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Air Europa and Iryo to launch first ever combined plane and train ticket in Spain

AIR Europa and Iryo have announced the launch of combined plane and train tickets in Spain from September.  The agreement will include flights connecting Spain...

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...

Precious time wasted as over 11 million people miss appointments to see doctor in Spain

OVER 11 million primary care appointments have been lost in the last year in Spain because patients do not attend scheduled appointments with their...

In last-minute twist, Socialists take power in Barcelona City Hall

THANKS TO A last-minute deal, the Socialists took power in Barcelona City Hall on Saturday, despite a pro-independence candidate having won the most seats...

15 injured in a crash between a bus, a car and a motorbike in Barcelona city centre 

A TOTAL of 15 people have been injured in a crash between a city bus, a car and a motorbike in Barcelona.  One of the...

The Best You Can Do This Summer Is to Visit Barcelona

Barcelona, it was the first time that we met - how could I forget! Anyone remember that Freddie Mercury song? Whether or not you...

Dani Alves loses last chance to get out of jail ahead of trial for sexually assaulting woman in Barcelona...

EX-BARCA star Dani Alves is to remain in jail on sexual assault charges after a judge rejected his latest appeal today. Alves stands accused of...

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after...

Retailer Carrefour in Spain steps up solar panel installations at its stores

RETAILER Carrefour says it its planning to install 330,000 square metres of solar panels at 130 of its stores in Spain. Some 30 hypermarkets and...

Two men who allegedly stole a €70,000 watch by chewing off the strap arrested in Barcelona 

TWO thieves who allegedly stole a luxury watch by biting its strap have been arrested in El Born (Barcelona).  One of the accused reportedly restrained...

Dozens of Coldplay fans scammed with fake tickets in Barcelona 

Dozens of Brits attending the Coldplay concerts in Barcelona this week have been scammed with fake tickets.  Police are dismantling a complex network that has...

Police in Spain’s Barcelona arrest Ibiza robbers who snatched €70,000 watch from tourist

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Barcelona have arrested two men who stole two high-end watches from tourists in Ibiza. A holidaymaker filed a complaint last Sunday...

Criminal organisation that smuggled over one tonne of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports dismantled  

A SOUTH American drug gang that smuggled over 1,200 kg of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports have been dismantled.  All the seven members of...

Home robbery gang involving family clan steal over €1 million of items from Costa Blanca and Valencia area in...

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has broken up an East European gang who stole over a €1 million of items in home break-ins across the Valencian...

Medical first in Spain, as baby is born to mother who received transplanted uterus

IN A MEDICAL first in Spain, a baby has been born to a woman who received a uterus transplant. The child, Jesus, was delivered...

Underwater divers start search for body of missing Levi Davis in Spain’s Barcelona

POLICE divers started combing Barcelona harbour and an area of wetlands on Thursday to search for the body of missing former Bath rugby player...

IN PICTURES: Tensions reach boiling point in Barcelona as pro and anti-squatting groups clash

RIVAL pro and anti-squatting groups clashed in Barcelona after a judge denied a petition to have a group of squatters evicted. Riot police from the...

Barca slam report they have been hit with hefty €15m fine over ‘irregular transfer payments’ and demand retraction

FC BARCELONA has vehemently denied a report claiming that the club has been hit with a substantial €15.7 million over irregular player transfer payments. A...

FC Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets to leave Spain this summer as Saudi Arabia beckons

SERGIO BUSQUETS will leave FC Barcelona this summer, ending an 18-year association with the La Liga club. The 34-year-old midfielder, who joined Barca's youth team...

Osteopath accused of sexually abusing 23 women in Barcelona could face lengthy jail sentence 

AN OSTEOPATH alleged to have sexually abused 23 women in Barcelona between 2014 and 2016 could be jailed for over 100 years.  He is accused...

Guardia Civil captain suspended for working as a pilot for Spain’s Vueling Airlines without permission

A Guardia Civil captain has been suspended after getting caught working as a pilot for Vueling Airlines.  The high ranking officer was employed from April...

UPDATE: Man arrested for allegedly shooting and killing 15-year-old boy in Barcelona 

A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN accused of killing a 15-year-old boy by shooting him on several occasions in Hipolit de Voltrega (Barcelona) has been arrested.  He is...

Four dead after two ultralight aircraft collide close to airfield in Barcelona area of Spain

TWO ultralight aircraft collided near an aerodrome in Catalunya on Sunday with four people killed. Firefighters found one plane on fire in a wooded area...

Dream dinner guests: Springsteen, Spielberg and Obama turn up at Barcelona restaurant to amazed staff and customers

IT’S one of the few occasions in which you might accept your reservation at a top-end restaurant being usurped: when Bruce Springsteen, Steven Spielberg...

Barack Obama jetting into Spain’s Barcelona for Bruce Springsteen concert

EX-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will be flying to Barcelona this Friday to attend a concert by their good friend Bruce...

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz takes apart rival Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open

MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz capped a perfect week at the Barcelona Open to outplay Stefanos Tsitsipas in a high-quality display on Sunday The 19-year-old from El...

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