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Catalonia heads into National Day amid amnesty delays and far-right tensions
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (661+ words) Latest update: September 10, 2026 02:02 PM Catalonia heads into its National Day on Friday, September 11, with Spain's 2024 amnesty law still not fully implemented, the possible return of former president Carles Puigdemont looming over politics, and growing tensions over the rise of the…...
Police charge at left-wing protesters countering far-right pro-independence demonstration
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (264+ words) In gatherings called on the eve of Catalonia's National Day, police have charged against left-wing demonstrators who were countering a far-right pro-independence rally in Barcelona. Riot police charged at anti-fascist protesters at Fossar de les Moreres, in the centre of…...
Firefighters tackle blaze on Barcelona's Montjuïc mountain
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (130+ words) Latest update: September 10, 2026 07:14 PM Firefighters have stabilized a fire that broke out this afternoon on Barcelona's Montjuïc hill. According Fire Department officials, the blaze originated on the Carretera de Miramar, near the Ronda Litoral, and spread up a very steep…...
Brussels says new EU housing rules create framework for Catalonia to curb speculative purchases
3+ day, 14+ 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…...
Summer sea temperatures breaks records, 2.3ºC above average
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (399+ words) Summer 2026 has been the warmest since official records began, according to Meteocat. Following the same trend, the surface temperature of sea water on the Catalan coasts has also broken all records, reaching an average of 26.1°C. This temperature is more…...
Harvest season turns into immersive tourist experience in the world of cava
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (436+ words) Latest update: September 8, 2026 12:48 PM The AE Cava employers' association has launched the 11th edition of the Cava Harvest wine tourism activities program, which offers twenty proposals at different wineries in the region. For three weeks, a thousand places are offered for…...
Three injured, two serious, in explosion at chemistry lab in Tarragona university
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (342+ words) Latest update: September 7, 2026 01:37 PM An explosion in the practical laboratory of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), on Marcel·lí Domingo Street in Tarragona, has caused three injuries on Monday morning. Two of them, a…...
Spain renews push for Catalan to become official EU language
1+ week, 3+ day ago (730+ words) The Spanish government has asked for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be added to the agenda of the EU General Affairs Council meeting on September 22, where the bloc's European affairs ministers will meet in Brussels. Spain has submitted the request,…...
Record-hot summer: Catalonia records 20 days above 40°C
1+ week, 3+ day ago (550+ words) This summer was the hottest ever recorded in Catalonia, with temperatures more than 3°C above the 1991-2020 average across 80% of the territory, according to the Catalan Meteorological Service (Meteocat). Meteocat stations recorded 20 days with temperatures above 40°C between June and August,…...
Catalonia welcomes nearly 2.4 million international tourists in July, up 0.8%
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…...