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society

Ombudsman makes air pollution recommendations

The Ombudsman has released a series of recommendations for reducing air pollution in Barcelona and the surrounding area. Rafael Ribó argues for such measures as improving public transport connections...

business

CaixaBank sets Jan 10 for talks over branch closures

CaixaBank has proposed January 10 as the day to present to unions the details of the bank’s strategic plan for 2019-2021, which foresees the closure of 821 branches, reducing the total number to 3,640....

education

School application dates will be from March 29 to April 9

The education department has announced March 29 to April 9 as the dates to apply for places in public schools for the 2019/2020 academic year. The dates were chosen so that the application period will...

society

144 million euros to be spent on water sanitation over five years

Barcelona prepares to welcome the Kings

Adolescent “La Manada”

POINT MADE

China competes in space, too

China took its place as a power in space too, yesterday, landing on the hidden side of the moon. Significantly, this came a few days after the United States managed to send a probe beyond Pluto, and in...

Vox party membership up dramatically in Spain

The extreme right-wing Vox party burst onto the stage with 400,000 votes in Andalusia and as the potential key to a Partido Popular and Ciudadanos coalition government in the Andalusian parliament last...

OUTER SPACE

Chinese on the dark side of the moon

SOCIETY

New rental bikes to be installed in Barcelona

Leaders of Barcelona City Council and Pedalem presented the new Bicing service yesterday. From January 8th, the replacement of the 424 stations will take three months, in which time the old and new systems...