Far-right Vox to be at center of Saturday protests
Mayor of Barcelona calls counter-protest against Vox demonstration Saturday, while radical left pro-independence organizations go toe to toe with group
March 29, 2019 12:35 PM
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Number of poor workers in Catalonia up to 400,000, says union
With part-time work and job losses on the rise, CCOO warns that insecurity has become "the established model"
March 28, 2019 07:34 PM
Grassroots groups to protest government housing decree
Activists claim new rule fails to address “housing crisis" and demand measures against “abusive rental prices”
March 26, 2019 06:52 PM
Internet founding father praises Catalans as ‘intrepid digital revolutionaries’
Google vice president Vinton Cerf receives Catalonia International Prize
March 26, 2019 01:17 PM
Barcelona launches bid to host Europe’s most powerful supercomputer
BSC-CNS seeks EU funding to build model competing with those in China, the US, and Japan
March 24, 2019 01:16 PM
200 organizations march against far-right in Barcelona
Rally on Saturday protests against Vox a week before party holds its own demonstration in Catalan capital
March 23, 2019 05:21 PM
200 organizations gear up for march against far-right in Barcelona
Rally on Saturday will protest against Vox a week before party holds its own demonstration in Catalan capital
March 23, 2019 09:51 AM
Hundreds gather in Barcelona to pray for victims of New Zealand attacks
Organizers say shootings last week in Christchurch were product of far-right "hate against Muslims and minorities"
March 22, 2019 07:14 PM
Barcelona hospital first to use radiotherapy to treat irregular heartbeat
Hospital del Mar introduces pioneering treatment for arrhythmia, while IDIBELL researchers unveil mechanisms that promote metastasis in skin cancer
March 22, 2019 11:52 AM
Attacks now most common by individuals, says SOS Racisme
The anti-racism platform released its yearly report warning that “normalization” of some political dialogues affect these situations
March 21, 2019 01:48 PM
Protests planned for and against far-right Vox
Next Saturday will see anti-fascist march focus on right-wing populists, with party supporters due to rally one week later
March 18, 2019 07:54 PM
Amnesty calls for release of rescue ships confined to Catalan and Basque ports
NGO demands Spanish government take steps to allow OpenArms and Aita Mari to continue mission of saving migrants in Mediterranean
March 18, 2019 12:05 PM
Spanish government to exhume Franco's remains on June 10
Former dictator to be moved from Valley of the Fallen to Pardo cemetery unless Supreme Court prevents it
March 15, 2019 08:02 PM
Catalonia remembers victims of Christchurch attacks
Parliament and political figures hold minute's silence for 49 people shot dead in New Zealand, with candle-lit vigil planned in Barcelona on Friday evening
March 15, 2019 07:01 PM
Catalan students join international climate strike
Union calls on young people in major cities to take part in environmental protest involving hundreds of thousands in 105 countries
March 15, 2019 12:44 PM
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