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Doctors in Spain perform the world’s first EVER ‘perfect’ reconstruction of the abdominal wall

A TEAM at Barcelona’s Sant Pau Hospital has performed the first ‘perfect’ reconstruction of the abdominal wall, so that it recovers all its functionality. The

8 Nov, 2023 @ 17:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

WATCH: Two pickpockets attack ‘foreign tourist’ in Spain’s Barcelona as people walk by and do nothing to help

THIS is the shocking moment a tourist was attacked by two pickpockets in the centre of Barcelona at the weekend. In video footage shared online,

6 Nov, 2023 @ 14:45

Barcelona·Lead

The Socialists’ Catalunya deal explained: The price Pedro Sanchez will pay to return to power

SPAIN’S Socialist Party and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) announced on Thursday that they had reached a much-awaited deal, one that will see the pro-independence

3 Nov, 2023 @ 11:22

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Bomb threat in Spain’s Barcelona forces evacuation of far-right party Vox’s office

THE HEADQUARTERS in Barcelona of Spain’s far-right political party Vox had to be evacuated on Thursday, after a bomb threat was made via telephone. According

2 Nov, 2023 @ 18:10

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Revealed: The regions in Spain which take in the highest number of boat migrants

THE ANDALUCIA region has the largest number of foreign immigrants housed by Spain’s central government, accounting for 9,874 people. That’s followed by the Canary Islands

1 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News

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

Predator, 45, ‘sexually abuses Ukrainian children’ in Spain ‘after taking in their families’ following Russia’s invasion

A 45-year-old Ukrainian has been arrested for alleged sexual assaults on Ukraine refugee children in Cartagena, Murcia. He was detained in Catalunya as he planned

17 Oct, 2023 @ 11:50

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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

Revealed: The 25 richest and poorest towns in Spain

SPAIN’S Tax Agency has released figures that show which are the richest and poorest municipalities with populations of over a thousand people, based on income

7 Oct, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News

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

Policeman in Spain reports woman for ‘non-consensual kiss’ she planted on him as he brands alleged act ‘disgusting’ amid ‘extreme violence’ of Catalan referendum

A MALE riot officer from Spain’s National Police force has filed a lawsuit after he was kissed on the mouth by a woman during the

12 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Lead·Must Read

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

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

No silver lining for Spain’s reservoirs as levels FALL despite a weekend of devastating torrential storms

HEAVY weekend storms which caused widespread destruction and some loss of life did not bring a silver lining as water levels in Spain’s reservoirs continuing

5 Sep, 2023 @ 18:15

Andalucia·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Murcia·National News·Navarra·Valencian Community

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