Barcelona Court orders return of 128 properties stolen from elderly people by a fraud network
The Barcelona Court has ordered the return of 128 properties stolen from elderly people by a real estate fraud network involving lawyers and notaries who used financial products such as reverse mortgages. Suspect Artur Segarra, serving a life sentence in Thailand for the murder of David Bernat from l'Albi, has been declared a fugitive in this case.
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TSJC annuls the modification of the Metropolitan General Plan for Gràcia
The Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya (TSJC) has annulled the modification of the Metropolitan General Plan for the urban and environmental improvement of Barcelona's Gràcia neighbourhood, approved by Barcelona City Council and challenged by the business sector. The ruling is not final and the plan remains in force while the City Council prepares a cassation appeal before the Supreme Court.
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Plataforma per la Llengua warns of Catalan language decline in Poblenou due to expat arrivals
Plataforma per la Llengua has published a report on the impact of high-income expat arrivals in Barcelona's Poblenou neighbourhood, where the arrival rate is double the city average. The Sant Martí district has seen its Catalan-speaking population fall from 45% to 31.8% over the past twenty years, with 10% of residents speaking a language other than Catalan or Spanish. The Minister for Language Policy, Francesc Xavier Vila, acknowledged in a VilaWeb interview that government members use Spanish at public events and defended the need to gain natural spaces for Catalan.
UPF research: women older than their partner face higher risk of repeat intimate partner violence
Research led by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra concludes that women more than ten years older than their partner have a protection period without new violence 41.8% shorter than the reference group, while women more than ten years younger than their partner have a protection period up to 57% longer.
Second Barcelona minor offences duty court becomes a permanent structural court
The Standing Committee of the Consejo General del Poder Judicial has approved the proposal to make the second immediate minor offences duty court in the Barcelona judicial district a permanent structural court, effective 1 July 2026.
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FC Barcelona signs Anthony Gordon until 2031
FC Barcelona has officially announced the signing of Anthony Gordon, who has signed a contract until 2031 and expressed his ambition to win the Champions League with the club.