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LATEST: Italian court frees ex-leader Carles Puigdemont but orders him to stay in Sardinia while Spain’s extradition request is considered

AN Italian court has ordered the exiled regional leader of Catalunya to be freed a day after his arrest in Sardinia, his lawyer said. Carles

24 Sep, 2021 @ 17:49

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Puigdemont: Exiled Catalan separatist leader detained by police in Sardinia faces extradition to Spain

CARLES Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalunya who fled Spain after a failed independence bid, was detained by Italian police in Sardinia on Thursday evening.

24 Sep, 2021 @ 10:44

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Human Towers On Last Day Of Feast Of La Merce

TRAVEL SPAIN: How to celebrate La Merce festival in Barcelona

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

23 Sep, 2021 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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Police arrest ‘most-wanted’ Italian mafia fugitive who has been hiding out in Barcelona for three years

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

20 Sep, 2021 @ 17:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Pregnant woman loses unborn child and four others injured after gunman opens fire on ‘botellon’ in Sabadell in Spain’s Catalunya

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

20 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Exiled Catalan leader claims to ‘have proof’ Spain used espionage to repress independence drive

THE exiled former Catalan president of Carles Puigdemont has insisted he has evidence that Spain used political espionage against him and others around him. The

19 Sep, 2021 @ 09:15

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

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Decomposed body of father who murdered toddler son in Barcelona hotel found in woods near airport

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

17 Sep, 2021 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Youngest bishop in Spain resigns from church to marry erotic novelist

A SPANISH bishop has resigned from his position in order to marry an erotic novelist. Xavier Novell announced his decision to leave the church just

7 Sep, 2021 @ 15:45

Catalunya·Lead

WATCH: Spain clears up after devastating week of storms, torrential rain and flash floods

Spain has been dealing with the aftermath of some of the worst summer rain storms to hit the peninsula in decades. The big clear up

5 Sep, 2021 @ 12:45

Catalunya·Lead·Murcia·National News·Valencian Community·Weather

Devastated family still searching for answers ten years after teen’s death in Spain

A HEARTBROKEN British family has said they are still hunting for answers ten years after their teenage son plunged to his death from a fifth-floor

2 Sep, 2021 @ 19:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Other News

Council in Spain’s Catalunya hires bug exterminators to target sewers overrun by cockroaches

SIXTY feet below Sitges, a town close to Barcelona, cockroaches have taken over the sewers. The bugs are wading through a river of raw sewage

2 Sep, 2021 @ 17:10

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

Back to school: Start dates, holidays and COVID-19 measures in Spain

WITH summer winding to an end, the kids’ batteries are recharged and ready to head back to the classrooms. And with vaccination for pupils in

1 Sep, 2021 @ 20:33

Alicante·Asturias·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Education·Lead·Other News

Three men arrested in connection to grisly murder in Spain’s Catalunya

THREE men have been arrested after police connected a missing body part discovered inside a car with the body of a man uncovered in the

1 Sep, 2021 @ 17:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

REVEALED: The toll roads which will be FREE across Spain’s from September 1

THREE toll roads in northeastern Spain will be free from September 1. As of tomorrow, almost 500 kilometres of toll roads will become free across

31 Aug, 2021 @ 17:20

Catalunya·Lead

Pensions, Annuities & Tax Fraud in Spain – a ticking time bomb…

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Every now and then an email lands in my inbox or a member of

27 Aug, 2021 @ 18:15

Have you seen this man? Police release photo of dad on the run after killing toddler in Barcelona hotel to spite mother

POLICE in Spain have released an image of the man accused of killing his two-year-old son in a Barcelona hotel room on Tuesday evening. The

27 Aug, 2021 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Cistercian monk is accused of committing a sex act against a child in Catalunya region of Spain

Cistercian monk in Spain’s Catalunya region is arrested for sexually touching a child

A Cistercian monk from Catalunya has been arrested over the inappropriate sexual touching of a child. The monk, 68, is part of a thirty-strong community

26 Aug, 2021 @ 17:52

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Hunt for father after toddler, 2, dies ‘violently’ in Barcelona hotel room

POLICE in Barcelona are investigating the ‘violent’ death of a two-year-old boy at a hotel in the city. Cops rushed to the Hotel Concordia on

25 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain Begins Airlifting Embassy Officials And Afghan Staff Out Of Kabul On Flight To Dubai

Afghan refugees in Spain: How many will arrive and what aid is offered to them

A THIRD flight carrying evacuees fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan arrived in Spain on Saturday night at a military airbase close to Madrid where a

22 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

Catalunya’s top court rejects curfew extension for most of the region including Spain’s second city Barcelona.

NIGHT curfews in most of Catalunya have been revoked by orders of the region’s top court. The regional government submitted an application to continue with

19 Aug, 2021 @ 17:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Firecrackers cause mass evacuation at hotel in Barcelona on eve of 2017 terror attack anniversary

PARTYGOERS let off firecrackers causing mass panic and confusion at a hotel in Barcelona on Monday. Families were quickly evacuated from the Petit Palace hotel

18 Aug, 2021 @ 19:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Other News

Mayor of Barcelona offers refuge to 50 Afghan girls and women in city

THE MAYOR of Barcelona has offered homes to 50 Afghan women and girls in the city after the Taliban have conquered the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

18 Aug, 2021 @ 18:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

COVID in Spain : Antibodies last more than a year says new study

INFECTED people still have antibodies in their blood to fight COVID-19 over a year after recovery, regardless of how severe their case was. Researchers in

17 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News