3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (253+ words) Nearly half of pedestrians (47%) feel unsafe when walking in Barcelona. This is one of the main findings of the latest survey undertaken by the RACC mobility club, based on responses ans obervations from thousands of people. Some "37% describe it as…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (342+ words) The social use of Catalan has declined drastically over recent years and decades. Last year, statistics already showed that it was the first language of fewer than one-third of the population. Now, the latest'Survey of Language Use shows that Catalan…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (178+ words) Latest update: February 3, 2026 12:07 PM Catalonia received 20,055,314 international tourists in 2025, setting a new all-time record. The figures, published on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), show that the territory surpassed the 20 million mark for the first time, representing a 0.6% increase…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (218+ words) Barcelona has been chosen as the 2026 European Capital of Local Retail as part of the European Capitals of Small Retail Awards. The award was presented on Wednesday evening in Brussels." The Catalan capital's candidacy beat those of Utrecht (Netherlands) and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) Less than a week out from ISE 2026, registrations are up 10% on last year, with organizers expecting to surpass the 85,000 visitors recorded at the audiovisual congress in Barcelona in 2025." With most attendees typically staying near the Fira de Barcelona, managing director…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (256+ words) Discounts on public transport fares in Catalonia will continue until at least the end of the current parliamentary term. The commitment was made by presidency minister Albert Dalmau in Parliament on Wednesday, speaking on behalf of the Catalan government in…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (130+ words) Catalonia will have a seat at UNESCO and the World Tourism Organisation, after the Spanish and Catalan Foreign Affairs Ministers, Jos" Manuel Albares and Jaume Duch respectively, reached an agreement on Monday." The agreement was signed in Madrid and includes…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (179+ words) Catalonia has surpassed its historic highs in both hotel guests and overnight stays in 2025, according to the latest data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Throughout the year, hotels across all four regions have repeatedly broken previous records. Catalonia…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (660+ words) Latest update: January 26, 2026 06:01 PM The Barcelona City Council cleaned and removed up to 119,000 graffiti tags, posters and banners from the public streets between January and November of last year." In total, this resulted in an average of 360 clean-up actions per…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) Latest update: January 26, 2026 03:46 PM The Spanish government will create 91 new judicial positions in Catalonia in 2026, of a total of 500 nationwide. Of these, 73 will be assigned to courts of first instance, 17 to provincial courts of appeal, and one to the Catalan…...