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TRAVELLERS from beyond the EU have been bracing for ‘nightmare’ scenarios at European airports since the new digital border control system was gradually rolled out across the continent in October 2025. But the moment of truth arrived last week on…
A MAN who was seriously injured in a rockfall while climbing mountains in northern Spain has succumbed to his injuries in hospital, medical officials have confirmed. The 30-year-old male was one of two climbers who were left in critical condition…
THE desperate search for missing American spring breaker James ‘Jimmy’ Gracey has ended in tragedy after officers from the Mossos d’Esquadra police force discovered his body off a Barcelona beach. The 20-year-old’s remains were located at a depth of four…
ALL eyes in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol were locked onto the boy – some mirthful, some scornful and some merely curious. Wearing a white wolf mask and a tattered hoodie, the boy lowered into a crouch as onlookers formed a…
THE Sagrada Familia, the magnificent gothic basilica that looms over the Barcelona city skyline, has finally reached its peak height after workers laid the final piece of its central tower in place. At 11am on Friday morning, after several agonising…
AT least one person has been killed after a train derailed near Barcelona on Tuesday evening. According to local reports, a train running on the R4 line of Barcelona’s Rodalies commuter network came off the tracks between Gelida and Sant…
EYE-OPENING new figures have lifted the lid on Spain’s best and worst airports for delays and cancellations. According to data crunched by boffins at AirHelp – an online service that helps airline passengers apply for compensation – more than one…
INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Spain’s African swine fever outbreak say the variant detected in wild boars in Catalunya is different to that used at a nearby high-security laboratory. Previously, officials speculated that the disease may have leaked from one…
As the tourist season winds down and many holiday homes along the Costa Brava are left unoccupied, a different set of challenges begins to emerge. While the region’s winters are milder than in much of Northern Europe, empty properties remain…
A BRITISH resident in Barcelona has warned expats against self-employment in Spain as millions of bank accounts nationwide face unprecedented scrutiny from the national tax agency starting next year. In an interview with The iPaper, seafood consultant Neil Wendover, originally…
