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Barcelona FC, the reigning European football champions, have announced plans to increase the capacity of their 50-year-old Camp Nou ground. The proposed addition of 17,000 seats would make the stadium...
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Urban allotment network to expand.
The local department of parks and gardens has signed an agreement with La Caixa Foundation aimed at expanding the network of graden allotments in the city. The accord follws the recent assignment of t...
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The first section of the new T5 tramline is now in operation following the obligatory trial period without passengers. Linking the Glries Metro station (L1) with the Bess metro station (L4), the new s...
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Local TV launches 'What's on' programme.
Residents of Barcelona and visitors to the city can now get the latest news on the Catalan capital's cultural offerings on Barcelona TV's new arts and events programme 's.@.bcn', compered by Janot Cab...
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Clickair budget airline takes to the skies in October.
The Barcelona-based low-cost airline Clickair is to launch its new service on 1 October with a flight from Barcelona to Seville. The Iberian-backed airline will initially operate budget flights from t...
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Barcelonas Auditori gains a new concert hall.
The new 600-seater Sala de Cambra concert hall at the Auditori will be inaugurated on 26 Sept with a concert by the Quartet Casals, featuring a piece written for the occasion by Jordi Cervell. The cha...
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Training for the unemployed in Barcelona.
Enrolment is open for Barcelona city councils occupational training courses aimed at getting the unemployed back into the labour market. Over 1,000 places are available in Barcelona Activas 67 courses...
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Historic market to get revamp.
Stallholders at the Gracia districts Mercat de la Llibertat are to move to a new temporary market on the Plaa de Galla Placdia in November and December while the historic market is restored. Renovatio...
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Abandoned pets up for adoption.
Using the slogan "Por favor, adptame", Barcelona city council public health board (ASPB) has launched a press campaign to encourage people to adopt abandoned dogs and cats. Due to a new law for the pr...
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A multi-functional municipal sports centre has opened in Barcelonas historic Cuitat Vella district. Housed in the former Can Ricart textile factory on the Carrer de Sant Oleguer in Raval, the complex...
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New dubbing studios for Barcelona.
Catalana dIniciatives, a Barcelona-based venture capital management company, is to establish a new dubbing facility in the Catalan capital, bringing together leading film and television companies from...
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The Barcelona council has announced one of the biggest road-works programmes seen in the Catalan capital over the last ten years. Most of the works will take place in July and August when many of Barc...
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The city council has produced three new maps of Barcelona as part of a campaign to encourage residents to leave the car at home. A comprehensive new public transport map includes city bus and undergro...
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Catalonia votes for greater independence.
Voters in Catalonia approved a new charter giving the region greater independence in a regional referendum on 18 June. Just under 74 per cent voted yes to the autonomy plan, which is backed by the Spa...
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Only 3,459 of the 6,580 families applying to enrol a child in one of Barcelonas crches this year have been successful due to a shortage of places in the city. There are nearly 100 crches currently ope...
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Barcelona city council has launched a comprehensive drive to improve the capitals beaches. A recycling awareness campaign, with posters featuring four comic strip super-heroes in the act of collecting...
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Barcelonas new high tech Parc de Recerca Biomdica (PRBB) on the seafront near Port Olimpic is finally a reality. The opening in mid-May was attended by the mayor of Barcelona, Joan Clos, the minister...
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Catalan government redraws the school map.
The Barcelona city council is to cede land to the Catalan government for the construction of 16 primary schools and 13 secondary schools in the capital. Around 150 million is to be invested in the 200...
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Iberia to launch low-cost airline.
A Spanish rival to EasyJet, Ryanair and Air Berlin is to be launched in October this year. Spanish state airline Iberia will contribute 24 million towards the 50 million start-up capital of the new ai...
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Twenty-two extra security guards are now patrolling the Barcelona Metro network, bringing to 164 the total number of security personnel at work at any one time. The citys busiest line, L5, now has 29...
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Barcelona city council has raffled 184 low-cost short-lease apartments to help young people move out of the family home and promote a regular turnover of tenants. Over 11,017 people aged 25-35 applied...
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The new Radio Free Barcelona now broadcasts in English on Saturday mornings from 09.00 to 11.00 on 107.7FM. The programme includes local, national and English business news compiled by the British Cha...
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Face lift for Plaa de les Glries.
The Barcelona city council has announced a major redevelopment project to transform the Plaa de les Glries into a 19-hectare park. The central lanes of the Gran Via, which currently rings the Plaa, ar...
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Five new underground stations and a new bus route are part of the city councils comprehensive transport project for the Zona Franca industrial park in the Poble Nou neighbourhood. Underground line 9,...
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New rent rules in Cuidad Vella.
Apartment owners renting out their property in the Cuidad Vella on a nightly basis are now required to obtain a licence under new rules aimed at reducing overcrowding in the old town. The council has...
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Fitness Club near Sagrada Familia.
A Barcelona-based company, Centres de Fitness DiR, has opened their tenth health and fitness club in the Catalan capital. The company has spent 4.1 million on the state-of-the-art DiR Claret club on C...
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New penalties for prostitutes.
The Barcelona city council has introduced new regulations limiting soliciting on the streets. Sex workers exercising their trade within 200m of any educational institution or interrupting traffic flow...
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House prices highest in Spain.
House prices in Barcelona increased by 15.2 per cent in 2005, according to a survey conducted by idealista.com. The average price for property in the Catalan capital is now 4,498 euros per square metr...
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A report by property consultants, Jones Lang LaSalle, has revealed a 15 per cent increase in the office space rented in 2005 in Barcelona compared to the year before. Of the 410,000 sqm rented out las...
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The .cat domain name, which will be available from the end of January, is intended for use by institutions promoting and supporting Catalan language and culture. The initial registration process will...
