Catalonia News & Information

A fisherman from the village of L´Ampolla (Tarragona) found the body of one of the three people who went missing after their 4x4 was swept away by floods as they were returning to their holiday home in Cambrils on...

The "mythical" international porn star, Rocco Tano, better known as Rocco Siffredi, who has starred in more than 1,300 films in which he has had sex with more than 4,000 women, said yesterday that the 12th...

Town halls will have a "definitive list" of documents that immigrants without a certificate of registration will be able to present to prove residence in Spain before the 8th August 2004 when applying to...

A tornado, which struck the town of Mollet del Vallés at 9.30am this morning and lasted for ten minutes, caused substantial material damage although nobody was injured.

Police in Girona have arrested three people on charges of abusing children in an illegal juvenile ‘brat camp’ for teenagers from Switzerland.There are reports that the children were kept shut up in cages made for...

Interpol have arrested Zahar Knyazevich Kalashov, who is alleged to be the worldwide leader of the Russian mafia, in Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, earlier today.

The 95 passengers on last Sunday night's Spanair flight JKK648 from Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela took a while to get over their surprise at landing in Sevilla.

It has been confirmed that The Beastie Boys, who will perform two different sets, will be the main attraction at this year's Sonar music festival that will be held at various venues in Barcelona between the 14-16th...

Jordi Giro got more than he bargained for when he inspected for the first time a flat in Roses (Girona) he bought at auction last week. For on the sofa in the living room of the property he found the mummified corpse of...

A man who based his election campaign on a rather dubious ability to imititate Elvis Presley has been elected to stand on Reus town council.

The results of an autopsy performed on an 18 day old baby boy who died in suspicious circumstances in Tarragona last weekend, reveal that the baby died of massive blood loss following a botched circumcision thought to...

PP leader Mariano Rajoy (archive photo) unveiled plans yesterday to create an "integration contract" whereby immigrants will enjoy the same rights as Spaniards if they commit to "obey the law, learn the...