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Travellers walk through Terminal 2 of the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport today

Catalonia closes nightclubs as Covid-19 cases spread

Coronavirus • 24 Jul

The MWC became one of the first business casualties of the coronavirus pandemic when this year's event was cancelled in February

Mobile World Congress to be in Barcelona until 2024

Business • 16 Apr

The Mobile World Congress usually gives a $500m lift to the local economy in Barcelona

Mobile World Congress cancelled over coronavirus fears

Business • 13 Feb

Intel said it has withdrawn from this year's Mobile World Congress 'out of an abundance of caution'

Intel, Vivo drop out of mobile fair over virus fears

Business • 11 Feb

The Barcelona congress will be off limits to anyone from the Chinese province of Hubei

Amazon, Sony skipping mobile congress due to virus

Business • 10 Feb

South Korea's LG Electronics usually occupies one of the largest spaces at the annual event in Barcelona

Top mobile fair in Spain takes coronavirus hit

Business • 05 Feb

All banned vehicles will be allowed to enter the city 10 times a year

Barcelona bans older cars to tackle air pollution

World • 02 Jan

The turnout figure was given by the local police as vast crowds packed into a wide avenue running between the waterfront and the city's towering Sagrada Familia basilica

350,000 protesters flood Barcelona for separatist rally

World • 26 Oct 19

Protesters wrapped up with Catalan pro-independence flags sit opposite riot policemen in Barcelona

We are tired of the repression, says Catalan protester

World • 18 Oct 19

Among those on the streets are striking workers

Thousands protest in Barcelona on fifth day of action

Europe • 18 Oct 19

Some protesters threw cans and flares at riot police, setting fire to cardboard and other rubbish in some places

Police and protesters clash for second day in Barcelona

World • 15 Oct 19

Police were alerted because of the disproportionate size of the man's wig

Spanish police arrest man smuggling drugs in his wig

World • 16 Jul 19

Authorities only discovered in 2016 that the building had never had planning permission

Sagrada Familia gets building permit after 137 years

Europe • 08 Jun 19

Demonstrators waved blue, red and yellow Catalan separatist flags and carried banners reading 'Freedom for political prisoners'

Hundreds of thousands march over Catalan leaders' trial

World • 16 Feb 19

The US State Department urged caution around Las Ramblas

Barcelona on alert after US warns of possible attack

World • 24 Dec 18

Roads were blocked around the city

11 arrested during separatist protests in Barcelona

Europe • 21 Dec 18

Police confirmed one fatality in the derailment

One dead, 44 injured as train derails near Barcelona

Europe • 20 Nov 18

Police tweeted an image of the scan (Pic: @mossos)

Grenade-shaped belt buckle stops trains in Spain

Europe • 07 Nov 18

Separatist protesters threw powder paint at riot police

Six arrests on day of protest over Catalan independence

World • 29 Sep 18

The turnout was a response to calls to show continued support for independence

Crowds fill Barcelona to support independence call

Catalonia • 11 Sep 18

The man was shot dead after he entered the police station in Barcelona

Police treating Barcelona attack as terrorism

Barcelona • 20 Aug 18

The family of one of the young victims of the attack - Julian Alessandro Cadman - plant flowers ahead of the ceremony

Barcelona remembers victims of Las Ramblas van attack

Barcelona • 17 Aug 18

The Open Arms vessel arrived in Barcelona today with 60 migrants on board

Ship with 60 migrants on board docks in Barcelona

Europe • 04 Jul 18

The Open Arms rescue boat is due to dock in Barcelona on Wednesday

Migrant rescue boat offered safe port in Barcelona

News • 01 Jul 18

The Barcelona event is the world's biggest gathering for the mobile industry

14 Irish companies at Mobile World Congress 2018

Business • 26 Feb 18

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