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Barcelona news from The Olive Press, reporting in English on Catalunya's capital and Spain's second city – Gaudí's architecture, the Sagrada Familia, and neighbourhoods from the Eixample to the Raval. Coverage spans crime and gang violence, the housing crisis, football and FC Barcelona, and the Catalan independence movement. For wider regional context see Catalunya, or follow Travel News and La Cultura for the city's tourism and arts scene.

A mossos d' esquadra van in front of a fire

WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Housing protesters camped in the square stopped the rioters from getting in, as shoppers and tourists were caught up in a night of violence in

25 Oct, 2026 @ 09:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

A surgical team use a medical robot during an operation in Spain

Brilliant medical breakthrough as Barcelona hospital carries out Europe’s first single-incision robotic kidney transplant

Patients suffered less pain and recovered faster, the hospital says, after four successful operations.

22 Oct, 2026 @ 15:50

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Barcelona wins Pyrrhic victory over ‘seasonal’ lets but landlords continue to shun long-term market as supply crashes by a fifth

Barcelona introduced housing decrees earlier this year to stop property owners using seasonal contracts to bypass national rent controls.

21 Oct, 2026 @ 11:51

Barcelona·Lead·Property

The location of two shootings in Barcelona and Andalucia

Spain rocked by spate of shootings after tattoo artist gunned down in Barcelona shop and man with gunshot wound found off Costa del Sol

The string of shootings prompted a top judge to slam Spain’s government over its failure to battle organised crime.

17 Oct, 2026 @ 16:07

Almeria·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Storm Adam in Spain, with red alerts for Barcelona and Valencia

Storm Adam heads for Spain: First named DANA of the season brings threat of torrential rain and flooding – with red alerts in Barcelona and Valencia

The north of Alicante province and parts of Valencia are expected to be hardest hit with Aemet issuing a rare red ‘danger to life’ alert.

17 Oct, 2026 @ 12:12

Barcelona·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Near-two week search near Barcelona for missing autistic boy, 12, ends in tragedy after body is found floating in the sea near Sitges

A fisherman spotted the remains in the water between the coastal towns of Sitges and Castelldefels, just south-west of Barcelona.

15 Oct, 2026 @ 10:53

Barcelona·Lead

Mother of autistic boy, 12, who fled his home near Barcelona during violent storms 10 days ago insists he has been kidnapped

Rami has not been seen since October 4, when severe storms and heavy rain battered Granollers, a town just north of Barcelona.

14 Oct, 2026 @ 15:15

Barcelona·Lead

An apartment fire in a Mediterraenean-style block in Barcelona

Tragedy as 95-year-old man dies in Barcelona flat fire despite firefighters’ half-hour battle

Eight crews responded to the fire in the Sants-Montjuic district of the city.

14 Oct, 2026 @ 09:21

Barcelona·Lead

Rami, aged 12, missing from Granollers in Barcelona province after heavy rainfall

Hopes fade in search for missing autistic boy who was frightened out of his home near Barcelona by torrential thunder storm

Authorities deployed 20 firefighters alongside Policia Nacional and Mossos d’Esquadra officers to aid the search.

9 Oct, 2026 @ 10:57

Barcelona·Lead·Weather

Landlords pulling homes from rental market

Spain’s long-term rental home listings plunge 44% since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona

Idealista counted 510,000 long-term rental adverts in 2025, down from 902,000 in 2018, with Barcelona losing 83% of its listings.

8 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Property

Desperate search for missing autistic boy, 12, who vanished during torrential storms and flooding in Barcelona province

Worried friends and family say 12-year-old Rami is 1.73m tall with dark skin, a robust build and short curly hair.

7 Oct, 2026 @ 15:46

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Primavera Sound Barcelona announces line-up for 2027 edition

Primavera Sound Barcelona announces 2027 line-up – here’s what fans can expect as Spain’s biggest music festival turns 25

Some of the biggest names will be heading to the Catalan capital next summer, including Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, and FKA Twigs.

6 Oct, 2026 @ 16:49

Barcelona·Entertainment·Lead

Orange weather alerts activated across the Catalunya coastline as torrential rain threatens Barcelona yet again

CATALUNYA’S weather service has issued a severe orange alert across the coastline as torrential storms threaten to dump 40mm of rain in just 30 minutes.

6 Oct, 2026 @ 15:14

Barcelona·Lead·Weather

IN PICS: Housing protests break out into street riots in Barcelona as 28 police are injured and more than a dozen arrested

Rioters set bins on fire and built barricades around historic Plaza de Catalunya before pelting police officers with bottles and bricks on Monday.

6 Oct, 2026 @ 10:46

Barcelona·Lead·Politics·Property

Red alert issued during peak Barcelona rush hour as another powerful storm traps commuters in their cars and floods coastal and inland areas

AEMET issued a red alert for 'extreme risk' across the Barcelona coastline and inland areas, with storms dumping over 90mm of rain in a single

5 Oct, 2026 @ 10:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Video·Weather

A blurred image of a man being arrested the mossos d' escuadra in Barcelona

Norwegian ‘sex trafficker’ arrested in Barcelona after hopping between hotels to dodge police

The 44-year-old faces up to 28 years in prison in Norway once extradited from Spain.

5 Oct, 2026 @ 09:48

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona battered by a mini-hurricane overnight, leading to two deaths

WATCH: At least two dead as ‘mini-hurricane’ batters Barcelona in wettest day in 20 years – with fears key river could burst its banks

The storm has pushed several rivers and streams to dangerous levels, with authorities warning of a serious risk of further flooding as the rain continues

4 Oct, 2026 @ 11:40

Barcelona·Lead·Weather

Barcelona braces for a mini-hurricane and red weather alert

Red ‘danger to life’ alert as Barcelona braces for Mediterranean ‘mini-hurricane’ – torrential rain and 120km/h winds forecast

Forecasters are expecting up to 90mm of rain to fall in just an hour, with accumulated rainfall potentially exceeding 200mm in just six hours.

3 Oct, 2026 @ 16:49

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Guardia Civil officers shot by a gang in Barcelona

WATCH: Horror moment highway truck robbers aim hail of gunfire at Guardia Civil officer before dishing out savage beating near Barcelona

Footage shared on social media shows the hair-raising moment the plain-clothes pair were wounded after confronting five suspects accused of stealing lorry cargo.

2 Oct, 2026 @ 16:05

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

IN VIDS: Barcelona hit by sudden flash flood chaos as homes are breached and firefighters rescue woman and baby

BARCELONA has been plunged into chaos by sudden flash floods that swept away a vehicle containing a woman and a baby and forced the closure

29 Sep, 2026 @ 17:35

Barcelona·Lead·Video·Weather

Four passengers hospitalised after Boston-bound flight from Spain fills with smoke and makes emergency landing in Portugal

14 people were treated for smoke inhalation after the Delta Airlines flight from Barcelona to Boston made an emergency landing in Porto.

28 Sep, 2026 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Lead·Travel News

Four masked men snatch driver and force him into 4×4 boot in latest broad daylight kidnapping in Barcelona

It is just the latest in a disturbing trend of broad-daylight kidnappings to take place in Barcelona province in recent weeks.

28 Sep, 2026 @ 11:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona to more than quadruple tourist tax for cruise ship day-trippers making fleeting visits to the city

Holidaymakers arriving on cruise ships who spend less than 12 hours in the city will have to stump up €24 in tourist tax from next

26 Sep, 2026 @ 16:52

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona

Barcelona wife and daughter lived with husband’s dead body ‘covered by a sheet’ for over two years

According to reports, both women said they had not left the property since the Covid-19 pandemic, instead ordering all the supplies they needed online.

24 Sep, 2026 @ 17:59

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Residents in Marbella or Estepona will now be able to buy a single ticket to travel to Barcelona

Marbella and Estepona launch new daily one-ticket trip to Barcelona – but journey takes a gruelling 10 hours

THE main selling point is simplicity, with Renfe selling the bus and train together rather than requiring passengers to book each leg separately.

22 Sep, 2026 @ 13:15

Barcelona·Estepona·Lead·Marbella·Travel News

Thousands of protesters marched in Barcelona, Palma, Ibiza and the Costa Blanca against the effects of mass tourism.

Thousands flood Spain’s streets in fresh anti-tourism protests – Barcelona and Balearics rally against airport plans as locals liken tourism to ‘terrorism’

THE latest protests come after Spain recorded its busiest ever month for international visitors in July.

21 Sep, 2026 @ 13:56

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

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Barcelona

WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Brilliant medical breakthrough as Barcelona hospital carries out Europe’s first single-incision robotic kidney transplant

Barcelona wins Pyrrhic victory over ‘seasonal’ lets but landlords continue to shun long-term market as supply crashes by a fifth

Spain rocked by spate of shootings after tattoo artist gunned down in Barcelona shop and man with gunshot wound found off Costa del Sol

Storm Adam heads for Spain: First named DANA of the season brings threat of torrential rain and flooding – with red alerts in Barcelona and Valencia

Near-two week search near Barcelona for missing autistic boy, 12, ends in tragedy after body is found floating in the sea near Sitges

Mother of autistic boy, 12, who fled his home near Barcelona during violent storms 10 days ago insists he has been kidnapped

Tragedy as 95-year-old man dies in Barcelona flat fire despite firefighters’ half-hour battle

Hopes fade in search for missing autistic boy who was frightened out of his home near Barcelona by torrential thunder storm

Spain’s long-term rental home listings plunge 44% since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona

Desperate search for missing autistic boy, 12, who vanished during torrential storms and flooding in Barcelona province

Primavera Sound Barcelona announces 2027 line-up – here’s what fans can expect as Spain’s biggest music festival turns 25

Orange weather alerts activated across the Catalunya coastline as torrential rain threatens Barcelona yet again

IN PICS: Housing protests break out into street riots in Barcelona as 28 police are injured and more than a dozen arrested

Red alert issued during peak Barcelona rush hour as another powerful storm traps commuters in their cars and floods coastal and inland areas

Norwegian ‘sex trafficker’ arrested in Barcelona after hopping between hotels to dodge police

WATCH: At least two dead as ‘mini-hurricane’ batters Barcelona in wettest day in 20 years – with fears key river could burst its banks

Red ‘danger to life’ alert as Barcelona braces for Mediterranean ‘mini-hurricane’ – torrential rain and 120km/h winds forecast

WATCH: Horror moment highway truck robbers aim hail of gunfire at Guardia Civil officer before dishing out savage beating near Barcelona

IN VIDS: Barcelona hit by sudden flash flood chaos as homes are breached and firefighters rescue woman and baby

Four passengers hospitalised after Boston-bound flight from Spain fills with smoke and makes emergency landing in Portugal

Four masked men snatch driver and force him into 4×4 boot in latest broad daylight kidnapping in Barcelona

Barcelona to more than quadruple tourist tax for cruise ship day-trippers making fleeting visits to the city

Barcelona wife and daughter lived with husband’s dead body ‘covered by a sheet’ for over two years

Marbella and Estepona launch new daily one-ticket trip to Barcelona – but journey takes a gruelling 10 hours

Thousands flood Spain’s streets in fresh anti-tourism protests – Barcelona and Balearics rally against airport plans as locals liken tourism to ‘terrorism’

WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Spain orders two platforms to pull 8,300 ‘misleading’ seasonal rentals in crackdown on disguised holiday lets

OPINION: Why we had a moral and journalistic duty to investigate 50 women’s claims against ‘Buttman’ surgeon gunned down in his Marbella clinic

20 years on, The Olive Press revisits the October front pages that made our name – from Los Merinos to Franco’s stolen babies

Clocks go back in Spain tonight – but do YOU know why we change the time twice a year?

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