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Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town

A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor.

The Conversation

Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car

In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting varied approaches to the task of reducing congestion and pollution

The Guardian - UK

Cycle lanes scrapped in south-east Spain as council takes pro-car stance

Workers begin removing second bike route in Elche under orders of local rightwing coalition

The Guardian - UK

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‘They say I should clean floors’: Barcelona’s working-class, leftwing mayor Ada Colau fights for third term

The city’s first female mayor is reviled by the elites and pro-car lobby, but embraced by others for her social policies

The Guardian - UK

Spain's mass tourism in candidates' crosshairs in election year

Scrawled across Barcelona's opera house, along the city's renowned La Rambla boulevard, is expletive-laden graffiti urging tourists to "go home".

Reuters

Barcelona mayor eyes re-election as Spain campaign starts

Barcelona (AFP) - After eight years running City Hall, Barcelona's left-wing mayor, Ada Colau, is eyeing a third mandate on May 28, when Spain votes in local and regional elections whose outcome is unclear.

AFP

Germany, Portugal and Spain travel warnings issued to Edinburgh holidaymakers

A number of warning has been issued to those looking to jet off to popular holiday destinations, from tourist restriction, accommodation issues and strike action potentially impacting plans.

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UK travellers with holidays to Spain, Portugal and Germany issued warning

Holidaymakers could face tricky circumstances when it comes to jet setting away.

Chronicle Live

Warning issued to UK holidaymakers planning trips to Germany, Portugal and Spain

Holidaymakers could face disruption this summer

Liverpool Echo

Popular Spanish holiday destination looking to reduce Scottish tourist numbers

Some Spanish destinations that are popular among travel seekers could soon cut down tourist numbers. with Barcelona's mayor saying she wants to reduce the number of cruise ships visiting the hotspot.

Glasgow Live

Popular holiday destination to join Spanish hotspot list reducing tourist numbers

Barcelona is the latest Spanish holiday destination that have announced plans to reduce the amount of worldwide tourists crowding their streets, alongside Ibiza and the Canary Islands.

Edinburgh Live

Barcelona could join Spanish hotspots cracking down on tourists this summer

Daily Record

Barcelona joins list of Spanish hotspots trying to keep tourists away for summer

Barcelona is the latest Spanish destination to announce plans to reduce the number of visitors, following in the footsteps of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and the Canary Islands

Daily Mirror

Barcelona mayor brands Israel apartheid state, cuts ties

The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.”

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Al Jazeera

Barcelona mayor cuts ties with Israel, citing Palestinian rights

The left-wing mayor of Barcelona has called on Israel to end the ‘systematic violation’ of Palestinian human rights.

Zenger

Jewish Groups Slam Barcelona For Mulling End To Twinning Agreement With Tel Aviv

Pro-Israel groups are calling on authorities in Barcelona not to end the longstanding twinning of their city with Tel Aviv.

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to unite’: how Yolanda Díaz is galvanising the left in Spain

Deputy PM is country’s most popular politician and is building support for leftwing candidates

The Guardian - UK

‘Summer will be monstrous’: Barcelona wrestles with revival of mass tourism

As visitors return after easing of Covid curbs, talk of diversification of Spanish city has been drowned out by sound of ringing tills

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