Girona News & Information

THINGS have often become explosive in Catalunya. Just as you cross the Pyrénées towards what is now the Costa Brava, you could find out how hot-headed the region was, and how it liked to blow its top.

MEN with children will now be entitled to receive an 'upgrade' in permanent disability pensions as well as women following a European Court of Justice ruling.

THE daughter of a woman who is fighting to prove surrealist painter Salvador Dalí is her late illegitimate father has been found dead on a bench in Girona.

A PRO-INDEPENDENCE group who set up dozens of yellow parasols and towels on the beach in Blanes (Girona province) will not face legal action since the prosecution says it falls within the boundaries of 'freedom of...

BARACK Obama and Will Smith are among the celebrity guests at tomorrow's (Saturday's) wedding in Girona of Elon Musk's brother Kimbal.

ONE of the few surviving terrorists from the Barcelona attacks in August has been convicted of domestic violence, meaning his custodial term will be extended by six months.

NATIONAL Police in Girona have arrested the number one suspect in the double murder of a young couple on holiday in the Susqueda swamp area, and say they have 'not a single shred of doubt' that he is guilty.

THE COSTA Brava's capital city has agreed to change the name of a prominent square to 'Plaça 1 d'Octubre' in homage to the date of the disputed independence referendum in Catalunya.

A MAN has been fined for taking a photograph of a speed trap on the AP-7 and uploading it onto social media.

A WOMAN who believed she was the illegitimate daughter of surrealist painter Salvador Dalí has found out via the national press that the DNA samples did not match.

A COSTA Brava couple keeps a lion as a pet in their back yard – and it's perfectly legal, assures their local council.

A COUNCILLOR from Figueres (Girona province) is under investigation for alleged possession of child pornography.