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Miquel Buch
Segrià in Lleida (Catalonia) in lockdown, affecting 210,000 residents
Last updated in Spain at 18h on Saturday 4 July. The Catalan government has ordered the comarca (county) of Segrià in Lleida, west of Catalonia, to be under lockdown...
Backlash over minister’s comments comparing violence in Catalonia with Basque Country
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s acting interior minister, has clarified statements on Monday that he made in an interview with a newspaper that suggested he had compared the...
Madrid says protests ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish interior minister, has said that the recent protests in Barcelona and other Catalan cities and towns are ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’. He...
Barcelona in turmoil again, Torra is criticised, and Spain to deploy more police
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has stressed that his government ‘will not accept violence taking over’ Catalonia as the streets of Barcelona entered a...
Security crisis? The facts behind the Barcelona ‘crime wave’
With eight fatal stabbings in Barcelona so far this summer, news reports of violent attacks, robberies, and murders have recently rocked the Catalan capital. In June, a...
Catalonia wildfire ‘on road to stabilization’ with just 10% still active
The fire of the Ribera d’Ebre in the Tarragona province of southern Catalonia is ‘on the road to stabilization’. The Catalan interior minister Miquel Buch...
Did manure pile ignite to spark Catalonia wildfire?
The spontaneous combustion of a manure pile on a farm is being reported as the likely cause of sparking a 13,000-acre wildfire that continues to burn...
Update: Catalonia wildfire has now destroyed 5,500 hectares
Hundreds of firefighters are continuing to battle a wildfire in southern Catalonia amid fears it could turn into the worst blaze to hit the region for...
Police raid Barcelona cell suspected of plotting attack
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra launched a counter-terrorism operation in Barcelona and a nearby city on Tuesday against an alleged militant Islamist cell suspected of...
