Catalonia 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.

TARRAGONA city hall is seeking volunteers to 'monitor' 99 turtle eggs laid on a beach to make sure they are safe and hatch.

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.

WHALES have made themselves at home off the coast of Catalunya – a total of 222 have been spotted this spring alone, nearly double the number seen in the sea-mammal 'feeding zones' identified by...

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.

POLITICIANS involved in the disputed independence referendum in Catalunya on October 1, 2017 have been formally pardoned – although in practice, they have been granted a suspended sentence and a ban on holding public...

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...

FORMER deputy president of Spain Pablo Iglesias gave up politics completely within hours of his party's losing the May 4 regional elections in Madrid – but one of his key ex-colleagues thinks his bowing out is...