Community/Public Services news & information for Catalonia

A SPANISH pensioner has just recovered a photograph of herself as a child which was confiscated from her father when he was captured by the Nazis and placed in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

FC BARCELONA'S Lionel 'Leo' Messi has teamed up with internationally-famous tenor José ('Josep') Carreras to fund a huge research project into a rare strain of childhood leukaemia.

IN FOUR months and 11 days’ time, the planet will mark a chilling anniversary only a handful of people alive today will remember the full implications of: the start of World War II, 80 years ago, on September 1. Only...

A JUDGE in Barcelona has upheld a nursery school's decision not to enrol a child whose parents opted not to vaccinate him in line with a dangerous new trend sweeping the USA and gradually creeping into Spain and the...

A HOMELESS man in Amposta (Tarragona province) handed in a wallet containing €1,000 in cash this week – and the owner wants to find him so he can thank him.

A CHARITY-RUN migrant boat denied permission to dock in Italy and whose crew narrowly escaped being charged with human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration has been given licence to drop anchor in Barcelona.

AT LEAST 50 pairs of women staged a 'kiss-a-thon' in Barcelona city centre yesterday (Thursday) to mark International Lesbian Visibility Day before marching through the streets carrying rainbow-coloured flags.

A GROUP of around 30 'paperless' immigrants have barricaded themselves into a Barcelona council-owned building to denounce 'institutional racism' that prevents them from getting on with their lives.

BLOOD donors in Catalunya will receive a text message to tell them when their contribution has been used in a bid to encourage more to do so, according to the regional Blood and Tissue Bank.

EUROPE'S oldest woman and the third-oldest person, and woman, in the world has died at her residential home in Terrassa (Barcelona province).

A GENERAL strike across Catalunya in protest over the police violence during the 'illegal' referendum will affect everything from rail services to football matches.

FOOTAGE of a mosque leader sobbing in the arms of a grieving dad whose child was killed in the Barcelona terror attacks has gone viral, and proven once again that Spain is above racism and stereotypes and is pulling...