Alfonso L. Congostrina

More than 100 flights were cancelled at El Prat after demonstrators blocked off access routes to the travel hub to protest jail terms for Catalan separatist leaders

A journalist from the TV network Telecinco was hit in the head with an object while trying to cover the second anniversary of the 2017 sovereignty referendum

Police sources say the suspect shot himself when he realized he was about to be detained for the murder, which took place in early September in a Port Olímpic nightclub

The Catalan authorities are warning that two volunteer crime-busting groups on the city’s subway system are “extremely dangerous” and “borderline criminal”

The incident in a Port Olímpic nightclub, which also saw a security guard injured, is the latest case of violent crime to affect the Catalan capital, where crime rates have soared

Rising numbers of minors and young adults who are homeless and in some cases are committing crimes have left the local authorities overwhelmed

A total of six men are facing trial for allegedly taking it in turns to penetrate the youngster, who was 14 years old at the time of the events

The blaze has already razed 6,500 hectares in Catalonia and is heading towards Lleida

According to a councilor from her party, terms such as “slut” and “whore” were yelled at the politician during a pro-Catalan independence protest outside City Hall

Animal welfare groups hail move phasing out most breeding programs, but conservation experts say initiative shows little understanding of how these centers help endangered species

Nearly one-third of people in Spain are either atheists, agnostics or non-believers, according to a study by the Ferrer i Guàrdia Foundatio

Felipe VI opened the leading trade show in Barcelona by praising Spain’s democracy, which has been criticized in the wake of the Supreme Court trial against 12 separatist leaders

Nastasia Urbano tells EL PAÍS how she went from dancing with Melanie Griffith to sleeping in bank foyers in the Catalan capital

The politicians and association chiefs have been behind bars since 2017, and will now be tried in the Supreme Court for their role in the illegal referendum and pro-secession drive

Sector accepts Catalan government’s new pre-booking requirements for ride-sharing services such as Uber and Cabify

Five months ahead of elections, Mayor Ada Colau is accused of not doing enough against crime and drugs

Thousands of supporters of Catalan independence have joined an evening march that began at 6pm

Municipal authorities say the officer acted in self-defense after the animal bit him, but some eyewitnesses say he was not attacked

A group of politicians – including including five former regional premiers – had released an open letter on Thursday urging the men to abandon their protest

The grassroots CDR organization is vying to stop the central government Cabinet meeting from going ahead on Friday

Judge is probing whether the youth who accidentally hit a 90-year-old woman was looking at his phone

Groups of young vandals orchestrated a series of attacks on trains over the long weekend, spraying paint in the faces of two police officers and a pregnant woman

One of the suspects sprayed paint in the face of a pregnant woman, after a group of 34 people got off a train to vandalize the exterior

More than 800 police officers took part in a coordinated crackdown on Monday in El Raval neighborhood, where 55 people were arrested

Over 25% of residents in the Catalan capital have been the victim of one or more crime in the past year – a level not seen since 1986 during the heroin epidemic

Violent activists broke through security cordons at the end of a peaceful pro-independence march in Barcelona

The video shows a young man lying defenseless on the floor as his assailant threatens him with the weapon