Briefing
The City Council by Barcelona approved the award of the city’s Gold Medal (the city’sMedalla d'Or) to the late journalist and writer Lluís Permanyer . Several established media outlets reported consistently that the plenary session approved the proposal after Mayor Jaume Collboni had announced his intention to honour Permanyer posthumously in December 2025. The plenary session cited Permanyer’s life’s work as a chronicler and his long-standing writing on the city’s history as the reasons for the award.
This report is based on coverage by trade media and national newspapers, which state that the plenary session made its decision on 5 November 2026. Earlier publications from December 2025 document the announced award and an official tribute at a city event; they show that the process continued through to formal approval.
However, checks found that the full minutes of the plenary session published by the city, or a machine-readable resolution number, could not be accessed directly via the city’s website at the time of verification. The city register of honours and awards includes medal entries and was most recently updated publicly; publication of the formal decision in the city’s records should follow shortly.
The main claim—that City Council awarded the Gold Medal to Lluís Permanyer on 5 November 2026—is confirmed by several independent, reputable media sources. For full official verification, publication of the official minutes of the plenary session or a notice of the decision by Barcelona City Council is recommended. Until this primary document is available, the report remains partly unsubstantiated in formal terms.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).