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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

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

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

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

Protests erupt across Spain, especially in Barcelona, against Puigdemont's detention.
2018-03-25

The opening ceremony of the 2010 European Athletics Championships takes place in Barcelona.
2010-07-26

In Great Britain, at least 29 flights from London Stansted Airport to Spain-Portugal-Canary Islands, at least seven flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid and Portugal, and at least one flight from London Heathrow Airport to La Coruña are cancelled.
2010-05-8