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Gaza flotilla backed by Greenpeace falters on departure date due to storm

The 39 vessels departing from Moll de la Fusta Port on Sunday would not be sailing directly to Gaza due to weather conditions and would instead travel to another port.

Former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, who participated in the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, speaks to the press as a flotilla prepares to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026.
Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles gestures as she speaks during the ceremony of the Soldado Idoia Rodriguez 2026 award, at the Ministry of Defence, in Madrid, Spain, March 19, 2026.

Spain makes loud military statement, rocket fire continues

ELIJAH BRYANT (left) and Hapoel Tel Aviv beat host Barcelona in Euroleague action.

Hapoel Tel Aviv back on track in Euroleague return; Maccabi falls

The illuminated Nativity Facade of the famous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona at blue hour.

Barcelona doubles tourism tax, charging visitors up to €15 a night


IN PICTURES: Hundreds of thousands march for unified Spain

Protesters on Sunday turned out in the largest display of support for a united Spain since the beginning of the crisis in Catalonia.

Pro-unity supporters take part in a demonstration in central Barcelona, Spain

Jewish-Arab coexistence group in Barcelona celebrate new years together

“Islamophobia and antisemitism have created this situation over time, and it is a vicious circle."

FROM LEFT: Leticia Torre, Oumaima Alouiz, Jura Zymantas and Rachel Sair engage in a discussion last Wednesday at the Salam Shalom Barcelona event.

Spaniards take to streets as Catalonia independence tensions rise

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insists the region must give up the independence push.

People attend a demonstration in favour of dialogue in a square in Barcelona, Spain, October 7, 2017

My Word: Independence and states of the mind

Some 150 countries are currently involved in territorial disputes. Israel isn’t to blame.

People wave Spanish, Catalan (known as Senyera) and European Union flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017.

Over 800 injured as Catalans vote in favor of independence

The streets of Catalonia erupted into violence as national police burst into polling stations with batons, dragging voters away.

Riot police remove demonstrators outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 1, 2017.

Spanish police move to prevent Catalonia independence vote

The referendum, declared illegal by Spain's central government, has thrown the country into its worst constitutional crisis in decades and raised fears of street violence.

People wave Spanish, Catalan (known as Senyera) and European Union flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017.

No compromise on antisemitism

Antisemitism is fundamentally mythical, an irrational explanation of the world.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan face counter-protesters as they rally in support of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017

Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona van driver suspect

Spanish police used robots to assess if Younes Abouyaaqoub's explosive belt was fake.

The suspected van is towed away from the area where it crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017.

Barcelona rabbi backtracks doomsday comments

The Jewish community of Barcelona is upset by chief rabbi Meir Bar-Hen's interview published after last week's terror attack.

Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017.

Catalonia BDS chapter says Europe is ‘responsible’ for Barcelona attack

BDS Catalonia made the accusation one day after 14 people were killed in Barcelona.

Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017.