Catalan police head resigns on eve of referendum anniversary
Andreu Joan Martínez to be replaced by Pere Ferrer a day before two-year commemoration of bid to split from Spain
September 30, 2019 07:54 PM
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Current affairs and social issues
Birth rate in Catalonia sees another drop in 2018
Average number of children per woman is lowest on record since 2001
September 30, 2019 05:16 PM
Andorran women march in favor of legalizing abortion
Abortion in the Pyrenean microstate is illegal under all circumstances, forcing women to travel to Catalonia and France for the procedure
September 30, 2019 01:28 PM
Army to investigate images of armed soldiers drinking beer in Catalan town
Spanish Legion confirms incident in Catalan city that went viral on social media and insists weapons were not loaded
September 30, 2019 12:04 PM
Fridays for Future spokesperson: ‘We all have a role and our futures are at stake’
Student-led initiative Fridays for Future seeks to spread awareness ahead of Friday’s climate action
September 27, 2019 02:00 PM
Renting rose 30% in Catalonia between 2004 and 2018
Average monthly rent went up 6.7% to 693 euros, rising to 769 euros in Barcelona area
September 27, 2019 10:39 AM
Parliament calls on Catalan government to ban bull-related events
Chamber passes resolution urging executive to implement ban after escaped bull injured 19 in recent festival
September 27, 2019 10:28 AM
Protests across Catalonia against latest imprisonments
Thousands gather to demand freedom for activists
September 26, 2019 08:44 PM
Seven pro-independence activists sent to prison without bail under terrorism charges
CDR members accused of belonging to a terrorist group and making explosives
September 26, 2019 06:02 PM
Spanish prosecutors request prison without bail for 7 pro-independence activists
CDR members accused of terrorism and criminal damage
September 26, 2019 03:03 PM
Artefact leading to beach evacuation confirmed as concrete cylinder
Parts of Barcelona beach were closed and evacuated on Wednesday as an object thought to have been a Civil War bomb was found
September 25, 2019 06:29 PM
Supreme Court authorizes exhumation of Spain’s late dictator Francisco Franco
President Sánchez’s plans to relocate remains get green light 15 months later
September 24, 2019 12:32 PM
Protesters take to the street against activists’ arrests
Around 4,000 people demonstrate in Sabadell to condemn the Spanish judicial acts
September 23, 2019 08:33 PM
Operation against pro-independence activists for ‘terrorism’ leads to nine arrests
Two released with charges as police transfer some suspects to Madrid
September 23, 2019 07:37 PM
Catalonia favors regional governments for battle against climate change at UN HQ
Catalan minister Damià Calvet and Barcelona mayor Ada Colau are in New York this week
September 23, 2019 12:09 PM
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