Barcelona politics

Ssh...it's the Catalan question

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:00 GMT

Guest blogger Julie Sheridan broaches the unavoidable (however hard she tries) topic of Catalan and Catalunya

Barcelona News: Friday 4th November

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:10:21 GMT

General election campaign kicks off - Fire services make 300 call-outs due to rain - Barcelona mayor to ban coaches at Sagrada Familia

M5 - September 11th

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:25:20 GMT

Discover key Catalan landmarks and find out how September 11th (the National Day of Catalunya) is remembered

Tuesday December 21st

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:00 GMT

Artur Mas looks unlikely to be voted in as president of the Generalitat - Salt pushes for more say on residency for uncivil immigrants - 'El Gordo' ticket sales down

Keep remembering

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

From the archive: Back in 2008, we found out why Catalunya celebrates September 11th

Monday 6th September

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:33:45 GMT

Scepticism greets ETA 'ceasefire' announcement - Family of wild boar in streets of Gràcia - Thieves steal copper from almost 140 Catalan towns

Catalan nationalism forum

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:24:00 GMT

In April 2010, Metropolitan magazine organised an educational forum in English about the subject of Catalan nationalism

The dignity of Catalunya

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:09:59 GMT

Twelve Catalan newspapers have taken the unprecedented step of all publishing the same editorial on the subject of the autonomous community's new Statute, currently languishing with Spain's Constitutional Court

Monday 2nd November

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:33:05 GMT

Employment minister says worst of unemployment is over – Further speculation over move into politics by Barça president, Laporta – Audiencia Nacional to investigate why media were given access to corruption accused

Thursday 29th October

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:37:41 GMT

FC Barcelona fail to sparkle in cup game, but manage a win — Catalan men accused of corruption travel to Madrid today — Generalitat president calls for more confidence in politicians

In the November magazine

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:37:07 GMT

Issue number 154 of Barcelona Metropolitan is out now with a look at the Chinese-Catalan community in Barcelona, the history of anarchism here and the present-day underground music scene, amongst much more

Down with government!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:56:48 GMT

Anarchists have a long, important history in Barcelona

Time to decide

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:13:48 GMT

In March 2008, the general election between José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy was looming

Green at heart: Imma Mayol

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT

We spoke to Barcelona councillor for the environment, Imma Mayol