Philippe Coutinho officially completed his "dream" €160 million ($192 million) move from Liverpool to Barcelona on Monday, making him the third most expensive player in history.
Separatist parties have a majority in the Catalan parliament which should allow them to govern the region but their favoured candidate Carles Puigdemont, in self-imposed exile, faces a tough path ahead to return as president.
From the Pyrenees to the Sierra Nevada, The Local looks at some of the best places in Spain to hit the slopes and enjoy the après-ski.
The cold snap is set to continue across Spain bringing more snow and freezing temperatures to much of Spain.
More than 200 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Saturday, officials said, leaving some of them and a police officer injured.
