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07.06.2013 - 09.02 pm The European Union's Mies van der Rohe Architecture Award celebrates its 25th anniversary in Barcelona The Catalan capital hosts the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, which delivers this award with the European Commission every two years. Reykjavik’s new...	13.05.2013 - 02.03 pm RC Polo of Barcelona wins the Spanish field hockey league Barcelona hockey team RC Polo has won the third final play-off match 4-1 against Madrid-based Club de Campo this Sunday and has become Spanish league...	12.05.2013 - 09.13 pm Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Champions’ Courage wins out (1-2) Barça celebrated their latest league title with a well earned win at the Vicente Callderon, where the league’s third placed team and finalist in next...	27.08.2012 - 08.25 pm High Speed Train between Barcelona and Madrid gets 50% of the passenger traffic between the two cities 50.2% of the people travelling between Barcelona and Madrid in the first six months of the year used the High Speed Train (AVE), instead of the car,...
13.07.2012 - 01.08 pm Outrage in Catalonia after Spain cuts regional deficit targets and denies compensation for VAT rise The Catalan minister for the Economy, Andreu Mas-Colell, said in an interview that he will ask to speak directly to Brussels if Madrid decides to...	26.05.2012 - 06.36 pm Athletic Club vs FC Barcelona: The King of Cups claims one more title FC Barcelona have won their 26th Copa del Rey title after beating Athletic Club, the team with the second most Cup titles in the competition, by 0-3...	25.05.2012 - 04.51 pm FC Barcelona and Athletic Club play the Spanish Cup Final Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona will appear in a remake of that unforgettable final of 2009, this time at the Vicente Calderón stadium in Madrid, in...	23.05.2012 - 05.31 pm Madrid’s President demands playing the Cup Final without an audience to avoid supporters booing Spanish anthem Esperanza Aguirre, one of the main representative from Spanish Nationalism, has asked to postpone the game or playing it in an empty stadium in order...
10.04.2012 - 10.45 pm Madrid’s President alone in her push for recentralising Spain Aguirre, President of Madrid's regional government, asked to return healthcare, justice administration and education powers, which are managed...	26.02.2012 - 05.21 pm Atlético de Madrid vs FC Barcelona: No surrender! Barça face the always tough trip to Atlético de Madrid’s Vicente Calderón stadium, determined to maintain their challenge to retain their Spanish...	19.01.2012 - 11.17 pm Catalonia had 23.5 million tourists in 2011 Foreign tourists generated a record amount of revenue last year. The number of visitors also grew by 5.7% in 2011, according to the Catalan...	19.01.2012 - 06.35 pm FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué: “When we are ourselves, no team can stop us” Gerard Piqué offered his views on the FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid Spanish Cup game. The Barça centre back has never lost to Madrid, and was delighted...
18.01.2012 - 02.18 pm FC Barcelona Manager: “It's impossible to be favourites against Real Madrid” The balance of Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona’s Manager, against Real Madrid is eight victories, three draws, and one defeat. Guardiola confirmed that...	12.12.2011 - 01.48 pm Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Universal Declaration of beautiful football (1-3) Marvellous Barça performance against Real Madrid who went ahead within a minute but were overwhelmed by a superior FC Barcelona with goals from...	24.10.2011 - 09.04 pm High-Speed Train between Barcelona and Madrid is reduced to 2h 30 min Trains will reach a maximum speed of 310 km/h along some points of the trip. The improvement is due to the implementation of a new navigation system...	18.05.2011 - 09.54 pm Protest camps grow and spread across Spain claiming for “real democracy” during the last days of the electoral campaign They call themselves “angry people”, they are fed up and they are asking for a “real democracy”, as they believe the political class has failed to...