Catalonia News & Information

UNIQUE sights are among Barcelona's major pulls – the wonderfully-wacky Sagrada Família cathedral, the psychedelic Parc Güell, the Batlló House and the weird Royal Ramblas Hotel, which feels as though your...

IMMUNITY to the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the very moment of administration and suitable for those who cannot tolerate the available vaccines could be the next, very valuable step in the fight against the pandemic – and...

THE FIRST-EVER successful womb transplant from a live donor has been carried out in Spain, and two months later, the recipient appears to be fertile.

ART DOESN'T just belong in galleries, and sculptures don't have to be made out of rock-hard material and created with a hammer and chisel, or even a potter's wheel. Anyone who's fond of gardening is...

AN ARTIFICIAL placenta connected to the umbilical cord could help very premature babies not only to survive, but to develop healthily, according to researchers in Barcelona.

HOTEL bookings have risen sharply for the last few weeks of the year – in Spain's major cities, at least.

FAST food company McDonald's has launched a burger made entirely with Spanish produce from local farmers in a bid to help them get through the economic turndown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

FOR ANYONE who has spent time in more than one part of Spain, it must be nearly impossible to pick out the most beautiful municipality on its stunning coastlines, but when guidebook giant Lonely Planet launched a straw...

TREE-LINED, lush, green and on the edge of the Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l'Obac nature reserve, Matadepera is home to just 10,000 people, 30 kilometres from Barcelona, about 10 kilometres from Sabadell and...

PROBABLY not the best place to live if you suffer from vertigo, but ideal if you want an unrivalled view from your lounge window, taking a wrong turning out of Castellfollit de la Roca could be the last mistake...

BARCELONA'S Hospital Clínic has carried out the first-ever hip replacement that does not need the patient to stay in overnight, eliminating the need for blood transfusions and morphine-type painkillers.

SPAIN'S longest-ever building project looks set to miss its deadline due to the pandemic, but work is still in progress and will not stop until the construction team has finished; they have already taken 134 years,...