Barcelona News & Information

SPAIN has created a test for diagnosing Covid-19 which produces accurate results in under 30 minutes, thanks to research funding into the virus from the European Commission.

FORMULA 1 'newbie' and rising star Carlos Sainz Junior has decorated his helmet in tribute to those who have died from Covid-19, those who have survived, those who are still fighting it, and those who put...

A FAMOUS international artist has decorated a metro station in Barcelona as a 'thank-you' to healthcare staff who battled on the front line during the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A FRENCH YouTuber climbed up a 32-floor Barcelona hotel with his bare hands in under 20 minutes – earning him applause from the ground and a fine from the regional police.

BOOKWORMS and flower-lovers were pleasantly surprised this week to hear Barcelona's iconic Sant Jordi fair will, in fact, be going ahead in 2020 – albeit three months late.

BARCELONA city council is offering up to €1,200 a month to owners of tourist apartments which remain empty so they can house vulnerable families in them.

A BAR customer in Granollers (Barcelona province) has paid the owners for 'all the beers he could not drink during lockdown'.

A WOMAN gave birth to identical twin girls whilst in intensive care at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital and under sedation after being diagnosed with Covid-19 – and remembers nothing at all about her...

THE MOBILE World Congress will continue to be held in Barcelona until at least the year 2024, confirm organisers GSMA.

FORMER goalkeeper for FC Barcelona Rüştü Reçber says he 'will never forget' what the club did for him whilst he 'was dying from Covid-19'.

A FRENCH daredevil nicknamed 'Spiderman' has once again climbed Barcelona's Glòries Tower with his bare hands and feet and no equipment whatsoever.

ANONYMOUS British graffiti artist and political activist Banksy has landed in Barcelona – at the Espacio Trafalgar, or 'Trafalgar Hall', with over 100 life-sized reproductions of his or her works.