Rooftop marijuana farm exposed during filming of La Vuelta
La Vuelta is a gruelling 21-day cycle race through Spain and parts of France and Andorra, and is the final Grand Tour of the year, finishing...
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Injuries reignite debate on bull-related events in Catalonia
The last bullfight in Catalonia took place on 25 September 2011, at La Monumental bullring in Barcelona. Yet 19 people were injured on Sunday in...
Police operation against pickpocketing sees 17 arrests
In an operation to counter theft on the metro in Barcelona organised by the Spanish National Police and the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra), 17...
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...
Barcelona City Council seeks inquiry into terrorist attacks
Barcelona City Council has voted in favour of a motion demanding that the Spanish Congress sets up a committee of inquiry into the August 2017...
Media debate: do Barcelona terror reports contradict?
With the second anniversary of the terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils approaching on 17 August, more details surrounding the incidents continue to appear in...
Informants in Catalan police paid by Spain to fight independence, claim reports
The Spanish National Police made ‘systematic payments’ to some officers of the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, to act as informants on potential links between...
CNI tried to find Es Satty an imam position in Barcelona, say reports
The Spanish Intelligence Service (CNI), tried to place Abdelbaki Es Satty – the alleged mastermind of the 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils –...
Terrorist mastermind helped by Spanish intelligence to become imam, say reports
Spain’s Intelligence Service (CNI) helped the mastermind of the 2017 Barcelona terror attacks to become an imam in Ripoll, where the subsequent cell was based,...
Focus: the ‘Catalan Trials’ still to come …
The main Catalan Trial that was held at Spain’s Supreme Court in Madrid lasted from 12 February until 12 June – 52 days of court sessions...
