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The GSM Association decides to cancel this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, amid coronavirus concerns. The event would have been held between February 24 and 27. This is the first time that the mobile communications trade show has been cancelled.
2020-02-12

A French man is detained in Barcelona, Spain, upon entering the Sagrada Familia with a suitcase containing ammunition. The Catalan police do not consider it an act of terrorism.
2018-12-30

136 years after beginning construction, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona receives a building permit to complete construction.
2018-10-19

Eight people go on trial in Navarra, Spain, accused of terrorism after an alleged attack on two Civil Guards in a controversial case with the prosecution seeking a total 375 years imprisonment for the defendants. The defence claims the incident was nothing more than a bar brawl and Amnesty International describes the charges as "inappropriate".
2018-04-17

Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentences ten Islamic extremists to between eight and twelve years in prison for a plot to launch attacks against Barcelona landmarks and behead a hostage on camera. The cell was convicted yesterday.
2018-04-11

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy deploys the 41st Logistic Support Group of the Spanish Armed Forces in Catalonia to support riot police in Barcelona.
2017-10-4

A van drives into crowds of people in La Rambla, Barcelona, in what Spanish police are calling a terrorist attack, killing at least 12 people. Two suspects are taken into custody, and ISIL claims responsibility.
2017-08-17

In a protest in Barcelona, an estimated 800,000 people (370,000 in the government claim) demand secession from the Madrid-based Spanish government.
2016-09-12

A 13-year-old boy uses a home-made crossbow to kill a teacher and wound four other people at his school in the city of Barcelona.
2015-04-20

2011 Spanish protests: Riot police in full gear surround scores of "indignados" protesting against austerity, political corruption and rising unemployment and evict them from their six-week encampment in Barcelona's Plaza de Catalunya.
2011-06-30