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Spain’s Interior Ministry orders police to step up security and counter-terrorism measures over Christmas

SPAIN’S Interior Ministry is to step up security measures over Christmas, in particular in areas where large crowds are expected such as shopping centres, transport

12 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Private investigator in Levi Davis search worked with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

A top-tier private investigator hired to track down missing X-Factor star Levi Davis has previously worked with a string of celebrities, including Prince Harry and

9 Dec, 2022 @ 11:25

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Must Read·National News

Human Jawbone Unearthed 135 Years Ago In Spain's Catalunya May Be Earliest Example Of Homo Sapiens Found In Europe

Human jawbone unearthed in Spain’s Catalunya may be earliest example of Homo sapiens found in Europe

A jawbone dug up in the Banyoles area of Catalunya in 1887 might just be the earliest example found of Homo sapiens in Europe-and it

8 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead

Man arrested for attempted murder after setting fire to sleeping wife at their Catalunya flat in Spain

A man poured flammable liquid over his sleeping wife at their Catalunya region flat on Monday and fled the scene. He was arrested three hours

28 Nov, 2022 @ 13:13

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Number of people taking their own lives totalled 4,227 in Spain last year

The region of Spain where 9% of adolescents say they want to die

Almost 9% of adolescents in one Spanish region express daily desires to die, according to an alarming new study. Almost 9% of Catalans express a

25 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·National News

Junqueras and catalan separatists released from jail Photo: Esquerra Republicana

Spanish government to study more changes to Criminal Code that could benefit Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government is to study changes to the law covering the misappropriation of public funds, barely a week after proposing scrapping the sedition law.

15 Nov, 2022 @ 16:17

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

‘Shaman priestess’ arrested carrying out spiritual ‘Ayahuasca ceremony’ in Spain’s Barcelona

A self-proclaimed ‘medicine woman’ was among two people arrested in Barcelona province for holding mind bending Ayahuasca ceremonies modelled as a form of spiritual and

12 Nov, 2022 @ 08:15

Barcelona·Lead

Partido Popular's Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain's dictator General Franco

Ex-leader of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party to be quizzed by judge over Catalunya hoax

THE FORMER leader of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has been called to testify as a suspect for propagating a hoax about schools

10 Nov, 2022 @ 16:00

Catalunya·Lead·National News

EU money seals SEAT deal for Spain's first electric car battery factory in Valencia

EU money seals deal for Spain’s first electric car battery factory in Valencia

CAR maker SEAT has confirmed that it will site Spain’s first electric car battery plant in the Valencia area. SEAT President, Wayne Griffiths reaffirmed the

9 Nov, 2022 @ 19:45

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police officer is first person in Spain to be criminally convicted of spreading 'fake news' on social media

Police officer becomes first person in Spain with criminal conviction for spreading ‘fake news’ on social media

A Guardia Civil officer has become the first person criminally convicted in Spain of spreading ‘fake news’. He used a social media account to falsely

8 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

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

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands

THE Policia Nacional, in association with their Italian counterparts, have busted a Naples-based gang who made special summer trips to Mallorca and Ibiza to steal

3 Nov, 2022 @ 13:35

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca

Video footage prompts judges to rule that Catalan riot police officer invented assault by protestor

A POLICE officer from Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra regional force is facing an eight-year ban from duty after being found to have invented an assault by

28 Oct, 2022 @ 15:30

Catalunya·Lead

Catalan president, Pere Aragones, among dozens of separatists hacked by specialist spyware in Spain

Catalan government left in crisis after pro-independence party withdraws its support

THE Catalan regional government has been plunged into a crisis after one of the governing parties, Junts per Catalunya, withdrew its support from its partner,

8 Oct, 2022 @ 12:09

Catalunya·Lead

Cocktail Bar In Spain's Barcelona Is Voted The Best In The World

Cocktail bar in Spain’s Barcelona is voted ‘best in the world’

PARADISO in Barcelona has been given the accolade of the world’s best cocktail bar at ‘The World’s 50 Best Bars’ awards staged in the Catalan

7 Oct, 2022 @ 12:23

Barcelona·Catalunya·Food & Drink·Lead

Tarragona’s Human Towers Competition returns in Spain after two-year Covid break

More than 10,000 people turned out on Sunday to watch the Tarragona Human Towers Competition, which is the largest of its kind in Spain. The

3 Oct, 2022 @ 18:15

Catalunya·Lead

New cases of West Nile virus detected in Spain’s Tarragona province

The public health department in Catalonia has detected one confirmed case and one possible case of West Nile virus in Tarragona province, news agency EFE

16 Sep, 2022 @ 18:15

Catalunya·Lead

Home repossessions in Spain fall for first time in nearly two years

HOME repossessions in Spain caused by mortgage payment defaults have fallen for the first time in nearly two years. Figures released on Wednesday by the

7 Sep, 2022 @ 15:37

Lead·Property

Woman rescued off coast of Spain after being swept away by current and spending six hours in the sea

A 30-year-old woman was rescued in the early hours of Monday from the sea off the coast of Barcelona, after she was swept out by

6 Sep, 2022 @ 12:25

Catalunya·Lead

Jihadist arrested in Spain’s Girona ‘had plans to carrying out terrorist attack in Catalunya’

POLICE have arrested a ‘radicalised’ terrorist who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Catalunya before returning to Syria. An investigation began at the end

5 Sep, 2022 @ 17:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Toddler killed by giant hailstone as storm strikes Catalunya in northeastern Spain

A toddler has been killed after being struck on the head by a hailstone when storms hit Catalunya on Tuesday evening. The 20-month old died

31 Aug, 2022 @ 13:30

Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Mallorca has the most expensive area of Spain to rent a property

Mallorca has Spain’s most expensive area for property rentals

CALVIA on Mallorca has overhauled long-time leader Barcelona as the costliest municipality in Spain for property rentals. The Balearic Islands as a whole are also

30 Aug, 2022 @ 18:52

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Property·Valencian Community

Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang attacked during brutal home invasion in Spain

A masked gang robbed and assaulted Barcelona forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at his home on Monday morning. It was the second robbery at the player’s house

29 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel

24 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

Homesick Ukraine teenage refugee intercepted after starting long coach journey in Spain’s Valencia

A homesick teenage Ukrainian refugee was intercepted on a long-distance coach after his worried mother contacted police in Valencia. The boy, 16, ran away from

24 Aug, 2022 @ 12:16

Catalunya·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain passes 6,000 mark in confirmed monkeypox cases

SPAIN has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox according to Ministry of Health figures. Up to last Friday, 6,119 infections were recorded- two-thirds of them

22 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski has watch stolen outside training ground in Spain

Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski has watch stolen outside training ground in Spain

BARCELONA player Robert Lewandowski had a €70,000 watch ripped off his arm when arriving for a training session on Thursday. The Polish star drove up

19 Aug, 2022 @ 11:25

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

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