Articles tagged with: Barcelona

02 March 2021 05:45 PM

2020 International Women's Day march in Barcelona, March 8, 2020 (by Miquel Codolar)

Catalonia and Spain take differing views on Women's Day marches

Barcelona mayor unveils plan to address technology gender gap

Politics

02 March 2021 01:03 PM

Former FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu (by FCB)

Former FC Barcelona president and three others provisionally released amid corruption inquiry

Josep Maria Bartomeu spent a night in detention after police raided the Camp Nou offices on Monday

Sports

02 March 2021 12:46 PM

Entrance to Primavera Sound, May 30, 2019 (by Violeta Gumà)

Primavera Sound cancels for 2021, will celebrate 20th anniversary in 2022

Barcelona’s biggest live music festival cites uncertainty over preparation and legal framework as reasons for calling this year's edition off

Culture

01 March 2021 12:14 PM

FC Barcelona offices being searched on March 1, 2021 (by Miquel Codolar)

Catalan Mossos police search FC Barcelona offices at Camp Nou

Financial crimes unit leading operation resulting in at least four arrested, including former president, over reportedly hiring company to discredit perceived...

Sports

28 February 2021 12:37 PM

Catalan interior minister Miquel Sàmper, photographed in Barcelona in February 2021 (by Blanca Blay)

‘The violence is out of hand’ - political leaders react to renewed riots

Catalan police union criticize inaction of politicians and question calls to review the public order model

Politics

28 February 2021 09:37 AM

Demonstrators in Barcelona show support for jailed rapper Pablo Hasel, February 22, 2021 (by Miquel Codolar)

Protests against rapper's arrest coordinated by chat groups used during 2019 riots, study finds

Network of Telegram groups calling rallies against Pablo Hasel’s detention was already at play when pro-independence leaders were sentenced

Society

27 February 2021 07:01 PM

Catalan police vehicles attacked during a night of unrest in Barcelona (by Miquel Codolar)

Protests in support of Pablo Hasel resume across Catalonia

Five mildly injured and at least 14 people arrested as demonstrators damage banks, stores, police vehicles and a police station, and central hotels

Society

27 February 2021 09:45 AM

A moment on set during the filming of La Vampira de Barcelona, directed by Lluís Danés (by Lucía Faraig)

Myths and urban legends from Barcelona’s old town

From the good wizard who healed ailments, the Vampire of Raval, and the curse put upon the Liceu opera house, the Catalan capital is replete with mystery

Life & Style