The Generalitat de Catalunya recognizes surrogate pregnancy

Public services workers who have children through surrogacy can now claim for maternity and paternity leave It’s great news for Catalonian couples who are opting for surrogacy. The Generalitat of Catalunya has officially agreed to recognise maternity and paternity leaves of public workers for births done through this method. A surrogacy, or simply known as “rental belly”, is a process in which a […]

Tv station BTV expands and becomes betevé

Barcelona’s TV station launches a new website: betevé The public tv station of Barcelona BTV has gone through a whole new renovation. During the last week of January, the television channel changed its settings and layout, converting into betevé.  The new website homepage quoted:” We changed not just the new graphical display, but also a much […]

Major brands take over the most unique buildings

Global fashion apparels are taking over architectural buildings of Barcelona! It has been reported that number of several fashion brands companies are replacing some of the architectural buildings of Barcelona. A recent occurrence happened in Gothic, just over a month ago, where the global economic apparel, Teddy, newly launched a flagship store of five-stories high in the Cucurulla Square. The palace Castell de Pons is also another historic building that has […]

The Spaniard are leaders of the collaborative economy

The Catalonian Government against the growth of this business sector The collaborative economy is a sector that has been growing continuously in Europe. The Collaborative Economy is manly based on either lending, renting, buying or selling products for specific needs rather than profits or economic benefits. The collaborative economy teaches that, other than money, services can also […]

FC Barcelona, another Champions League record

FC Barcelona secures a total of 13 consecutive wins; breaking the record for being the team to win most matches. In the first week of December 2016, FC Barcelona played against Borussia Moenchengladbach, winning a stunning 4-0. The Catalonian team, mainly consisted of reserves, making Mascherano, Iniesta and Messi the only headline players in the team that night. Before […]

The Perfect Venue for your Event in Barcelona!

Barcelona-home, provider of amazing apartments, villas and other spaces ideal for any type of event in Barcelona! Barcelona is considered one of the best European Cities to make an event, not coincidentally it is among the top 5 in the world rankings compiled by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The high quality of the […]

Adif and Renfe will joining one single union to compete in Europe

Public Labour chiefs commissioned the creation of a public railway “holding” company to face 2020’s liberation Adif, a firm that manages the models and designs of railways, and Renfe, a failed transport operator company, have announce that they will re-unite in one single society. Adif’s huge financial crisis and restrictive dependence to the fee charged […]

Food trends that should stop in 2017

2016 was by far the year of Trump, Brexit and many more ridiculous events. Food also had its own shine of foolishness. Here’s 3 types of food that needs to be terminated in 2017! Spain had its fair share of ridiculousness this past few years, with a stream of food trends that took over our bars, […]

Blanco will shut down all its stores after filing for Bankruptcy

Popular clothing store Blanco filled for liquidation The clothing company Blanco has decided to lay off all of its 850 employees as well as closing its chain of stores, compromising of 120 establishments. According to Europa Press, the decision was made after the firm submitted a liquidation form before the Commercial Court of Toledo.  Other similar sources […]

The Greek Amphitheatre will expand in August thanks to tourist taxes

From next summer, Barcelona will expand its cultural arts performance with an investment of €300,000 The deputy mayor of Culture, Jaume Collboni, has announced that, from August 2017, the Greek Amphitheatre is expected to be opened with an “artistic quality programming”, funded through a budgetary contribution of €300,000 from the Fund for the Promotion of Tourism […]

Barcelona fines fifteen Student Accommodations for posing as hotels

Student Residences that accommodates tourists will be fined up to €600,000 for breaching the law Prosecutors of Barcelona City Council have been investigating illegal tourist floors in Barcelona and have now found evidence of a growing number of student residences posing as tourist accommodations. The local council have reported that, within the last few months, over fifteen residences […]

Barcelona bets on greener markets

Barcelona made a campaign to promote the supply of products of proximity and increase the presence of organic food! The Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau signed a year ago the Urban Food Policy Pact. It is an agreement for the creation of an active international platform of cities that share a clear objective for a healthy […]