- yesterday
Mossos arrest 50 in Catalonia over network allegedly selling fake job contracts to migrants
Mossos d'Esquadra detained 50 people, including 43 businessmen, in what they describe as their largest investigation into irregular immigration. The network allegedly charged applicants up to 30,000 euros for documents and fake job contracts.
- yesterday
Mossos arrest a 14-year-old over Blocus riot calls in Barcelona, bringing the total to 10
Catalan police arrested a 14-year-old boy in the Vallès Occidental on Friday, 6 November, the tenth person held over Blocus channels. The Mossos accuse him of public disorder and membership of a criminal group.
- 2d ago
Thousands of civil society groups back Spain's 11 November housing strike
Unions and tenant groups say thousands of organisations, cultural figures and feminist collectives back the 24-hour walkout on Wednesday, 11 November, which is set to run from 00.00 to 24.00.
- 3d ago
Archaeologists document 280 Paleolithic engravings in Catalonia's Font Major cave
Researchers from Iphes-Cerca and the Rovira i Virgili University have documented 280 graphic motifs in a Tarragona cave that visitors passed for more than six decades. The findings are published in the journal Antiquity.
- 3d ago
ERC launches Rufián campaign under 'Defiéndete' slogan ahead of 29 November vote
ERC will campaign for the 29 November general election under the slogan 'Defiéndete', with Gabriel Rufián speaking in Catalonia, Madrid, Palma and Castelló before the vote.
- 5d ago
Spain's Constitutional Court closes Junqueras, Turull and Romeva amnesty appeals
Spain's Constitutional Court dismissed the appeals of three procés defendants after the Supreme Court had already applied the amnesty to them, one day after judge Pablo Llarena closed the case against Carles Puigdemont.
- 5d ago
Barcelona police arrest two 43-year-old men wanted by Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Urbana officers arrested two men in Barcelona in October on a European Arrest Warrant from Croatia and an international warrant from Bosnia and Herzegovina. One case involves document forgery and the other a 2016 homicide.
- 5d ago
Catalonia issues 44 red rain warnings in 2026, nearly double the 2025 figure
Meteocat reports October rainfall above five times the climate average at several Catalan points, while red rain warnings this year have reached 44 and officials are weighing a higher alert threshold.
- 6d ago
Illa defends ousted chief of staff Eduard Rivas amid probe into 4.76 million euros in contracts
Eduard Rivas resigned as Salvador Illa's chief of staff on 2 November 2026, after secrecy was lifted on a court case over five Esparreguera council contracts. On 4 November Illa defended him in the Catalan Parliament as a person of great human standing.
- 6d ago
Nine arrested in Catalonia over Blocus unrest as Manresa detentions reach 14
Two more minors were arrested in Lleida on Thursday, 5 November, taking the Catalan total linked to Blocus calls to nine. Separately, Mossos d'Esquadra detained 14 people over a 21 October student protest in Manresa.
- 6d ago
Feijóo would quit 2030 World Cup co-hosting if Morocco is given the final
The PP leader says Spain should withdraw from organising the tournament if the final goes to Morocco, a choice FIFA has yet to make. The pledge comes ahead of the 29 November general election and has drawn sharp reactions in Madrid and Morocco.
- 6d ago
Catalan rents in capped zones rise 0.7% while Barcelona prices fall 4.4% since 2024 cap
Rents in Catalonia's capped zones rose 0.7% over the two years since the cap took effect, while Barcelona's average fell 4.4%, according to Generalitat data published on Monday, 2 November 2026. The housing councillor said the regulation works as planned, though net new rental contracts in Barcelona were the lowest for a second quarter since 2019.
- Oct 29
Gunman fatally shoots patient in Tarragona hospital ward, Mossos investigate
A man was shot dead in his room at the Joan XXIII hospital in Tarragona in the early hours of Thursday, 29 October. He had been wounded in a shooting in Salou about two weeks earlier, and Catalan authorities have promised a review of hospital security.
- Oct 28
Man surrenders in Madrid after confessing to killing a woman in Barcelona's Nou Barris
A man who confessed to killing a woman in Barcelona's Nou Barris district surrendered at a Madrid police station on Wednesday, 28 October. The case is under judicial secrecy while Spain's equality ministry gathers data on it.
- Oct 28
Catalan doctors begin indefinite strike with 4.5% follow-up, Generalitat says
Urgent care is covered in hospitals and urgent-care centres, while the rest of primary care runs at 25% staffing, rising to 33% from Thursday, 29 October.
- Oct 26
Semaf's 24-hour Renfe strike on Thursday, 29 October, sets minimum AVE service at 73%
Semaf has called a 24-hour stoppage for all Renfe driving staff on 29 October, and the ministry has fixed minimum service levels for each train type, with Catalonia setting its own figures.
- Oct 26
Rosa María Molló returns to Beijing 16 years later as TVE's Asia-Pacific correspondent
RTVE named Rosa María Molló as its Asia-Pacific delegate, based in Beijing, replacing Yolanda Álvarez. Molló worked in the Chinese capital in 2009 and 2010 and now returns to it 16 years later.
- Oct 25
Bus plunges 20 metres down embankment in Catalonia, 87 injured and no deaths so far
A bus fell about 20 metres down an embankment at Fogars de Montclús, in the province of Barcelona, on 25 October. By the morning of 26 October, 87 people were counted as injured, 7 of them seriously, and no deaths had been reported.
- Oct 25
Toni Comín walks back into Catalonia from France nine years after 1-O
The former Catalan minister and Junts MEP crossed the Franco-Spanish border on foot on Sunday, 25 October, walking from Cerbère to Portbou with about a hundred supporters. He said independence remains a possible goal, however high the price.
- Oct 23
Spanish court drops terrorism case against 12 CDR members under amnesty law
Spain's Audiencia Nacional has applied the amnesty law to twelve Committees for the Defence of the Republic members accused of terrorism. The order follows a July ruling by the EU Court of Justice that upheld the law.
