Mark Stücklin, founder of Spanish Property Insight, describes what life has been like in Barcelona this last week, and analyzes the impact the new situation might have on the local housing market.
Human rights groups have called on Spanish authorities to curb police brutality after the violent protests that flared in Barcelona and to protect the right to peaceful protest.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.
The violent protests that have swept Catalonia over the jailing of nine separatist leaders have involved veteran anarchists and youthful troublemakers as well as outraged separatists, some of whom became radicalised only recently.
Barcelona returned to relative calm after six days of demonstrations against the jailing of separatist leaders left hundreds injured in the tourist hotspot and pro-independence groups demanding new talks with the Spanish government.
Barcelona was bracing for fresh violence on Saturday after nearly 200 people were hurt in a night of clashes with radical
separatists hurling rocks and fireworks at police.
The streets of central Barcelona were left strewn with burnt-out debris on Saturday morning after the fifth day of protests descended into a pitched battle with police.
Barcelona came to a stand still on Friday as tens of thousands of "freedom marchers" converged on Barcelona for a mass show of dissent over the jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders.
After another night of violence in the streets of Barcelona, a general strike called in protest at the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders sees the region grind to a halt.
Catalan separatists have blocked traffic on two routes connecting Spain and France, on the fifth day of protests over the jailing of nine of their leaders, the transport ministry said on Friday.
Widespread protests across Catalonia have continued for the fourth day with roads being blocked, train services disrupted and mass demonstrations held.
Catalan president Quim Torra called for an immediate halt to the violent clashes that rocked Barcelona for a third day Wednesday, warning they were harming the image of the separatist movement.
A 65-year-old French tourist suffered a heart attack and died after being forced to walk 4km to reach the Barcelona airport during protests staged against the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders, it has emerged.
With an appeal to block Barcelona's airport, a new, mysterious organisation called "Democratic Tsunami" has raised
the temperature of Catalan separatist protests in Spain which until now have been peaceful.
Police in Spain arrested 30 people overnight across Catalonia for their roles in clashes with police during protests over the jailing of nine separatist leader over a failed 2017 independence bid.
Spain's Catalan foreign minister on Tuesday accused separatists of acting in a "totalitarian" way by excluding those in the region who were not in favour of breaking away from Spain.
Protests over the sentencing of Catalan independence leaders to jail terms by Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday forced the cancellation of over a hundred flights in Barcelona’s El Prat airport.
Activists blocked roads in Catalonia before daybreak on Thursday at the start of a region-wide strike against the trial of separatist leaders for their role in a failed secession attempt in 2017.
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Madrid on Friday in a fresh protest against the acquittal of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona on Sunday to protest the jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders facing trial on "rebellion" charges.
At least one woman was arrested Tuesday for "rebellion" and "terrorism" in a probe of pro-independence activists in Catalonia who have staged protests such as road blockades, the interior minister said.
Tens of thousands of Spaniards rallied across the country on Saturday to demand better pensions as unions accused the government of seeking to privatise retirement benefits.
