Spanish carmaker pins hopes on new €30k EV – modelled after Barcelona’s ‘edgiest’ neighbourhood
SPANISH carmaker Cupra has unveiled the Raval, a new small electric car it says will define the brand’s future. The model is named after El
Ten people injured near Barcelona after coach crashes off motorway into woodland
AT least ten people have been injured after a coach carrying over 50 passengers overturned in Catalunya. Eight ambulances, two helicopters and fourteen different fire
Woman takes own life in Spain’s Catalunya after having to wait in in A&E for 48 hours
A WOMAN with a severe psychiatric disorder has taken her own life in the emergency ward of Terrassa Hospital after waiting more than 48 hours
Gangster who ‘broke out of jail in Italy and fled to Spain’ arrested in sleepy Barcelona barrio
AN ITALIAN gangster on the run for nearly two months who faced 28 years in prison has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Barcelona.
WATCH: Activists score own goal after defacing FC Barcelona store in protest against DR Congo sponsorship – only to unfurl flag of completely different country
TWO activists scored an embarrassing own goal after spraying an FC Barcelona store with paint in protest against a new sponsorship deal with the Democratic
Spanish climate activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group Just Stop Oil stain Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia with red powder
TWO climate activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were arrested by Catalan police on Sunday after staining Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada
Catalan independence issue rears its head again with high-level meeting between regional president and fugitive leader in Brussels
SALVADOR Illa, the Catalan president and key Socialist ally of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez, will meet with Carles Puigdemont, the exiled separatist leader and
SPAIN TRAVEL: How to celebrate La Merce Festival in Barcelona
IF you want to see Barcelona at its most vibrant, then start planning your trip for the La Merce Festival. From September 23 to 28,
WATCH: Pro-Palestine protesters block Israeli cycling team during time-trial stage of Vuelta a España in Catalunya
THE race director of the Vuelta a España – Spain’s equivalent of the Tour de France – has vowed to file a legal complaint after
Lifeguards in Spain’s Barcelona call off strike action after cutting deal with city council
LIFEGUARDS in Barcelona will finally return to work following 27 days of strike action after the CGT trade union struck a deal with the city
Travel chaos in Spain: Dozens of flights cancelled as heavy rainfall batters Catalunya and Balearic Islands
THOUSANDS of holidaymakers are currently stranded at airports across Spain after AEMET, the state weather agency, issued an orange weather alert for heavy rainfall. Dozens
This is the most exclusive street in Spain’s Catalunya, where homes average €9m – and it’s not in Barcelona
A QUIET coastal town has knocked Barcelona off its perch as Catalunya’s most exclusive property hotspot, with homes averaging over nine million euros. Avinguda Supermaresme
Gaza to become Barcelona’s symbolic 11th district – days after city mayor barred from entering Israel
GAZA and the cities of Palestine will become Barcelona’s symbolic 11th district, reviving a model first used three decades ago to help towards the recovery
Spain’s 1,000C wildfires are ‘too hot for firefighters to get near’ as Catalunya warned it is next
‘A FLAME crosses a border without asking for permission’: the chief of the fire brigade in Caceres, Extremadura, has warned of wildfires in the years
Flood alert issued in Spain’s Catalunya: Violent storms set to bring up to 40mm of rain in just one hour
AUTHORITIES in Catalunya have activated a flood alert with violent thunderstorms forecast to dump up to 40mm of rain per hour in the region. Catalunya’s
Barcelona mayor gets last-minute ban from visiting Israel in revenge for suspending Tel Aviv ‘twinning’
BARCELONA’S mayor, Jaume Collboni, has got a last minute ban from entering Israel after the Catalan capital put aside its twinning arrangement with Tel Aviv
Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail
A SERBIAN drug trafficker sentenced to four years in prison has been arrested in Spain after being caught with a fake passport. The man was
Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot
A BRITISH man has been extradited to the UK from Spain to face a string of drug and gun charges. Craig Bennett, 41, from Uxbridge,
Been robbed in Barcelona? Police finally smash pickpocket gangs – and set up database of over 1,000 stolen mobiles
FOR years, Barcelona’s reputation as Europe’s bag-snatching capital has left residents and tourists exasperated, as thieves seemed to operate with impunity – with the police
WATCH: Suspected jihadists including Islamic State terror group recruiter are arrested in Spain
TWO suspected jihadists have been arrested in Catalunya following an 18-month Policia Nacional investigation. The men were detained last Thursday in Vallfogona de Balaguer(Lleida province)
WATCH: Ruthless British crime boss Jamie Rothwell skips and dances after being arrested in Barcelona
THIS is the moment British crime lord Jamie Rothwell skips and dances as Spanish police march him away in handcuffs. Rothwell was tracked down and
WATCH: Helicopter makes emergency splash landing in front of stunned tourists on Barcelona beach
HOLIDAYMAKERS at Barcelona’s crowded Barceloneta beach watched in disbelief on Sunday as a tourist helicopter splashed down in the sea just metres from the shore.
Deadly rabies warning in popular tourist region of Spain after alarming surge in bat attacks
HEALTH authorities in Catalunya have issued an urgent warning urging residents to avoid all contact with bats following a spike in potentially dangerous encounters across
British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years
A notorious British gang leader who hid out in a Barcelona apartment with sweeping city views while directing violent attacks in the UK has been
US citizens seek refuge in ‘free and safe’ Spain to as Trump’s ‘authoritarianism takes root’
SPAIN has become a refuge for some US citizens seeking to escape President Trump’s ‘authoritarian takeover.’ Many families who have now settled in Spain have
Spain’s Barcelona bans organised bar crawls in latest anti-tourism drive
BARCELONA has voted to ban bar crawls across the city in the latest sign of the local council’s growing discontent with mass tourism. The new