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Gaza flotilla backed by Greenpeace falters on departure date due to storm

The 39 vessels departing from Moll de la Fusta Port on Sunday would not be sailing directly to Gaza due to weather conditions and would instead travel to another port.

Former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, who participated in the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, speaks to the press as a flotilla prepares to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026.
Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles gestures as she speaks during the ceremony of the Soldado Idoia Rodriguez 2026 award, at the Ministry of Defence, in Madrid, Spain, March 19, 2026.

Spain makes loud military statement, rocket fire continues

ELIJAH BRYANT (left) and Hapoel Tel Aviv beat host Barcelona in Euroleague action.

Hapoel Tel Aviv back on track in Euroleague return; Maccabi falls

The illuminated Nativity Facade of the famous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona at blue hour.

Barcelona doubles tourism tax, charging visitors up to €15 a night


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Barcelona is not only a perfect destination for culture lovers, it also offers surprising and exciting cuisine for the Israeli tourist. Get 5 places you shouldn't miss in Barcelona.

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Barcelona's increased tourist tax: Where else to pay entry in 2024?

Many countries have raised traveler fees in 2024 to combat over-tourism, adding to usual expenses like flights and accommodations. Full list of entry fees and destinations.

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Israeli film festival in Barcelona still on after last-minute venue change due to harassment

The theater where the festival was originally set to be held attributed its decision to a wave of harassment against its staff.

 A view of a colorful Barcelona street.

Lawfare Project wins lawsuit against former Barcelona mayor

The lawsuit challenged former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau's suspension of relations with Israel.

 ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

Barcelona restored relations with Tel Aviv, but is it enough? - opinion

The new municipality of Barcelona has restored the twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, and the official boycott against Israel has been put to an end.

 Aerial view of the Tel Aviv beach promenade. June 11, 2023.

Barcelona restores twin cities status with Tel Aviv

Barcelona's status as Tel Aviv's twin city had been suspended in February due to Israeli "apartheid," but the new mayor has reinstated them.

 Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni.

Greek airline launches flights from Israel to Barcelona for less than €100

This news comes right after Wizz Air airline announced that it would stop operating flights on the route.

ARRIVING AT Ben-Gurion Airport in Feb. Tourism is one of several industries that was absorbed a harsh economic impact due to the war in Gaza prompted by the October 7 attacks.

Primavera Sound festival features Kendrick Lamar, Rosalia

Saturday headliners were Kendrick Lamar; Rosalia, the Spanish young phenomenon; and St. Vincent.

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Barcelona mayor who severed ties with Tel Aviv loses election

She was defeated by Xavier Trias, the right-wing candidate from the Junts party, a former mayor who Colau had previously unseated in 2015.

 THE RECENT unilateral act by Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau to suspend her city’s twinning agreement with Tel Aviv flies in the face of the need to bring people together, says the writer.

'French Spiderman' crawls up Barcelona skyscraper in climate action

Sixty-year-old Alain Robert crawled up the exterior of the glass and steel-covered Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel, the Spanish city's fourth-tallest building.

View of Barcelona from the Sacred Heart Church at Tibidabo