Barcelona News & Information

A BRITISH fugitive who has been on the run for over two years has been caught in Barcelona, despite trying to convince police he was an Italian tourist.

A SPECTACULAR performance on home turf saw Spain's Rafa Nadal clinch his 11th Barcelona Open title after dispatching Stefanos Tsitsipas in two straight sets.

AT LEAST 50 pairs of women staged a 'kiss-a-thon' in Barcelona city centre yesterday (Thursday) to mark International Lesbian Visibility Day before marching through the streets carrying rainbow-coloured flags.

BRITISH historian Mary Beard visited Barcelona during Sant Jordi for the first time yesterday (Monday), and said the massive patron saint fair was 'just fantastic'.

A GROUP of around 30 'paperless' immigrants have barricaded themselves into a Barcelona council-owned building to denounce 'institutional racism' that prevents them from getting on with their lives.

AIR-TRAFFIC controllers in Barcelona have announced a series of strikes starting June 20 in protest over short-staffing.

ANOTHER massive protest took over Barcelona yesterday (Sunday) calling for the release of the nine 'political prisoners' who remain in custody facing charges ranging from sedition and 'violent rebellion'...

SPAIN'S oldest video rental store has launched a crowdfunding campaign to avoid having to close down.

MOTORBIKES, scooters and mopeds which cause the most air pollution will be banned from Barcelona city centre by the end of this year between 07.00 and 20.00 on working days, the council has announced.

BARCELONA is set to launch its own currency next month – the REC, which residents can spend in 10 neighbourhoods at first and which may spread to more areas of the metropolitan zone.

A DRAMATIC blaze at a hotel near Barcelona's Sants station forced emergency services to evacuate the entire building at midday today (Wednesday), but nobody was hurt.

NEXT year's Barcelona World Race has been cancelled due to 'political instability' in Catalunya and the State budget's not having been approved due to disagreements among parties in national Parliament.