Clara Blanchar

Move affects Ciutat Vella and comes five months after website announced one-host, one-home policy

Number of trips in the city soars as bicycle-path network grows 20% in the space of a year-and-a-half

Sindicato de Inquilinos is not ruling out city-wide rental strike mirroring dramatic events of 1931

Growing numbers of global professionals are being seduced by the quality of life in the Catalan capital

City Hall estimates there are 367 commemorative signs left to remove in Gràcia and Nou Barris

Special dispensers throughout city will release treated maize each morning

Workers’ assembly votes against holding two stoppages during industry event in Barcelona

City insists one ad per homeowner in Ciutat Vella district is still too much and that practice is illegal

Homesharing site accuses authorities of “going in the opposite direction of most cities in the world”

Bank of Spain warns against plans, aimed at helping small businesses in Catalan capital

Locals booked unlicensed accommodation using the site then called city officials to complain

After a week of clashes between police and squatters, the city had contemplated purchasing the premises

Former mayor under scrutiny after it emerges that he paid the rent with taxpayers’ money in a bid to avoid violence

The city chief, former social activist Ada Colau, has said that it is “difficult” for council to mediate in conflict

Proposal by Catalan Republican Left to defend vegetarian culture receives support from all groups

New book out about Ada Colau comes at a difficult time for the anti-austerity party

Second subway stoppage hits city as it hosts Mobile World Congress

King Felipe VI and new Catalan premier coincide for first time at inauguration dinner

Mayor cuts deal with Spain’s “bad bank” to hand over 200 properties to at-risk tenants

There are thousands of unfinished or empty properties throughout the country A new database invites the public to share information about them

Fertilizer being blamed for bad smell that overpowered the city, but no one is completely sure

Cut in fiber-optic data cabling has affected 30 trains and 9,500 passengers

New report highlights positive effect of job creation and spending But City Hall is concerned about the environmental impact of so many visitors

Response comes a day after leftist administration removed bust of ex-king Juan Carlos I

Symbolic move in contravention of law requiring image of the monarch in all such areas Removal of work coincided with visit of new Spanish king, Felipe VI, to the Catalan capital

Ex-Barcelona FC coach has no intention of taking up office, but wants to support the cause

Leftist leader Ada Colau wants to create balance between industry growth and quality of life