1+ week, 3+ day ago   (470+ words) Employment in Catalonia fell by 59,500 people in August, a 1.48% drop that took the number of registered workers below 4 million. Despite the decline, Social Security membership rose 3% year-on-year to 3,965,220, a record for August, helped in part by the recent regularisation of…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (424+ words) The European Commission’s new Affordable Housing Act creates a legal framework for Catalonia to restrict speculative home purchases, EU Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told the Catalan News Agency (ACN) on Wednesday, while stressing that any new measures will have to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Catalonia received 2,374,497 international tourists in July, 0.8% more than in the same month last year, according to provisional data released on Tuesday by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE). Year-on-year figures have risen for four consecutive months since April, reversing the slowdown…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (473+ words) Barcelona's La Boqueria market has long been a must-see on the tourist trail. Swathes of visitors led to many vendors to alter their offering away from the traditional market selling fresh fruit, vegetables, seafood, and meat, and more towards elaborated…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (379+ words) The mayors of two Catalan towns that host nuclear plants have welcomed Spain's decision to extend the operation of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Cáceres, Extremadura, until June 2030. The mayor of Vandellòs i l’Hospitalet de l’Infant in Baix Camp,…...