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Guardia Civil operation to bust a trafficking ring

Trafficked into Spain and exploited in restaurants: Police and Guardia Civil bust network that was paying a pittance to Colombian nationals in four Tarragona eateries

A JOINT operation between the Policia Nacional and the Guardia Civil has busted a network in Spain’s Catalunya region that was trafficking Colombian nationals into the country and forcing them to work

19 Apr, 2024 @ 16:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona to install a floating desalination plant off its port to help fight drought

THE Generalitat de Catalunya will install a floating desalination plant in the port of Barcelona to help the fight against the region’s drought, it has been announced. David Mascort, the regional government’s

18 Apr, 2024 @ 14:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Who are the Latin Kings? The international narco gang that has terrorised Barcelona for years – as major crackdown THIS WEEK sees 30-plus members arrested and 13 properties raided

THE Guardia Civil have arrested 32 members of a notorious Barcelona street gang as part of ‘Operation Kamaleones’ as authorities look to crack down on the region’s extensive criminal networks. Some 13

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:37

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a video in which Palestinian children died. “Today

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourists will face new water restrictions in this region of Spain due to ongoing drought

THE government in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalunya has introduced more water restrictions for tourists, as it struggles to cope with the effects of an ongoing drought. The region declared an

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:22

Barcelona·Environment·Lead

Woman Arrested For Skipping 500 Taxi Fare To Spain S Costa Blanca From Madrid

Four Irish tourists are arrested in Spain after ‘beating up a taxi driver’: Group were caught moments before catching a flight home from Barcelona

FOUR Irish tourists were arrested in Catalunya in the early hours of Monday morning after a bitter dispute with a local taxi driver turned violent. The group of friends were caught by

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:07

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Reyes de Las Pistolas: A brief history of Spanish anarchism through the life of Buenaventura Durruti

JULY 1936. It’s the Summer of Anarchy in Barcelona, and the air smells of revolution. In a matter of days, the state system had collapsed and the economy had been almost entirely

15 Apr, 2024 @ 16:40

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

Barcelona removes popular bus route from Google Maps to avoid tourists overcrowding the service

A BUSY bus route in Barcelona has been removed from Google Maps to prevent tourists dominating the service. It comes after years of complaints from locals. The 116 bus covers the Park

15 Apr, 2024 @ 11:54

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Tourist killed in freak accident in Spain’s Tarragona after being struck on the head by a bell at village fiestas

A THIRTY-year-old Spaniard was killed in Spain’s Catalonia region on Saturday in a freak accident, after he was hit on the head by a church bell at local fiestas. The incident took

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:39

Catalunya·Lead

Barcelona to ramp up flight arrivals this summer – despite wave of anti-tourist protests last year

THE Catalan government has sparked controversy after proposing a restructure of Barcelona’s main airport that would ramp up the number of flight arrivals each day during peak summer months. Pere Aragones, the

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Football TV pundit is sacked in Spain over ‘racist joke’ aimed at Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal

A LEADING football pundit has been sacked from his role at a Spanish TV station after making a ‘racist joke’ about Barcelona star Lamine Yamal live on air. German Burgos, 54, has

14 Apr, 2024 @ 09:45

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

Husband kills his wife and two children before taking his own life in Barcelona

A MAN killed his two eight-year-old children and his 43-year-old wife at their Barcelona area home on Tuesday before taking his own life. Police discovered the woman and children in El Prat

10 Apr, 2024 @ 09:15

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

Woman who sliced off her boyfriend’s penis with a kitchen knife in Spain is jailed and ordered to pay huge compensation costs

JAIL and huge compensation costs have been ordered for a woman who sliced off her boyfriend’s penis with a kitchen knife. The woman was accused of attacking her boyfriend almost three years

10 Apr, 2024 @ 08:37

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

Shrinking rental stock in Spain is blamed on ‘destructive’ new housing law as landords opt for tourist lets – sparking a tourism backlash on the Canary Islands and elsewhere

RISING rental pressures have been blamed on Spain’s new Housing Law 2023, which has seen landlords choose to take their properties off the market. This is according to a new report from

9 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

Catalan president says an independence referendum is ‘inevitable’ during speech in Spanish parliament

CATALAN President Pere Aragones warned his political rivals that a new independence referendum was ‘inevitable’ during a speech in Spain’s parliament on Monday. Addressing the Spanish senate for the first time in

9 Apr, 2024 @ 09:52

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

F1 row in Spain: Environmentalists blast plans to parade sports cars through the streets of Barcelona ahead of Grand Prix in June

ENVIRONMENTALIST groups have blasted plans to host a Formula One roadshow in Barcelona city centre ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in June. F1 cars, which can reach speeds in excess of

8 Apr, 2024 @ 11:36

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Sport

Why property prices in Spain WILL fall next year - according to experts in Brussels

Foreign buyers accounted for 15% of homes bought in Spain last year – the highest figure ever

FOREIGN house buyers are continuing to target the Spanish real estate market as domestic purchases continue to fall. Figures from the country’s notaries for 2023 show that 14.98% of property purchasers came

8 Apr, 2024 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·Murcia·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

Spain-based NGO pulls out of Gaza after seven aid workers are killed by Israeli strike

ONE of Spain’s leading NGOs has pulled out of Gaza following the Israeli strike which killed seven aid workers on Monday night. In a message posted on X, Open Arms, a charity

5 Apr, 2024 @ 14:17

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Drought latest in Spain: Catalunya will keep restrictions in place over summer despite recent rain

WATER restrictions will remain in place over the summer despite recent rainfall, the Catalan government have announced. While increased rainfall over recent weeks has staved off an elevation of the drought emergency

5 Apr, 2024 @ 13:42

Catalunya·Lead·Other News·Weather

Cruise ship stranded in Barcelona with passengers confined due to set sail for Venice today, after Spain begins deportation of 69 Bolivians on board

THERE may be worse places to be confined than a luxury ship, but that was small comfort for the 1,500 passengers on an MSC cruise who were not allowed to disembark this

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:27

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Hackers who made €3million by cloning SIM cards across Spain are arrested

A MALAGA-LED cyberhacking gang swindled over €3.3 million out of victims across Spain through a phone SIM card con. Seven people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Malaga, Barcelona, Valencia

4 Apr, 2024 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

SOME 1,500 passengers on a luxury cruise ship were left stuck on board their vessel in Barcelona port on Tuesday, after Spanish border officials refused to let a group of 69 Bolivian

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Protests For The Visit Of King Felipe And President Pedro Sanchez In Barcelona

Boy, 5, is stabbed to death in Spain: Mother is taken to hospital while a man is arrested

POLICE in Catalunya have arrested a man alleged to have stabbed his son and wife in a brutal domestic violence incident in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The knife attack occurred

3 Apr, 2024 @ 10:40

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Drought latest in Spain: Reservoir levels surge in certain regions following days of rain – while others remain at risk

RAIN over the Easter holiday period has boosted water reserves to an average national capacity of 63.1% compared to 57.2% last week. The reserves stand at the average capacity figure of the

2 Apr, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·National News·Other News·Weather

Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Alicante area of Spain

The sad history of the pigeon in Spain: How the bird once deemed essential in the middle ages is now nothing but a “nuisance” taking up space in city centres

THE tragedy of the pigeon is a story of humankind’s careless relationship with another species — how a once peaceful, symbiotic connection turned to one of neglect and suffering. The rock dove,

31 Mar, 2024 @ 14:38

Andalucia·Barcelona·Cadiz·Catalunya

Major tourist city in Spain hires eagles and falcons to drive out pesky pigeon colonies

AUTHORITIES in Barcelona have turned to an unlikely ally in the fight against urban pigeons causing a nuisance in the city – eagles and falcons. A trial project is underway in a

31 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Animals·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

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