Hyper-realistic baby dolls are gaining popularity in Spain

Spain tests AI-based speed limit system

Meet Barcelona’s pigeon super-feeders

How Spain’s rent control is failing locals

Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic

‘Walking soccer’ trend in Spain keeps people of all ages in the game

Spain all-boys choir finds a new tune and admits girls

‘Organizing chaos’: Moroccans in Spain send aid convoys home after devastating earthquake

Formerly homeless American in Barcelona helps others get off the streets

‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says

Barcelona gets bombarded by selfie-taking tourists

‘She is the evolution of reggaeton’: The rise of trans Puerto Rican artist Villano Antillano

Catalan separatists want university classes taught in the local language. Spanish academics resist the change. 

Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival grows even larger

New Kings and Queens soccer leagues enlist internet stars to revamp sport

Some of the world’s biggest clothing makers want to sell you their clothes — twice 

Barcelona residents in limbo over Sagrada Familía construction plans

A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop

Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

Barcelona’s children find safety in numbers as they bike to school in herds 

As World Cup wraps, Morocco team inspires Arab unity around the world

China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says

In Spain, beekeepers continue to battle killer hornets

Lost luggage finds a new home at this Spanish nonprofit

Barcelona festival draws crowds, but locals wonder if it’s still their party

Barcelona’s supercomputer MareNostrum is one of the world’s fastest. It’s about to get a massive upgrade.

Surfing scientists in Spain are hunting down microplastics 

Humanitarian rescue boat stranded in Spanish port over ‘administrative persecution,’ NGO says

Singer Rosalía’s new song ‘Despechá’ was a viral hit even before its official release

‘Fire flocks’ of sheep and goats get deployed to help battle forest fires in Spain

Barcelona is one of Europe’s loudest cities. It’s trying to turn down the volume.

How US sailors kicked off Barcelona’s tourism industry in the 1950s

Catalonia pardons women accused of witchcraft 400 years ago

Barcelona celebrates a very merry ‘scatological’ Christmas

Foragers in Catalonia embrace a new mushroom-hunting season after last year’s strict lockdown

As energy prices soar in Spain, residents seek renewable alternatives

Catalonia’s temporary tele-abortion services are a game-changer for women with limited access

This medieval Catholic church in Spain hosts iftar meals during Ramadan 

Protesters in Spain say rapper’s arrest is an attack on freedom of expression

‘Castaloween’: A traditional Catalan chestnut holiday ‘coexists’ with Halloween

Housing struggles rise in Catalonia amid the pandemic

A coronavirus outbreak threatens Catalonia’s vital tourism industry

Barcelona opera reopens to full house — of plants

This trio in Spain gets through ‘confinement blues’ with socially conscious music

Spain’s street vendors deliver food, medical supplies amid coronavirus crisis

As Spaniards flee cities, the countryside fears coronavirus

How the Beatles created a sense of ‘place’ for this Argentinian American

As tourists flock to Barcelona, locals fight to preserve their neighborhoods

Can Spain and Catalonia find ‘peaceful coexistence’?

‘Ideals can’t be derailed by jail sentences’: Thousands protest jailing of Catalan separatists

Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists

Thousands protest in Barcelona for and against Catalan independence

It may be getting harder for Puerto Rico’s national forest to recover from storms

‘Wolf Pack’ gang-rape verdict spurs thousands to protest in Spain

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to appear in German court after protests flare

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Moment of truth for independence drive as divided Catalonia votes

Identity politics and music from a band in Catalonia

Why some Catalans say independence is a ‘feminist struggle’

Massive crowds turn out for an anti-independence rally in Barcelona