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Spain’s women continue conquer: FC Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati claims Women’s Ballon d’Or

ANOTHER Spaniard has conquered the world – this time it was a Catalan ascending the stage to collect her prize. Like men’s winner Lionel Messi,

1 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

Barcelona museum throws open its doors to naked visitors: Nudist club admires treasures in the buff

THE exhibits in Barcelona’s Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia were treated to quite the sight when it played host to a 90 minute nudist tour.

30 Oct, 2023 @ 16:48

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead

Burger from Spain which has DOUGHNUT buns is named the best in Europe – but could YOU stomach it?

A VALENCIA restaurant chain has been named as offering the best hamburger in Europe at the ‘Champions Burger’ event held in Barcelona. Jenkin’s has three

30 Oct, 2023 @ 14:03

Barcelona·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Investigation into missing British rugby player Levi Davis, 25, is halted in Spain a year after he vanished from Barcelona

POLICE in Barcelona have suspended an investigation into missing former Bath rugby player and X Factor: Celebrity contestant Levi Davis, who was last seen on

27 Oct, 2023 @ 17:20

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Female baker fired for peeing into kitchen bowls and putting them back on the shelves wins €25k in compensation

A BAKERY employee who was fired for urinating into containers and placing them back into the kitchen drawers has won an unfair dismissal tribunal. The

26 Oct, 2023 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Lead

Intimacy director oversees passionate live performance scenes for first time in Spain

‘Intimacy coach’ is hired by major opera house in Spain to make actors more comfortable with passionate scenes

AN OPERA production in Barcelona has hired an experienced ‘intimacy director’ to ensure performers are comfortable taking part in passionate scenes- a first for Spain

24 Oct, 2023 @ 18:06

Barcelona·Catalunya·Entertainment·Lead·National News

Police in Spain’s Barcelona province arrest minor for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child pornography

A MINOR has been arrested in Barcelona province on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The youngster is thought to have been

24 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Technology

Revealed: This bar in Spain has just been voted best in the WORLD

THREE Spanish bars were amongst the 50 best bars in the world, revealed today. Sips, Barcelona, has won first place in the fifteenth edition of

21 Oct, 2023 @ 08:30

Barcelona·Food & Drink·Lead

Ibiza’s biggest drug cartel is busted: How Colombian-led gang introduced 10kg of Nazi-branded cocaine into the Balearics each week from network of drug labs in Barcelona

A SPRAWLING Colombian-led narcotics ring that flooded the Balearics with cocaine from its base in Barcelona for the past six years has been brought down.

20 Oct, 2023 @ 14:57

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Trafficking ring which illegally transported more than 400 animals from Eastern Europe to Spain is busted

OVER 400 animals, mainly high-value young cats and dogs, have been rescued from an illegal trading gang in Spain. The Policia Nacional, Guardia Civil, the

19 Oct, 2023 @ 12:04

Animals·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona president says La Liga salary caps caused Lionel Messi to leave the Spanish club

President of Spanish football club FC Barcelona formally accused of bribery over €7.3 million payments made to high-ranking referee

THE CURRENT president of Spanish football club FC Barcelona has been formally accused by a judge of bribery thanks to evidence that multi-million-euro payments were

18 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Barcelona moves cruise liner docking away from main port to cut down on city centre pollution

Barcelona bans ALL cruise liners from docking at main port to reduce city centre pollution

BARCELONA has banned all cruise ships from docking at the city’s most central port from October 22 in a bid to reduce emissions in the

10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Six Catalan police officers convicted of racist attack in which they spat at young black man, called him ‘monkey’, ‘human garbage’ and named him after a fictional slave character

SIX officers from Catalunya’s Mossos d’Esquadra police have been sentenced to a year in prison for beating, spitting on and verbally abusing a young black

18 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Lead

Barcelona pizzeria breaks through Italian dominance to take 3rd place for the ‘50 Top Pizza World 2023’ Award

BARCELONA’S Sartoria Panatieri pizzeria, owned by Rafa Panatieri and Jorge Sastre, has been awarded a prestigious third place at the “50 Top Pizza World 2023”

15 Sep, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Food & Drink·Other News

Benidorm electric scooter thieves are caught out by GPS unit tracking stolen two-wheeler 600 kilometres away

E-scooter rider, 33, is killed by a TRAIN after ‘crossing the tracks while talking on his phone’ in Barcelona

AN e-scooter rider has died after being hit by a train in Barcelona. The 33-year-old allegedly crossed the train tracks in the town of Calella

15 Sep, 2023 @ 12:38

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Four young people are killed by a train in Barcelona: Three others taken to hospital after accident near popular Circuit music festival

FOUR YOUNGSTERS were killed in Barcelona on Sunday after they were hit by a Rodalies commuter train as they tried to cross the tracks. A

11 Sep, 2023 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Flight to Barcelona is grounded after passenger expels diarrhoea ‘all through the airplane’ creating a ‘biohazard’

A TRANSATLANTIC Delta Air Lines flight last Friday between Atlanta and Barcelona was forced to turn around after a passenger had a ‘medical issue’, which

6 Sep, 2023 @ 10:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

UK tourists help Spain smash February foreign visitor record

BREAKING: Flight chaos as major fault in UK air traffic control systems means passengers in Spain are stuck on planes on runaways with nowhere to go

THE UK’S air traffic control system has experienced major problems on Monday- one of the busiest travel days of the year with the late August

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:09

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

World’s top cyclists converge on Spain for start of La Vuelta in Barcelona

ONE OF the world’s premier road cycle races, La Vuelta, begins in Barcelona this Saturday with a team time trial starting at 7.05pm. Competitors will

26 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

New data shows the cities in Spain oversaturated with tourists as holidaymakers outnumber locals.

A STUDY by the vacation rental search engine, Holidu, analysed the places in Europe where over-tourism is a major problem and three of Spain’s cities

25 Aug, 2023 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Madrid·Sevilla

IN PICS: Gracia street festival, Barcelona

The Vila de Gràcia street festival is considered one of Barcelona’s most arty and festive celebrations. Each year, for five days in late August, there’s a

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:46

Barcelona·Olive Press Travel

Monkeypox outbreak declared in Spain as six cases registered in Barcelona

A MONKEYPOX outbreak has been declared in Spain’s Barcelona after half a dozen cases have been detected in the city in the last month. A

22 Aug, 2023 @ 11:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Businessmen cleared of fraud after charging €6m commission for Covid-19 PPE deal in Spain

Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases

WITH a recent rise in new Covid-19 cases, two Valencia hospitals have reintroduced mandatory masks wearing in parts of their buildings. All this comes with

21 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Brits told ‘go home, we will p**s in your beer’ as part of disturbing new anti-tourism campaign in Spain launched by fed-up locals

Dozens of offensive signs have been plastered across Barcelona in the past few days, causing distress to visiting Brits and other English speakers

16 Aug, 2023 @ 08:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca airports

SPAIN’S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic. Operator Aena said on Monday that 29.76

14 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

REVEALED: The most expensive holiday destinations in Spain this year – and the cheapest

THE average accommodation price for the most expensive holiday destination in Spain, according to a new top 50 ranking, will make your eyes water. A

13 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

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Spain’s women continue conquer: FC Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati claims Women’s Ballon d’Or

Barcelona museum throws open its doors to naked visitors: Nudist club admires treasures in the buff

Burger from Spain which has DOUGHNUT buns is named the best in Europe – but could YOU stomach it?

Investigation into missing British rugby player Levi Davis, 25, is halted in Spain a year after he vanished from Barcelona

Female baker fired for peeing into kitchen bowls and putting them back on the shelves wins €25k in compensation

‘Intimacy coach’ is hired by major opera house in Spain to make actors more comfortable with passionate scenes

Revealed: This bar in Spain has just been voted best in the WORLD

Ibiza’s biggest drug cartel is busted: How Colombian-led gang introduced 10kg of Nazi-branded cocaine into the Balearics each week from network of drug labs in Barcelona

Trafficking ring which illegally transported more than 400 animals from Eastern Europe to Spain is busted

President of Spanish football club FC Barcelona formally accused of bribery over €7.3 million payments made to high-ranking referee

Barcelona bans ALL cruise liners from docking at main port to reduce city centre pollution

Six Catalan police officers convicted of racist attack in which they spat at young black man, called him ‘monkey’, ‘human garbage’ and named him after a fictional slave character

Barcelona pizzeria breaks through Italian dominance to take 3rd place for the ‘50 Top Pizza World 2023’ Award

E-scooter rider, 33, is killed by a TRAIN after ‘crossing the tracks while talking on his phone’ in Barcelona

Four young people are killed by a train in Barcelona: Three others taken to hospital after accident near popular Circuit music festival

Flight to Barcelona is grounded after passenger expels diarrhoea ‘all through the airplane’ creating a ‘biohazard’

BREAKING: Flight chaos as major fault in UK air traffic control systems means passengers in Spain are stuck on planes on runaways with nowhere to go

World’s top cyclists converge on Spain for start of La Vuelta in Barcelona

New data shows the cities in Spain oversaturated with tourists as holidaymakers outnumber locals.

IN PICS: Gracia street festival, Barcelona

Monkeypox outbreak declared in Spain as six cases registered in Barcelona

Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases

EXCLUSIVE: Brits told ‘go home, we will p**s in your beer’ as part of disturbing new anti-tourism campaign in Spain launched by fed-up locals

Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca airports

REVEALED: The most expensive holiday destinations in Spain this year – and the cheapest

New Sevilla exhibition uncovers the wealth and fabulous empire of estates, palaces and castles belonging to the late Duquesa de Alba

Revealed: Easter holiday bookings to Spain’s Balearic Islands have surged by 40% thanks to the war in Iran

Violent Romanian criminal, 45, is deported from Spain after five-year reign of terror in Costa del Sol town

Search is on for missing Brit who vanished just hours after landing on Tenerife while out for a stroll without his phone or passport

Pedro Sanchez tells UK podcast Spain doesnt have a corruption problem and defends ‘innocence’ of wife and brother

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