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Huge counterfeit perfume factory supplying EU dismantled in Catalonia, 1.2 million items seized

News Desk18th February 202618th February 2026

18th February 202618th February 2026117

Spanish authorities have dismantled a major industrial operation in Catalonia that was producing tens of thousands of litres of counterfeit perfume, mimicking around 50 luxury...

Apartment building fire in Catalonia kills 5 young people and injures another 5

News Desk17th February 202617th February 2026

17th February 202617th February 2026317

Five young people have died and five others suffered light injuries after a fire broke out late Monday in a five-storey apartment building in Manlleu,...

Spanish police search laboratory near Barcelona in African swine fever outbreak investigation

News Desk18th December 202526th December 2025

18th December 202526th December 20251086

Spanish police carried out a search on Thursday morning at the IRTA-CReSA state-funded laboratory near Barcelona, as part of an investigation into the origin of...

Catalan police evict hundreds of migrants from Badalona squat deemed a safety hazard

News Desk17th December 202522nd December 2025

17th December 202522nd December 20251135

Police in Catalonia carried out court-ordered evictions on Wednesday to empty an abandoned school building north of Barcelona that had been occupied by hundreds of...

Catalonia’s former political giant Jordi Pujol, 95, goes on trial for alleged corruption

News Desk24th November 20251st December 2025

24th November 20251st December 20251333

Spain’s highest criminal court on Monday began hearing a major corruption case involving Jordi Pujol (main image), the frail Catalan nationalist elder statesman who dominated regional...

Family of Mango founder insists on son’s innocence amid Spanish media reports of homicide probe

News Desk17th October 202523rd October 2025

17th October 202523rd October 20251416

The family of Isak Andic (main image), founder of the fashion retailer Mango, has defended his son’s innocence following reports in Spanish media suggesting he...

Man, 24, detained after dismembered body found in suitcase in Catalan coastal town

News Desk21st September 202523rd September 2025

21st September 202523rd September 20251784

Workers from the municipal cleaning service in Vilanova i la Geltrú, a Catalan coastal town approximately 50 kilometres south of Barcelona, made a grim discovery...

Family releases photo of siblings who drowned off beach in Catalonia

News Desk1st August 20255th August 2025

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Report updated on 1 August at 09.45h. Two British children who drowned off the coast of Catalonia have been named as 13-year-old Ameiya Del Brocco...

Search for two people feared swept away during storm in Catalonia, after witness report

News Desk13th July 202514th July 2025

13th July 202514th July 20253686

Two people were believed to be missing in Catalonia on Saturday night following intense rainfall that swept across the north and northeast of Spain, that...

Madrid’s regional leader walks out of presidents’ conference when Catalan and Basque spoken

News Desk7th June 202510th June 2025

7th June 202510th June 202512940

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, King Felipe VI, and the presidents of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions gathered in Barcelona on Friday morning for the 28th...

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