News from El Punt Avui

economy

Mercabarna estate ends 2018 with record sales

The Mercabarna wholesale food-trading estate ended 2018 with a new record in sales and a 4% increase, to 2.27 million tonnes, in the volume of products handled. The estate’s pre-tax profit was 10.4 million...

Espanyol take on Valladolid; Barça face Real Madrid

Two of Catalonia’s La Liga teams are in action today, starting with Espanyol, who take on Valladolid at the RCDE stadium at 1pm. Espanyol are currently in 14th place in the league with 30 points, just...

society

Last Catalan part of Mediterranean Corridor in sight

The final stretch of the Mediterranean Corridor in Catalan territory is to be finished. The Adif board has put aside 64 million euros for the 11-kilometre stretch between Castellbisbal and Martorell. The...

NORTH KOREA

Second Trump-Kim summit fails

BARCELONA

MWC ends with success in Barcelona

Mobile World Congress ended another edition in Barcelona, with a resounding success, and a number of 5G projects announced directly connected to the Catalan capital, and Barcelona partners. The congress...

CULTURE

Els Catarres take big prizes at Enderrock

Thought they didn’t reach the heights of the four awards they received in 2014, Els Catarres were the main highlight of the Enderrock awards, which were awarded last night in Girona. They won best artist,...

Cohen: “Trump is a racist”

“I don’t answer fascist, sexist, xenophobes”

Judge Marchena expelled ex-deputies Eulàlia Reguant (and Antonio Baños), of the National Unity Congress (CUP), from the Catalan trial, for refusing to answer questions from Vox. Reguant is interviewed...

Operating theatre spectacle

Zubin Mehta and Simon Rattle at BCN Clàssics