‘Tàpies Today’ exhibition opens in Barcelona
Barcelona’s Galeria Mayoral art gallery inaugurates a new exhibition dedicated to Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) on 17 January. It also marks the beginning of
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Cirque du Soleil returns to Spain
On 18 January, the popular contemporary circus company Cirque du Soleil returns to Spain for a run of its Toruk: The First Flight Show in Barcelona, after
Spanish police arrest 182 people at illegal cockfight
Spanish police said Monday they had arrested 182 people who took part in a ‘national’ cockfighting competition, an ancient sport that continues in some regions
Spain stops Open Arms rescue boat from setting sail
Rescue charity Proactiva Open Arms has said that the authorities are preventing its ship from setting sail from Barcelona to save migrants. ‘We are blocked
Thousands demand transfers for ETA prisoners
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday demanding that prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to
Spanish bank BBVA suspected of corporate spying
Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA is suspected of having used a disgraced former police chief to illegally tap the phones of journalists, politicians and businesspeople to
Sánchez seeks Catalan support for budget
Spain’s Socialist government has presented its draft 2019 Budget, and which will start parliamentary procedures on Monday – but whether it will succeed remains far from certain.
Barcelona mayor visits jailed Catalan leaders
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau visited jailed pro-independence Catalan leaders in the Lledoners prison on Friday. This is not the first time Colau has gone to
ETA prisoners fate divides Spain
ETA may be history but the dilemma of what to do with prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group stirs passions in the Basque
Spanish feminists face far-right backlash
After a year of massive mobilisation, Spain’s powerful feminist movement is facing a backlash with the emergence of far-right party Vox which wants to repeal