The Democrats Global Primary, the first time in American history for a political primary to be held abroad, will take place on “Super Tuesday” 5 February. Voters in the primary will be able to cast their ballots by internet, post or...

The governments of Catalonia and Spain are close to an agreement that could partly solve Barcelona’s ongoing water shortage by piping waters of the Ebro river from Tarragona into the Ter-Llobregat reservoirs. The pipeline project is the latest in a series...

Applying for work and residency permits should be easier in Barcelona following the opening of a new Spanish government office for foreigners (Oficina d'Estrangeria) at 42 Carrer Múrcia. The 1,500 sqm premises in the Sant Andreu district employs 80 civil servants...

Inaugurated on 20 February, the AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) train link between Barcelona and the Spanish capital is now running 34 trains daily, 17 in each direction. Travelling at an average speed of 350 km per hour, the AVE trains cover...

The historic Mercat de Sant Antoni in Eixample is to get a €60 million facelift, with renovation works starting in 2009. The project, designed by architects Ravetllat-Ribas, maintains the original iron structure of the building while reorganizing the commercial space, freeing...

The historic Casa Vicens in Barcelona’s Carrer de les Carolines in Gràcia district is up for sale. Current owners, the Herrero Jover family, have listed the house designed by modernist architect Antoni Gaudi with British luxury real estate broker Bective Leslie...

107 extra agents of the Guardia Urbana municipal police are now patrolling the barrios of Cuitat Vella, Sants-Montjuïc and Sant Martí in response to citizens’ requests for a greater police presence in the area. The brief of the new force is...

A chemical analysis of Barcelona’s metropolitan wastewater has revealed the presence of 29 different drugs, from antibiotics and tranquillizers to concentrations of cocaine equivalent to 1.5-2 kilos daily. The analysis was carried out by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) on...

Barcelona is to spend a total of €411 million on improving its network of educational institutions over the next four years. Under an agreement signed by the city council and the Catalan regional government, 15 new schools are to be built...

Research carried out by Barcelona’s Centre of Demographic Studies has shown that up to 70,000 city residents live in overcrowded housing. The problem predominantly affects recently arrived or undocumented immigrants from Asia and Africa living mostly in the districts of Cuitat...