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The Royal Spanish Football Federation has approved plans to hold a La Liga match in the United States. This is causing anger among football fans in Spain. Villarreal vs Barcelona – due to be played at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica on 21 December – could become the first European league fixture to be played abroad if Spanish football chiefs …

PUBLIC health officials are calling for a nationwide ban on tobacco use, and a ban of smoking at beaches. The draft legislation, which is still in the early stages, would ban smoking from bar and restaurant terraces as well as university campuses, schoolyards, work vehicles, and even on schoolyards. Esteve Fernandez is the regional public health secretary who is pushing …

Adam Husicka Construction on Barcelona’s iconic Basilica continues. Its height has now reached 155.58 meters, narrowly edging the previous tallest building in the city, the Torre Mapfre, and Hotel Arts which both stand at 154 metres.  Since the 1992 Olympic boom, these twin skyscrapers have dominated the skyline. Designed by Antoni Gaudí and under construction since 1882, the Sagrada Familia …

TWO carers have been arrested in Barcelona for clearing out an elderly woman’s bank account to the tune of €524,000. Two sisters, aged 48 and 49, were accused by police of siphoning off money from clients for three years. The Mossos d’Esquadra said that the suspects had taken advantage of the trust built with their 85 year old employer. READ …

HEAD to Barcelona for a holiday and the advice is almost always the same – beware of the pickpockets, hide your valuables and keep your wits about you after dark. Could it be that the Catalan Capital’s reputation for being a crime hotspot is unfair? According to new statistics released by the Barcelona Local Security Board, crime rates have fallen …

MARCUS Rashford is the latest British footballer to move to Spain. The 27-year old completed a year-long loan to Catalan giants Barcelona. The winger joins England teammates Jude Bellingham and Conor Gallagher as the latest examples of prestigious British talents who have chosen to swap the dreary grayness of Blighty for sweltering Spanish sun. But while Bellingham and Alexander-Arnold signed …

Fans of FC Barcelona have been forced to wait an extra three weeks to be able to shout their support at the Camp Nou. The club has suspended its return, just three week after announcing a revised homecoming date. Last month, the Catalan giants said they would head back to their famous ground – currently sponsored by music streaming platform …

BARCELONA registered its highest June temperature ever on Monday, as Spain continues baking in a scorching heatwave. The Fabra Observatory – an astronomical observatory that overlooks Barcelona from an elevation of 415 metres above sea level – registered a high of 37.6C, beating the previous record of 37.3C set in June 2019. Barcelona has recorded four of its twelve warmest …

FC BARCELONA have announced the date for their long-awaited return to the Camp Nou after more than two years away – even though renovations remain incomplete. The Catalan giants will head back to their famous ground – currently sponsored by music streaming platform Spotify – on August 10, 2025, for the Joan Gamper Trophy, a one-off annual exhibition match played …

Has easyJet’s strike affected you? If you have, please contact the Olive Press by email at ben@theolivepress.es. After the easyJet cabin staff strike, more than 60 flights have been cancelled. This is a huge inconvenience for thousands of holidaymakers. As cabin crew from the budget airline took part in the second of three days of planned industrial action, flights were …