Barcelona Politics News

The gang is said to be linked to organised crime in Marseilles Eleven suspects have been arrested after a lengthy investigation by police in Spain and France which has dismantled an international drugs organisation linked to organised crime in Marseilles....

Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Barcelona, said: "The polar ice caps are receding, Africa is likely to face more droughts, other places will face floods, coastal states are looking at rising sea levels. "With a legally binding agreement at...

The sun goes down behind Poolbeg generating station in Dublin Fresh off flights to Barcelona from their various capitals, a group of weary public servants yesterday lugged their bulging briefcases into yet another air-conditioned conference centre for one more round...

Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach. Keeping up pressure at U.N. climate talks in...

Those sites selected for the WMF are considered by the organisation to be "irreplaceable monuments to human culture". "They are found in every type of environment, from urban centres and small towns to barren plains and riverside caves, and they...

The government of Extremadura launched a campaign based around the slogan "pleasure is in your own hands", which gives advice on masturbation. The scheme has angered Spain's Roman Catholics and conservative media. But youth workers have also been angered by...

Catalonia has banned happy hour promotional gimmicks to help curb excessive drinking among young people, the regional government said. Violators in the region, which includes the city of Barcelona, could face fines of up to £6,000 ($9,000). The measure is...

The release of the Alakrana Basque tuna fishing boat and the 36 crew, 16 of them Spaniards, dominates all the front pages in Spain today. El Mundo headlines – The Government pays and does not manage to trap the pirates....

The PP conference in Barcelona this weekend leads many of the papers today El País leads with the headlines that the United States and China have agreed to ‘liquidate’ the climate change congress in Copenhagen. The paper reports they both...