All Saints’ Day opens with sunshine in Barcelona, calm streets in Madrid and Barcelona after a tense Saturday, and inflation sitting at its highest level in more than three years. Here is what internationals in Spain need to know today.
City news
Warm All Saints’ Day before the cold arrives
Barcelona can expect a calm, sunny Sunday for Tots Sants (All Saints’ Day), with a clear contrast between cool mornings and warm middays. Minimum temperatures are lower, but highs should reach 22 and 23 ºC. The rise is only temporary, and a marked drop in temperature is expected to follow.
Source: Betevé
A Transition-era figure takes the stage at the Talía
In Valencia, actor Beatriz Argüello plays Carmen Díez de Rivera, known as “the muse of the Transition”, at the Teatro Talía. The Transition is the period when Spain moved from dictatorship to democracy, and it remains a frequent subject in Spanish theatre and public debate.
Source: Valencia Plaza
Madrid’s Saturday passes quietly despite Blocus call
Madrid got through Saturday without incidents, despite a call linked to the platform ‘Blocus’. The platform had used social media to urge people to loot and vandalise shops during the All Saints’ long weekend, on the same day as Halloween. Shopkeepers and residents who had braced for trouble saw none.
Source: Europa Press
Collboni credits security plan for a calm day
Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni spoke to the press at 20.30 on Saturday to assess the security and mobility measures put in place in response to the Blocus movement’s call. He said the day “passed calmly, without those episodes being repeated”, and credited the city’s security plan for the result.
Source: Betevé
Strikes, protests and transport disruption
Sol camp starts to break up ahead of 11-N strike
In Madrid, most of the working groups of the Acampada 26S protest camp in the Puerta del Sol will gradually leave the square and take their protest out to the neighbourhoods as they prepare for the general strike on 11 November (known as 11-N). Some campers are refusing to leave, and tensions inside the camp continue. Anyone with plans for 11 November should keep an eye on strike announcements.
Source: 20minutos Madrid
DANA victims march for “truth and justice” two years on
In Valencia, a march marking two years since the DANA floods (DANA is the Spanish term for the kind of storm system that caused them) called for “truth and justice”. Victims said “the violent” would not drive them off the streets and added: “We will carry on because we have legitimacy”. They also sent their support to those affected in Urda, describing events there as “a heavy blow”.
Source: 20minutos Valencia
Cost of living
Inflation holds at 4.9 percent
Official figures released on Friday show that Spanish inflation stayed at 4.9 percent in October, its highest level since February 2023. The data comes one month before an election in which the cost of living will be a major issue, so household bills are likely to dominate the campaign.
Source: The Local Spain
Support for sick self-employed workers and training centres for the jobless
New measures announced in the Madrid area include help paying the monthly social security fee (the cuota) for self-employed workers (autónomos) on sick leave, and new training centres for unemployed people in Fuenlabrada and Tres Cantos. In 2027, the Tarifa Cero scheme for autónomos will be extended by one year for people who keep working past retirement age, and grants to modernise shops will go up.
Source: 20minutos Madrid
Tenants at Ermita del Santo 14 fight to stay
In Madrid, residents of the building at Ermita del Santo 14 have joined forces with the Sindicato de Inquilinas (a tenants’ union) to avoid being forced out. They say the company that now owns the building wants to turn their homes into temporary room-by-room rentals.
Source: 20minutos Madrid
What it means for foreign residents
- If you have travel, appointments or deliveries planned for 11 November, check for disruption linked to the general strike (20minutos Madrid).
- Self-employed residents in the Madrid area who might need sick leave, or who plan to keep working past retirement age, may want to look at the new support and the Tarifa Cero extension (20minutos Madrid).
- Tenants worried about a new owner changing how their building is rented can contact groups such as the Sindicato de Inquilinas (20minutos Madrid).
- With inflation still high and an election coming, expect the cost of living to stay at the centre of the news (The Local Spain).
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Sources
- Betevé: Diada de Tots Sants esplèndida i amb màximes per sobre dels 20 ºC en espera de més fred, accessed 1 November 2026
- Valencia Plaza: Teatro y danza | Beatriz Argüello se transforma en Carmen Díez de Rivera, “la musa de la Transición”, en el Talía, accessed 1 November 2026
- Europa Press: La jornada transcurre sin incidentes en Madrid ante la convocatoria de 'Blocus' prevista para este sábado, accessed 1 November 2026 (archived copy)
- Betevé: Collboni defensa que “la jornada ha passat amb tranquil·litat” gràcies al dispositiu contra Blocus, accessed 1 November 2026
- 20minutos Madrid: La mayoría de comisiones de la acampada en Sol anuncian la salida de la plaza para preparar la huelga del 11-N, accessed 1 November 2026
- 20minutos Valencia: La manifestación por los dos años de la DANA reclama "verdad y justicia": "Seguiremos porque tenemos la legitimidad", accessed 1 November 2026
- The Local Spain: Spanish inflation stays at three-year high before election, accessed 1 November 2026
- 20minutos Madrid: Ayuda para pagar la cuota a los autónomos de baja por enfermedad y formación a parados en Fuenlabrada, accessed 1 November 2026
- 20minutos Madrid: Vecinos del bloque de Ermita del Santo 14 de Madrid se organizan con el Sindicato de Inquilinas para evitar su expulsión, accessed 1 November 2026
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