VilaWeb / Catalan News Agency
SARS-CoV-2 detected in Barcelona water study already in March 2019
Research led by University of Barcelona shows COVID-19 in Catalonia a year before first case confirmed

Barcelona – Pyrenees bid for 2030 Winter Olympics
Catalan president Torra says event could be 'first green' games in history

Prison requested for off-duty police officers accompanying Carles Puigdemont in 2018
Prosecutor asks for three-year sentences for attempting to avoid execution of European arrest warrant

Extradition of Catalan dismissed minister to be decided on August 7
Belgian court may hand Lluís Puig over to Spain, reject the request, annul the arrest warrant or pass the issue to the EU court

Singing to plants
First concert after lockdown at Barcelona's opera house held before a full audience of 2,292 potted greens

Barcelona airport welcomes international passengers again
Situation is still not back to normal with only 25% of usual flights scheduled

Elisenda Paluzie reelected as head of the Catalan National Assembly
Current ANC president gets 85% of the votes in a sweeping victory

Columbus statues: beheaded in the US and a symbol for Barcelona
Colonialism’s thorny heritage in the Catalan capital goes beyond the conqueror

Catalonia's former Parliament bureau members to be trialled for disobedience in July
The chamber speaker at that time is currently in prison after being sentenced to 11.5 years accused of sedition

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, best-selling author of The Shadow of the Wind, dies from cancer aged 55
The historical fiction novel set in Barcelona sold millions of copies and established him as Catalonia’s most popular novelist worldwide
