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EFormer Barcelona footballer Dani Alves to stand trial in Spain on night club sex assault charges

Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves jailed after arrest in Spain over alleged nightclub sex assault

FORMER Barcelona footballer Dani Alves has been jailed after being denied bail in a pre-trial hearing on Friday that saw him charged with sexually assaulting

20 Jan, 2023 @ 13:38

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Boos and jeers at pro-Catalan independence demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona show splits in the movement

SOME 6,500 people came out in Barcelona to protest on Thursday morning in support of independence for Catalunya. The demonstration coincided with a French-Spanish summit,

20 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

With death of French nun, the world’s oldest living person now resides in Spain

THE WORLD’S oldest person is now thought to be Spaniard Maria Branyas Morera, who is aged 115 and lives in Catalonia. She takes the accolade

18 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45

Catalunya·Lead·National News

Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has dropped a sedition charge against the exiled former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont, but a new move will be made to extradite

12 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas named top European tourist spot for pick-pocketing

Barcelona’s Las Ramblas has beaten iconic tourist sites such as the Eiffel Tower and Italy’s Trevi Fountain to be named the worst spot for pickpockets

3 Jan, 2023 @ 11:00

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

Former Barcelona star Dani Alves set to be indicted over sex assault charges in Spain

Soccer star Dani Alves quizzed over Barcelona nightclub sex assault in Spain

BRAZILIAN footballer Dani Alves is being investigated by the Mossos d’Esquadra for an alleged sex assault in a Barcelona nightclub. A woman has accused the

2 Jan, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez announces windfall and temporary taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain

After making concessions to Catalan politicians, Spain’s prime minister rules out more talks

FOR THE government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the proces, as the Catalan independence drive is commonly known, is now the past. There will, for

28 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Spain passes controversial changes to sedition and misuse of funds laws in midst of constitutional crisis

THE SPANISH government’s controversial changes to the laws covering sedition and the misuse of public funds were approved by the Senate on Thursday, in the

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam is arrested at Barcelona airport in Spain

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam arrested at Spain’s Barcelona airport

THE Guardia Civil and Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a key player in a multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of investors. 33-year-old

16 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Neymar and co-defendants cleared of fraud over 2013 transfer to Spain’s Barcelona

A court has cleared footballer Neymar and his co-defendants in a fraud trial linked to his 2013 transfer from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona. The

13 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Football·Lead·Sport

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·Premium

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·European Union·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

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