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A Delta flight en route to Barcelona, Spain, from Atlanta, Georgia, was forced to turn around due to a passenger having diarrhea all over the plane.

Spanish authorities have intercepted three new packages addressed to consulates of Ukraine in Spain containing animal eyes. 

Police in the Spanish city of Barcelona claim that 76 per cent of all their arrests in the first six months of this year were foreigners.

In the first several months of this year, the city of Barcelona has seen a surge in rapes and sexual assaults, as the city’s mayor plans to sign a new protocol to tackle sexual violence.

An Algerian linked to the Islamic State who was arrested by Spanish police and is believed to have led a terrorist cell in Barcelona came to Spain as an illegal immigrant.

Spanish police arrested a woman for cutting off the penis of her Bangladeshi boss while he was allegedly trying to rape her.

BARCELONA, Spain — If one overlooked the white face masks dotting the tightly packed crowd of music lovers, it was almost like pre-pandemic times in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi concert hall Saturday night.

French soccer star Antoine Griezmann, who played for the winning team in the 2018 World Cup and is currently a forward for Barcelona, terminated his relationship with Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday.

Catherine Engelbrecht noted that many states procured election services from Scytel, a Spain-based company, in 2020’s presidential election.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After nearly two months of being sedated and connected to IV lines in a hospital’s intensive care unit, Francisco Espana took a moment to fill his ailing lungs with fresh air at a Barcelona beachfront.

The archbishop of Barcelona celebrated a funeral Mass Sunday evening for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, in open defiance of an official 10-person cap for religious assemblies.

The coronavirus has claimed the lives of over thirteen hundred people in Spain, but the country’s Health Minister says “the worst days are on their way”.

Two men were arrested in Barcelona after a car was driven into the airport, but police say have been able to rule out a terror motive. 

MADRID (AP) – It’s been a tough journey for the first-division soccer club from Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the virus outbreak in China.

Four Pakistani nationals were arrested in Barcelona earlier this week after they poured concrete on part of a memorial to the victims of the 2017 Barcelona terror attack.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people in the restive region of Catalonia are protesting in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid.

The socialist government of Spain is trying to clamp down on ‘Tsunami Democràtic’, the Catalan separatist group that has taken inspiration from the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and was behind the mass protests earlier this week at the El Prat Airport in Barcelona.

Officers at a Barcelona airport arrested a man attempting to smuggle drugs under a hairpiece, according to Spain’s national police force.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Police in Barcelona have briefly clashed with Catalan separatists who are protesting a rally by Spain’s national police forces in the Mediterranean city.

MADRID (AP) – Police in Barcelona say a massive crackdown on squatted apartments used for trafficking and consuming heroin and other drugs is underway in the city center. At least 700 police agents are taking part in Monday’s anti-drug trafficking

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A Catalan seaside resort has marked the anniversary of a terror attack that killed one and injured six following deadlier violence in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas.

The head of the Palestinian football federation is calling on Arab and Muslim sports fans to burn photos and T-shirts of Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi if he attends a friendly match between Argentina and Israel next weekend.

Contents: Violent clashes with police in Spain’s Catalonia follow arrest of Puigdemont in Germany; Spain’s arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memories of Franco’s brutal atrocities

British city Hull has followed the growing European trend of dressing up anti-terror barriers as fun Christmas decorations in an effort to hide the “ugly barriers”, as the continent entrenches itself against a spate of radical Islamist terror attacks.

Around three-quarters of a million Catalans have marched to demand the release of local politicians arrested for their role in the drive for independence.

The Spanish prosecutor has called for the controversial European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to be used against Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his government after they refused to appear in court to face accusations of misuse of public funds, rebellion, and sedition.

The crisis in Catalonia has its origins in cultural and political conflicts going back decades and even centuries, sharpened by contemporary economic disputes and confused European Union policies.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Tens of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain rallied in downtown Barcelona on Sunday, two days after a separatist majority in Catalonia’s parliament voted for the wealthy region to secede. Organizers say the

The Catalan Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to declare independence from Spain.

The Catalan government has suggested that the European Union will not survive if it allows Spain to impose direct rule.

MADRID (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he won’t rule out suspending Catalonia’s regional autonomy if its leaders continue to threaten a declaration of independence.

The European Union has doubled down on its support for police brutality in Catalonia, with European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans dubbing it “proportionate use of force”.

The EU has broken its silence on the violent suppression of Catalonia independence referendum, with the Commission backing Madrid and the Vice-president of the European Parliament branding the vote a “nationalistic coup against Europe”.

Spanish police and military guards are aggressively suppressing a self-determination referendum on independence for Catalonia, which Madrid says “runs counter to the goals and ideals of the European Union”.

Spanish riot police smashed their way into the polling station where Catalonia’s regional leader was due to vote in the disputed independence referendum on Sunday. Scuffles erupted outside between police and people waiting to vote.

The Madrid government has flooded Catalonia with almost ten thousand police officers, stormed Catalonia’s government buildings, confiscated thousands of ballot papers, and arrested Catalonia government officials. To those with long memories, this looks a lot like the beginnings of policies that led to the Spanish Civil War.