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Staged by separatist campaign groups Òmnium and the Catalunya National Assembly (ANC) – whose leaders, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez respectively, are in prison charged with sedition – the strike had little impact on business in general, barely making a dent in industry or retail, but huge protests blocked the train lines at Barcelona's central Sants station.
Demonstrators, mostly students, carried banners calling for 'political prisoners' to be freed.
Major roads were also blocked by protesters, as were other railway lines, including the AVE track in Girona.
Tailbacks of several kilometres were reported on two main regional highways, the C-58 and C-32, plus the B-20 in Barcelona, and the AP-7, A-2 and AP-2 motorways.
Over 150,000 train passengers were affected by long delays, and some of those at Sants station began to insult and jeer at Catalunya's regional police, the Mossos d'Esquadra.
KING Felipe VI's annual Christmas Eve speech once again included a covert appeal to secessionist politicians, as well as raising concerns about young adults' struggle to afford housing and violence against women.
'BRAVE' servicemen and women who will spend Christmas overseas are 'making Spain proud', president Pedro Sánchez assured them during his annual festive message via video-call.
NEWLY sworn-in national president Pedro Sánchez is now starting the challenging task of building his cabinet among a very divided coalition, although several names from his previous tenure are tipped to be returning to...
A NEW and limited-edition €2 coin will be in circulation in Spain until the end of this year to mark the country's Council of Europe presidency 'shift', the Royal mint has revealed.