Barcelona may face longer spell in Phase 0 of lockdown exit
Catalan health minister says metropolitan area unlikely to move on to Phase 1 on May 11 but no final decision made
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Spain denies having allowed Catalonia to use health regions for lockdown de-escalation
Spanish health ministry says "nothing has been confirmed" after speaking to Catalan health minister
President Torra asks that Catalonia be excluded from state of alarm or be deemed 'competent authority'
Spanish president says purpose of regional leaders' meeting is to strengthen consensus
Catalan government launches committee for economic plan and social protection
Cabinet commits to 'expansive economy policy' as Spain announces relief fund of €16bn for regions
Former King Juan Carlos given suitcase with €1.7m by Bahrain's sultan: media reports
Father of current monarch's consultant told Swiss prosecutor that money was deposited in Mirabaud bank, according to El País daily
Prison sentences for Cas Palau corruption scandal ringleaders confirmed
Millet and Montull face up to 9.5 years and have to return €23m while €6.6m will be seized from defunct CDC party
Catalan government calls for coronavirus relief fund from Spain
Vice president requests €4 billion from Spanish government to cover health costs and help rebuild economy
Catalan health minister disappointed with ‘paternalistic’ Spanish government
Vergés criticizes the "false coordination" and “very bad management” of the health emergency
Spain's president unveils four-phase plan to ease lockdown aiming for 'new normality' at end of June
Pedro Sánchez says each province will change phase "at different speeds," despite Catalonia flatly rejecting provinces as unit of reference
Catalonia proposes time slots for leaving home by age and activity
Plan, which needs go-ahead from Spain, includes measures for children, elderly people, adults not traveling to work and those doing sport
Torra to request to Spain to return Catalan authority in coronavirus management
The president of Catalonia also calls on people to observe a staggered timetable when leaving the house with children
Catalonia passes first budget in three years
€36bn spending plan approved despite being based on pre-coronavirus economic forecasts
Budget 2020 to be passed with certainty that Covid-19 will force its amendment
Vice president says spending will be reorganized for containment of virus and economic reconstruction
President to call on society for major 'disruptive' post-Covid-19 agreement
Quim Torra wants political parties, and social, scientific and cultural actors to come together
Barcelona and nine other cities offer to take in unaccompanied migrant minors
"We are prepared to receive them," say Ada Colau and other mayors in letter to EU institutions
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