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At least 155 people are injured in a train collision in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
2022-12-7

American businessman John McAfee is found dead in his Barcelona prison cell, believed to be caused by suicide after the Spanish High Court authorized an extradition request for tax evasion earlier in the day.
2021-06-23

A University of Barcelona-led investigation uncovers traces of SARS-CoV-2 in frozen Barcelona sewage samples drawn on 12 March 2019, more than half a year before the first publicly confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.
2020-06-26

During the night, some major throughways of Barcelona and Tarragona and national roads in Basque Country are blocked for a few minutes.
2019-11-12

Catalan regional police in Barcelona and Igualada arrest 17 suspected terrorists ready to launch a terrorist attack.
2019-01-15

The new Catalan regional government takes office in Barcelona. The 7-month-long application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution is thus lifted, meaning that direct rule is over.
2018-06-2

At least 350,000 people attend a rally in Barcelona to oppose Catalan independence.
2017-10-8

A fire forces the evacuation of more than 22,000 concertgoers at the Tomorrowland music festival at the Parc de Can Zam in Barcelona, Spain. There were no serious injuries. This is the first time the festival has been held in Spain; Belgium had been the home since 2005.
2017-07-29

Barcelona's streets are paralyzed as protesters peacefully demand independence on the National Day of Catalonia. Police say the demonstrators numbered 1.5 million; organizers estimate the numbers at 2 million. No incidences of violence are reported. The protest is the largest in Catalonia's history.
2012-09-11

Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies, a pioneer of abstract art, dies in Barcelona at the age of 88.
2012-02-6