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Oh la la! Iconic French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gautier is bringing stage show of his life to Barcelona

THE outrageous agent provocateur of French fashion design - and late night British 90s TV - Jean-Paul Gautier is bringing the story of his...

Super fast train to connect Amsterdam and Spain in only 90 minutes

A DUTCH company has started planning for a high speed train that would connect Amsterdam and Barcelona in only 90 minutes.

Barcelona birthday bash broken up with 58 revellers fined for not wearing masks

MOSSOS d'Esquadra, the police force of Catalonia, had to break up a birthday party after neighbours complained of social distancing infractions. They identified 58 people...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to perform two concerts in Spain as part of ‘Wild God’ tour

LEGENDARY rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will visit Spain this year as part of their new ‘Wild God’ tour. The Australian group,...

EXCLUSIVE: British expat chases refund for cancelled flight to Spain, with Vueling refusing to accept it was cancelled

A BRITISH expat has been left chasing a flight refund for a cancelled flight that the airline refuses to accept was cancelled.

Veteran rockers Iron Maiden playing three dates in Spain in 2023 including ‘most-important’ concert ever held in Murcia

ROCK legends Iron Maiden will play a gig in Murcia next summer- one of only three concerts by the band in Spain. The group, fronted...

‘BETRAYAL’: Spanish public prosecutor vows to act against the Catalan police for inaction

The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Catalunya (TSJC) have vowed that due to the inactivity of the Catalonian Police - the Mossos d'Esquadra - during...

Robot called ‘Da Vinci’ helps carry out pioneering lung transplant in Spain’s Barcelona

A BARCELONA hospital has carried out a pioneering lung transplant operation with a robot involving a less invasive procedure for the patient. The four-pronged robot...

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...

Retired Swedish inventor sets his sights on improving garbage handling and cutting CO2 in Barcelona

AS THOUSANDS of Europeans do every year, Jan Arlemark has recently moved to Spain in his retirement. But the former inventor will not be...

Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN'S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday's 'Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023' staged at Valencia's Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured...

Barcelona footballer has home burgled as he watches his team play at the Nou Camp

Four hooded men broke into the Frenchman’s house and gained entry to the safe, before hurriedly leaving the premise.

Successful sea plane test carried out with hope of services between Spain’s Balearic Islands

A SUCESSFUL test flight of a seaplane owned by Isla Air Express has given the company hope that it is one step closer to...

Spain’s Barcelona picked to host yachting’s America’s Cup in 2024

THE oldest trophy in international sport, the America's Cup, will be fought for in the waters off Barcelona in autumn 2024. The yachting team event...

WATCH: Youths clash with police as they hold street parties to celebrate end of COVID curfew in Spain’s Catalunya

POLICE clashed with dozens of young people who gathered in the streets to celebrate the end of a restrictive curfew in Spain’s northeastern region...

WATCH: 100,000 ecstasy pills destined for Ibiza intercepted in Spain’s Barcelona

Investigators say the drugs were being packaged to be sent to the Balearic island to coincide with the opening of the summer season

British vegan activist claims she was shot at by ‘evil’ farmers after ‘rescuing’ 16 rabbits from a farm in...

Mia said that their pursers then surrounded them as they came to a dead-end, before managing to escape again onto the motorway, where the enraged farmers ‘pulled up alongside us and shot at us.’

Melanoma on the march in Spain says top dermatologist, as half of 65-year-olds suffer cancer

Survival rates are improving ‘spectacularly’ - from just two per cent to 50%, thanks to early detection and  new research on immunity and genetics

Mobile phone company duped by €240,000 credit card con in Spain

A nationwide scam left an unnamed mobile phone operator in Spain out of pocket by over €240,000. The firm was tricked by a gang using...

Spain’s top court opens ‘terrorism probe’ into exiled Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN'S Supreme Court has started a terrorism investigation into former Catalunya President Carles Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed and illegally-organised 2017...

Extinction Rebellion fills in golf course holes in Spain in excessive water usage protest

CLIMATE activists from Extinction Rebellion(XR) said on Sunday that they had plugged holes on 10 golf courses in Spain to protest at the sport's...

Spain’s national train operator testing freight route to bring Ukrainian grain to Barcelona

SPAIN'S train operator, Renfe, is running an experimental freight train across Europe to import grain from the Ukraine. Grain exports had until recently come to...

A little Gaudi glory: Discover the house that was the first designed by the Catalan Architect

ANTONI Gaudi is an architect synonymous with the Catalan city of Barcelona. By far, his most famous work is the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral. But the...

Spanish TV crew claims to have been beaten up by crime family in Barcelona

AN INVESTIGATIVE television crew from Spanish TV channel La Sexta claims to have been attacked by an alleged drug clan in Barcelona while preparing...

EVERYDAY HEROES: Teachers play unheralded yet vital role in Catalan referendum

AS the sun set on Joseph Maria Jujol, a school in the North of Barcelona, Isabel Safont was going nowhere. Neither were her pupils. Joseph...

Tourists left up to 540 TONNES of rubbish on the beaches of Spain’s Benidorm last year, figures show

THE City of Benidorm collected a whopping 544,500 kilograms of waste from its beaches in 2023, according to a press statement released January 11.  The...

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