Tercer Lloc tracks Barcelona's hotspots

A new website aimed at Barcelona’s mobile workers has been launched by the city council in conjunction with Microsoft. Aimed primarily at improving the productivity of business people who need to log on and work on the move, the Tercer...

Barcelona jobless drops

Barcelona has seen the first drop in unemployment since the beginning of 2008. Figures released by the economic and employment commission for the last quarter of 2009 show that over 7,000 people more registered to pay national insurance than in...

Barcelona chooses Catalan

Barcelona city council is to make Catalan its official preferred language, above Castilian Spanish. All internal communications will now be conducted in Catalan following an amendment to linguistic regulations, which have re-designated Catalan as its “preferential use” language. At the...

Barcelona bids for Winter Olympics 2022

Barcelona mayor Jordi Hereu has announced that the city will be putting forward a bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic games. The opening and closing ceremonies and all indoor sports, such as figure and speed skating, ice...