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WebCatalonia loses 59,500 jobs in August as unemployment rises
1+ week, 3+ day ago (470+ words) Employment in Catalonia fell by 59,500 people in August, a 1.48% drop that took the number of registered workers below 4 million. Despite the decline, Social Security membership rose 3% year-on-year to 3,965,220, a record for August, helped in part by the recent regularisation of…...
Catalonia heads into National Day amid amnesty delays and far-right tensions
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (661+ words) Latest update: September 10, 2026 02:02 PM Catalonia heads into its National Day on Friday, September 11, with 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…...
Firefighters tackle blaze on Barcelona's Montjuïc mountain
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (130+ words) Latest update: September 10, 2026 07:14 PM Firefighters have stabilized a fire that broke out this afternoon on Barcelona's Montjuïc hill. According Fire Department officials, the blaze originated on the Carretera de Miramar, near the Ronda Litoral, and spread up a very steep…...
Catalan Afterwork invites international residents living in Barcelona to practice Catalan
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (149+ words) International residents who have moved to Barcelona will have an opportunity to practice Catalan and learn more about the language at an upcoming Catalan Afterwork session. The event, organised in collaboration with the Barcelona Linguistic Normalisation Centre, is designed to…...
Brussels says new EU housing rules create framework for Catalonia to curb speculative purchases
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (424+ words) The European Commission’s new Affordable Housing Act creates a legal framework for Catalonia to restrict speculative home purchases, EU Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told the Catalan News Agency (ACN) on Wednesday, while stressing that any new measures will have to…...
Catalonia lifts travel restrictions in five counties as storm threat eases
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (656+ words) Latest update: September 9, 2026 04:02 PM The Catalan government has lifted travel restrictions and the suspension of non-urgent healthcare activities in the five counties where the measures were imposed amid forecasts of severe storms: Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès, Garraf, Baix Llobregat and…...
PISA tests: with invalid sample, Catalonia ranks above Spanish and OECD averages
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (478+ words) On Tuesday, the PISA results were published, giving a benchmark of reading, mathematics, and science comprehension of students around the world. However, this year, Catalonia's results are invalid, after an error in the testing was revealed some months ago. Nevertheless,…...
New film Operation Cronos revisits 2017 Barcelona terror attack and aftermath
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (676+ words) Latest update: September 7, 2026 02:08 PM Operation 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…...
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,…...
Record-hot summer: Catalonia records 20 days above 40°C
1+ week, 3+ day ago (550+ words) This summer was the hottest ever recorded in Catalonia, with temperatures more than 3°C above the 1991-2020 average across 80% of the territory, according to the Catalan Meteorological Service (Meteocat). Meteocat stations recorded 20 days with temperatures above 40°C between June and August,…...