Police nab suspected serial killer of Barcelona homeless
Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra regional police force say they have arrested a many they believe to be a serial killer responsible for the…
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Barcelona prosecutors appeal Manresa rape trial verdict
Barcelona’s district attorney’s office has announced it will appeal the verdict and sentencing of five men on a charge of sexual abuse…
Sánchez visits Barcelona after week of violent unrest
► Sanchez offered moral support to police, visited injured officers in hospital ► 600 injured in violence, incl. 288 police, w/ €2.5…
Colau unveils plan to cut Barcelona vehicle emissions
► Barcelona mayor says new measures to cut CO2 by 20 tonnes annually ► Announcement same day as EU request that Spain…
Barcelona to convert municipal zoo to animal sanctuary
► 2,000 animals from 300 species await transfer to sanctuaries worldwide ► 11 endangered species to remain at zoo pending release into…
LGBT centre in Barcelona target of homophobic attack
A new municipal LGBT centre in Barcelona was attacked at the weekend by vandals who spray-painted homophobic slurs and broke windows, prompting…
Substandard housing rife in Barcelona, warns Cáritas
The Catholic church’s Cáritas relief agency in Barcelona revealed Wednesday that nearly 950,000 people, representing 36 percent of the residents of 27…
Madrid, Barcelona among world cities cutting emissions
Madrid and Barcelona have been named among 27 of the world’s largest cities that have managed to halt and reverse the increase…
#VIDEO: Barcelona awakens to giant Greenpeace sun
• Activists roller 2,000 litres of biodegradable paint in busy traffic roundabout • Protest aimed at Spain’s reliance on fossil-fuels over renewable…
Barcelona to offer ID cards to undocumented migrants
• Identity card will enable migrants to forestall deportation until case is heard • Local document will facilitate inclusion in ‘padron’ census,…
Barcelona’s Colau calls for united Catalan Left
• Barcelona mayor tells ‘En Comú Podem’ activists it’s time for Left to unite • Colau promotes new regional leftwing party to…
Barcelona shoppers get naked truth on fur industry
• Nude protest against fur industry staged on Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia • AnimaNaturalis says ‘fur farms’ persist in Spain, despite bans…
#VIDEO: PAH rallies to protest Barcelona evictions
• Anti-eviction activist group launches week of events, demonstrations • Spain’s anti-eviction activist group PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, ‘Platform…
Barcelona triples budget to aid city’s homeless
• City will spend 15 million euros over next 3 years to combat homelessness • Nearly 950 homeless sleep on Barcelona streets…
Barcelona fines Airbnb, Homeaway for illegal listings
• Barcelona mayor says fines doubled to 600,000 euros for tourist rental sites • City blames illegal tourism rentals for high rents,…
Barcelona seeks migrant detention centre closure
• City official cites ‘infrahuman’ conditions for immigrants, asylum seekers • Interior Ministry given 20 days to transfer detainees or face legal…
#VIDEO: Barcelona’s Colau pressured over dolphins
• Mayor Colau recently scrapped a costly renovation of the city’s Dolphinarium • Activists want to see dolphins in sanctuary facility prior…
Barcelona homeless average four years on streets
• Nearly 9 in 10 homeless in Barcelona are men, 2/3 from other countries • One quarter of all individuals interviewed living…
Barcelona’s Colau scrambles to resolve ‘okupa’ riots
• Police engage supporters of ‘okupa’ squatters in three nights of street battles • Fight over eviction from vacant bank branch when…
Socialists to join Colau government in Barcelona
• Accord would see PSC’s Collboni become Mayor Ada Colau’s second lieutenant • Socialists lost Barcelona mayor’s seat in 2011 after governing…
#VIDEO: LGBT rights group denounces Barcelona fans’ homophobic slurs against Cristiano Ronaldo
• Slurs mar pre-match ‘Moment of Silence’ for ex-Barca star Johan Cruyff • La Liga denounces chants in report to Royal Spanish…
Barcelona mayor’s Tweets backpedal on criticism of Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias in just-released book
• Ada Colau critical of Iglesias’ ‘arrogance’ in Catalan journalist’s new book • Barcelona mayor Ada Colau quickly used her Twitter account…
Barcelona, Madrid still awaiting refugees’ arrival, with food, shelter and budget set aside for months
• Officials blame Spanish government for ongoing delays in refugees’ arrival • Officials in the Spanish capital of Madrid and in the…
Barcelona-based NGO launches mobile application to help locate, assist homeless sleeping on streets
• Arrels foundation helped more than 600 homeless find shelter during 2015 • Barcelona-based Fundación Arrels has launched a mobile app for…
Barcelona-based Privalia and UNICEF net 600,000 euros in ‘Future for Children’ fundraising campaign
• Privalia partnership with UNICEF to benefit children worldwide • Spanish online fashion outlet Privalia and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Homelessness up 6 percent in Barcelona in 2015, with as many as 900 sleeping on streets every night
• Fundación Arrels assisted 1,700 homeless last year, up from 1,600 in 2014 • The number of homeless people in Spain’s second-largest…
Animal-rights activists bare bodies in chilly Barcelona protest over leather luxury apparel
• Annual AnimaNaturalis protest staged in downtown Placa de Catalunya • Protesters draw attention to use of animal skins in leather fashion…
Anti-eviction activists in Barcelona criticize mayor Ada Colau in letter protesting continued evictions
• PAH says Colau falls short of pledge to stop evictions • Group demands greater effort to turn vacant flats into emergency…
Barcelona rallies to open, close PSOE campaign: ‘We’re the Solution. Let’s Get Rid of Rajoy’
• Party leader Pedro Sánchez to headline national campaign rallies in Barcelona • PSOE-PSC lead candidate Carme Chacón to join in Dec….
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau wants 27% increased funding to combat domestic & gender violence
• Activist mayor of Spain’s second city seeks more funding to protect women • Funds to go toward prevention & attention to…
Catalan police raid Nigerian human-trafficking ring in Barcelona
• Police capture 30 members of Nigerian sex-trafficking ring in Barcelona • Nigerian women seeking work in Spain forced into prostitution by…