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New film Operation Cronos revisits 2017 Barcelona terror attack and aftermath
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (676+ words) Cronos opened in cinemas on Friday, reconstructing the hours and days following the 2017 terrorist attacks. The film – known in Catalan simply as 'Cronos' – follows the events from the attack on Barcelona's La Rambla to the hunt for members of the…...
Flood plan in alert phase in southern Catalonia due to weekend torrential rain forecast
3+ week, 1+ day ago (245+ words) Civil Protection authorities maintain the Inuncat flood plan in alert phase in southern Catalonia due to the forecast of torrential rain. Heavy downpours are expected this evening and night in the Camp de Tarragona area, as well as on Saturday…...
Catalonia heads into National Day amid amnesty delays and far-right tensions
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (661+ words) Spain's 2024 amnesty law still not fully implemented, the possible return of former president Carles Puigdemont...looming over politics, and growing tensions over the rise of the far right. Nearly a decade after the failed 2017 independence bid, and with Catalonia's...divided,…...
Barcelona council to report racist messages at Save Europe Act to prosecutor's office
2+ week, 5+ day ago (299+ words) Latest update: August 24, 2026 11:02 AM The Barcelona City Council will report messages of hatred...expressed during Saturday's Save Europe Act to the hate crimes unit of the prosecutor's office. During the event, organizers unfurled a banner with the slogan 'Remigration saves…...
Barcelona unveils permanent memorial to victims of femicide
2+ week, 4+ day ago (418+ words) Barcelona has unveiled a permanent memorial in the El Born neighbourhood honouring the victims of femicide. L'Escletxa – The Crack – bears the names of around 150 women and children from around the world who were killed in femicides or acts of vicarious......
Barcelona weather station records historic 52 nights of torrid summer nights
3+ week, 3+ day ago (144+ words) The Can Bruixa weather station in Barcelona has recorded 52 torrid nights with minimum temperatures...updated until August 17. This represents a record for this station in the historical series, which dates back 40 years. According to the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat),…...
Catalonia's oldest woman turns 112: 'When I was little, there was only one man with a car in Olot"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (493+ words) Latest update: August 24, 2026 06:54 PM The oldest woman in Catalonia, Carme Noguera, celebrated her 112th birthday over the weekend. She was born on August 22, 1914, in Olot, during the earliest stages of the First World War. More than a century later, she...a…...
Chef Ferran Adrià and ALBA Synchrotron director Caterina Biscari awarded Catalonia's Gold Medal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (208+ words) Adrià and physicist Caterina Biscari, director of the ALBA Synchrotron, will receive Catalonia's Gold Medal (Medalla d'Or) for their "extraordinary" careers and their...their contribution to "projecting Catalonia onto the world stage" in gastronomy, innovation and science. The Catalan government…...
Spain renews push for Catalan to become official EU language
1+ week, 3+ day ago (730+ words) The Spanish government has asked for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be added to the agenda of the EU General Affairs Council meeting on September 22, where the bloc's European affairs ministers will meet in Brussels. Spain has submitted the request,…...
Catalan mayors eye longer reactor lives after Spain extends Almaraz nuclear plant
4+ week, 1+ day ago (379+ words) The mayors of two Catalan towns that host nuclear plants have welcomed Spain's decision to extend the operation of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Cáceres, Extremadura, until June 2030. The mayor of Vandellòs i l’Hospitalet de l’Infant in Baix Camp,…...