rodalies_incidents ·
rodalies_planned ·
sct_transit_incidents
Rodalies network disruptions and road traffic incidents in Catalonia
The R11 line experienced delays exceeding 30 minutes due to an infrastructure incident, and several trains accumulated delays of between 31 and 93 minutes due to infrastructure incidents between Portbou and Vilajuïga and between the Fluvià river and Flaçà. Tarragona station recorded a facilities incident affecting lines R14, R15, R16 and R17. On the roads, congestion was recorded on multiple sections of the AP-7, B-10, B-20, B-23, C-58 and C-33, among others, with accidents causing lane closures on the B-20 and B-23, and a gas leak closed the TP-2124.
vilaweb
Catalan exports: March growth but cumulative decline and African swine fever impact
Catalan merchandise exports grew 5.2% year-on-year in March 2026, maintaining a 26% share of total Spanish exports, but the first-quarter cumulative figure showed a -1.4% decline. Catalan exports to the US rose 28.6% in March, with machinery accounting for 26.5% of sales, while the chemical, food and pharmaceutical sectors recorded falls. Catalan pork sector exports fell 27.7% in the first quarter of 2026, affected by African swine fever, and the harmonised business confidence index fell 1.7% in the second quarter versus the first. At European level, EU extra-EU exports fell 8.9% year-on-year in the first quarter, while EU exports to the US fell 38.8% in March.
vilaweb
Official status of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the EU: German doubts persist
Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares met his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, but Germany maintained its reservations about the proposal to grant official EU status to Catalan, Basque and Galician, focusing on economic costs, legal implications and institutional impact. The EU General Affairs Council formally debated the issue, with Berlin leading a group of approximately ten states expressing doubts. Albares argued it is a matter of 'national identity' for a 'multilingual' state affecting twenty million people, and stressed the proposal requires unanimity among all twenty-seven member states.
vilaweb
Generalitat-Spanish state bilateral commission: agreements on investment, orbital railway and Mossos
The Generalitat-Spanish state bilateral commission met in Madrid and agreed to create a joint consortium and constitute the Societat Mercantil Estatal d'Inversions de Catalunya, which Presidency councillor Albert Dalmau expects to be established during 2026. The commission agreed to sign a cooperation protocol for the new 120-kilometre orbital railway line and endorsed a technical working group involving the Departament de Territori, ADIF, RENFE and relevant ministries. It also agreed to finance expanding the Mossos d'Esquadra to 25,000 officers by 2030, create a working group to extend Catalan-language training in Spanish state administration bodies in Catalonia, and restructure the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona.
bcn_premsa ·
europa_press_catalunya ·
vilaweb
Barcelona moratorium on 24-hour shop licences
Barcelona city council suspended the granting of new licences for self-service shops and superservices that can open 24 hours, a measure published in the BOPB with one-year validity and immediate effect. The moratorium mainly affects businesses under 400 square metres with no time restrictions, excludes the Ciutat Vella and Sant Martí districts, and aims to develop comprehensive regulation protecting local commerce and preventing 'commercial monoculture'. Barcelona has approximately 1,300 such establishments, and previous inspection campaigns had detected over 1,440 violations related to licences, public health, waste, labour law and taxation.