Barcelona and the Costas Dorada and Brava are well catered to for English-speaking AA support, with regular meetings. See this page for contact information. The place for you to exchange views, share useful information or just to let off steam! AngloINFO's discussion forums have it all...
Introduced in February 2006, the new law serves to give authorities the right to prosecute people behaving "loutishly" in public places. Offenders may be fined and forced to repair any property damage they have caused. UK, US, Australian and Canadian Consulates have informative websites on issues relevant to their citizens. They provide services for citizens in need, including replacement of lost or stolen passports and help and advice in difficult situations. Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police, Ambulance in Spain's Catalonia provinces and Costas Brava and Dorada. Also sea rescue, drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals as well as a glossary of emergency terminology. The place for you to exchange views, share useful information on parenting, schooling and kid's fun for families in Barcelona and the provinces and Costas of the Catalonia region. Links to gay and lesbian organisations in Spain and in the Catalonia and Barcelona area with information on social groups, gay friendly venues and AIDS support groups for homosexual men and women. The Spanish marriage process can seem long and drawn out, complicated and confusing to foreigners. Here, we explain all you need to know about having your wedding in Catalonia: Barcelona or the Costas Dorada, Del Marsesme or Brava. Information on what to do when moving from Spain; including notifying schools and residency officials, closing bank accounts, ending contracts for utilities and insurance, exporting cars and moving pets. All the days when shops and schools are closed and nobody works in Spain, Catalonia or Barcelona, with links to holidays in the UK and US. Information on the Spanish residence card: who needs it (EU and non-EU citizens) where to make the application (the Foreigner's Office Oficina de Extranjeros) and the documentation required. Also information on the essential NIE number. Recently passed laws allow same-sex couples the same marriage, legal, adoption and inheritance rights as those afforded to couples in traditional union. This INFOrmation page explains the recent ruling and how to have a gay wedding in Spain. Information on the law of January 2006 concerning smoking in public places: who it affects and where it impacts. Contact information for the various national administrative ofices of Spain and for the Town Halls of the Catalonia provinces of Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona and Lleida. If you're an EU citizen you may vote in the European Elections; and if you are resident in Spain you are eligible to vote (and even stand as a candidate) in Spanish local elections. Find out how and where to register and how and where to vote. AngloINFO Barcelona's comprehensive English-language guide to What's On throughout Catalonia and the Costas Dorada, Del Maresme and Brava, with events, music, sport and more… | 
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