Nov 28 2020
BARCELONA A gang of drugs traffickers has been arrested after a dramatic speedboat chase across over 100 miles of the Mediterranean during which they tried to dump bags of hashish, police said on Saturday.
Oct 30 2020
BARCELONA Protesters who deny the existence of COVID-19 and object to restrictions to curb the pandemic's spread clashed with police in Barcelona on Friday.
Oct 12 2020
BARCELONA Over 40% of Spaniards support establishing a republic following the abrupt departure abroad of former king Juan Carlos amid a cloud of scandals, according to a poll published on Monday.
Oct 10 2020
BARCELONA More than 1,000 migrants reached the Canary Islands in the past 48 hours, the Red Cross said on Saturday, the largest number since a 2006 crisis in the archipelago.
Sep 20 2020
BARCELONA, Sept 20 Protesters in some poorer
areas of Madrid that are facing lockdown to stem a soaring
COVID-19 infection rate took to the streets on Sunday, to call
for better health provisions and complained of discrimination by
the authorities.
Sep 19 2020
Spain's far-left deputy prime minister said on Saturday that a financial scandal which has rocked the royal family had presented an "historic moment" to push for a republic.
Sep 19 2020
A partial lockdown aimed at stemming a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases is set to begin in some of Madrid's poorer districts next week, but resident's of one of the worst-hit neighbourhood's said on Saturday they doubted the new measures would work.
Aug 09 2020
BARCELONA Protesters on Sunday called for an end to the Spanish monarchy after the sudden departure of the former king Juan Carlos from the country this week amid a corruption scandal.
Aug 07 2020
BARCELONA/MADRID Catalonia's regional parliament on Friday passed a non-binding motion condemning the monarchy in the wake of the abrupt departure abroad by Spain's former king Juan Carlos amid a cloud of scandals.
Jul 25 2020
LONDON/BARCELONA Britain abruptly imposed a two-week quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases, a dramatic and sudden reversal on Saturday to the opening of the European continent to tourism after months of lockdown.