Microsoft chooses Barcelona to open a hub specialized  in artificial intelligence. This will be one of the eight research centers that the company’s division 
in WebXT (Web Experiences Team) has worldwide and will have a staff of 30 people.

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ESADE's Master's in Management is the 16th best in the world, according to the Financial Times. The ranking also places EADA's master's degree in 37th position worldwide.

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The Liceu Opera starts its 175th anniversary season with 'Ariadne auf Naxos', by Richard Strauss, with a capacity of 70%.

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The Fundació Miró incorporates 59 works on loan from the artist's family. The group of 54 works by Joan Miró and 5 by Alexander Calder was previously deposited at the Espacio Miró of the Mapfre Foundation in Madrid. The artist's family has donated the works for a five-year renewable period.

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Barcelona is the 14th best city in the world to live in 2021, according to Time Out magazine.

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The home delivery app Glovo acquires Lola Market in Spain and Mercadão in Portugal. The platforms connect consumers with supermarkets, through the 30 establishments associated.

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Marina Port Vell will invest €20 million to grow in megayachts. This is the second to be carried out by Marina Port Vell since it was extensively refurbished in 2016 to accommodate large yachts.

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The Italian proptech Casavo lands in Barcelona and will invest 100 million euros until 2023.

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Venture builder Mutter Ventures will be listed on the EuroNext Access market of the Paris Stock Exchange, focused on attracting innovative and high-tech companies through technical listings.

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Banco Sabadell launches the fourth edition of BStartup Health to continue promoting emerging startups in the health sector.

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The Sant Joan de Déu Foundation receives half a million euros from Feder funds to finance the GenomicScientia project, that emphasizes disorders of genetic origin in children and focuses on research into undiagnosed minority diseases. 

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Vall d'Hebron ICU reaches 200 adult critical patients treated with ECMO support, 90 with COVID-19. The survival rate of patients receiving ECMO support at Vall d'Hebron is 70%, higher than the national average.

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The Fundació "la Caixa" promotes 20 biomedical research projects. The researchers will receive €2.6 million in financial aid to develop drugs and medical devices.

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Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia develops BiofilmChip, a new device that mimics chronic infections to fight them in a personalized way and to avoid antibiotic resistance.

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The Clínic Eye Training Center opens as the first practical ophthalmic training project in a public centre in Europe. The surgical unit has a special teaching area where 500 people will be trained each year.

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Fundació "la Caixa" and The Ricky Rubio Foundation allied to carry out the first construction phase of a new Therapeutic Rehabilitation Area for 750 children and adolescent at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona.

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Barça Innovation Hub, FC Barcelona's sports innovation and knowledge platform, will bring together some of the best professionals in the field of sport at the Sports Tomorrow Congress. This year's edition will focus on women and their role in different areas of the sports industry.

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TMB takes its commitment to efficient and sustainable public transport to the International Mobility Congress in Sitges, with a hybrid format and an expected participation of some 800 professionals from the sector.

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The choirs of the Orfeó Català and the Cor de Cambra del Palau recover projects postponed by the pandemic and present various premieres with international artists and conductors, such as Kaija Saariaho, guest composer of the Palau.

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Lagranja design manages the remodeling of the Italian Consulate in Barcelona with the colors and cultural and stylistic references of Italy.

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The Sónar festival returns in October with two new festivals and a concert series. "AI and Music S+T+ARTS Festival" and "SónarCCCB" will act as a hub to connect ideas and projects and promote cultural innovation in the city and the country, as well as its international projection.

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Turisme de Barcelona is developing an strategy to attract quality tourists and launches a package of promotional actions to be present at all the most important fairs, events and workshops in the world in quality tourism.

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Jordi Herreruela, director of estival Cruïlla, among the 20 most outstanding live music personalities in Europe by Pollstar magazine. The magazine recognizes industry leaders who have the greatest impact on the live entertainment sector.

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Joan Roca from Celler de Can Roca and Disfrutar owners, among the top 10 of the top 100 of the world's best chefs in 'The Best Chef Awards' list, led by Dabiz Muñoz.

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Prof. Eduardo Morales, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Prof. Mónica Martínez-Bravo, Associate Professor at Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI), receive the 19th and 20th Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research.

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Barcelona Supercomputing Center researcher Rosa M. Badia, elected as an Association for Computing Machine Europe Councilor.

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Grupo Lar, a company specialized in real estate assets, invests €21.4 million in Barcelona to build 75 rental housing units in Sant Adriá del Besós.

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The real estate Merlin Properties develops the Glories Tower viewpoint that will allow visitors to enjoy 360º views of Barcelona in the first quarter of 2022.

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Barcelona is one of the seven destinations of PLAY, Iceland’s new low-cost airline. The Icelandic airline will  fly also to Alicante and Tenerife in Spain; London / Stansted in the UK; Paris / Charles de Gaulle in France; Berlin in Germany and Copenhagen in Denmark.

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TMB presented XPRESBus X1, Barcelona's first semi-direct urban bus line which will connect the city center with the intermodal nodes of Francesc Macià and Glòries with 8-minute frequencies.

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Read the article of Esteve Almirall, Associated Professor at Esade, in El Nacional Catalunya: "¿Qué está pasando en China con las tecnológicas?"

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Andreu Mas-Colell, president of Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, named as honorary member of FemCat. This is a distinction reserved for non-entrepreneurs of recognized prestige who through their professional work have made contributions through society that share the FemCat ideology.

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The PortAventura Foundation and the Ricky Rubio Foundation sign a collaboration agreement that aims to promote a long-term social project to support families of children's oncology patients in vulnerable situations.

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SAP and EADA Business School have launched a scholarship to attract the best talent and give professional opportunities to high-potential female candidates in Tech Scholarship for the EADA's International Master in Marketing.

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The insurance company MAPFRE launches B-BITES, a free app that automates savings according to the user's lifestyle. The App has five different savings strategies and link a credit or debit card and their banking credentials.

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Sorigué business group creates a photovoltaic pavement that generates electricity and allows circulation in modules that occupy 50 square meters that can generate 7,560 kWh each year.

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