Catalonia News & Information

ALL OVER the world – at least, on both sides of the Atlantic – monoliths almost identical to those left by aliens invading earth in the cult Stanley Kubrick film 2001: Space Odyssey have been appearing, and...

THOSE who thought the Stanley Kubrick-inspired 'monolith fever' spreading around the globe in December had cooled off altogether will be pleased, or annoyed, to know that it is still burning brightly: Another...

A LEADING Spanish hospital says it has come up with an 'effective treatment plan' for sufferers of fibromyalgia, an often-debilitating 'invisible illness' of which awareness has been increasing in the...

KING Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia have arrived in Andorra for an official visit – which might not seem very newsworthy were it not for the fact they are the first Spanish monarchs to do so in 602 years.

AN 'EXAMPLE' of anti-Covid management that has made it to the cover of The New York Times, but not through confining its inhabitants or any other restrictions – a municipality in Catalunya has suddenly leapt...

FIVE rorqual whales spotted off the Costa Garraf shows these giant mammals have started their migration early this year.

TWO more major motorways in Spain are about to become toll-free once their franchises end in August, meaning a potential annual saving for motorists of half a billion euros a year.

A 'HOME-MADE' Covid vaccine which works along the same lines as the Pfizer and Moderna inoculations is a step closer to completion and should be ready for use by next year.

AN EXHIBITION of Pablo Picasso's works would normally lead visitors to expect a hall filled with paintings similar to Guernika, but the forthcoming display at the artist's eponymous Barcelona museum features the...

A WALLABY hopping around the streets may be nothing to write home about in parts of Australia, but it isn't generally something you'd expect to see in a village in the province of Barcelona.

SOME regions in Spain have relaxed restrictions on movement as their Covid case numbers are starting to decline or at least level off.

SPACE races are not just a US or Russian phenomenon – Spain's north-easternmost region is at it, too.