and oil’ on exhibits at the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
Climate activists splashed a viscous liquid representing ‘blood and oil’ over the glass case housing a replica mummy at Barcelona’s Egyptian Museum on Sunday in
Spotlight: Barcelona opens a new office for welcoming international talent
Barcelona City Council has opened the ‘Barcelona International Welcome Desk’, a new office located in the MediaTIC building in the city’s 22@ innovation district, aimed at international
Mercabarna announces €70m expansion of Barcelona food market site
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
‘Brexit information point’ in Barcelona
A Brexit Information Point (‘Punt Brexit’) has been set up in Barcelona in the city’s 22@ Poblenou business district, to provide information to the more than 600
Street sellers protest – and Barcelona launches ‘Buy Legal’ campaign
On Friday evening, hundreds of Barcelona’s illegal street sellers responded to the city council’s new crackdown on the practice known as ‘top manta‘ with a demonstration
Ada Colau renews her post as Mayor of Barcelona
Ada Colau of Barcelona En Comú has been reinstated as Mayor of Barcelona, despite her narrow electoral loss against the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party’s Ernest Maragall, thanks
Ada Colau close to retaining post as Barcelona Mayor
The acting Barcelona Mayor, Ada Colau, could now retain the post despite coming second in the 26 May local elections, behind Ernest Maragall the candidate heading
