Costa Maresme News & Information

REGIONAL health authorities in Catalunya have started vaccinating teenagers and 20-somethings who live with parents working in the medical profession to prevent staff having to be off sick.

A NEW 'sleeper train' will link Spain with Switzerland in less than three years, making it the sixth overnight rail connection in the country, unless others launch between now and 2021.

PRINCESS Leonor's presentation of a key awards ceremony in Barcelona was given in fluent catalán and stressed the need for young adults to be given opportunities in life – and, in fact, will probably be the last...

FIVE months later than scheduled and nearly two-and-a-half years after the previous edition, the Mobile World Congress is back in Barcelona – albeit adapted to the Covid situation and with fewer international visitors...

THE LOW-COST express rail service known as AVLO has finally launched in Spain, making its 'maiden voyage' on Wednesday – although its routes remain limited for the moment.

MADRID and Barcelona jointly 'lost' 60,000 inhabitants in 2020, whilst the provinces of Valencia and Sevilla saw a significant rise as city-dwellers rethought their life plans during the long months of...

NAMES of Europe's 150 best restaurants have been released – and Spain hogs half the list.

ALMOST anyone not heading for Spain this summer would be a lot happier if they were in it, and the town in question is probably academic – and although those who already live here year-round are entitled to be...

ONE of Spain's biggest and most famous music festivals has already announced its line-up for 2022, when it will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

FRENCH low-cost express rail service Ouigo launched in Spain today – Monday, May 10 – the first day ever when national train company RENFE has ever had to deal with competition.

LACK of forward planning is not something Barcelona city council could be accused of – at least, not in relation to its Christmas lights.

A HOSPITAL in the province of Barcelona has successfully carried out Spain's first-ever outpatient stomach reduction operation.