Spain to transfer jailed pro-independence leaders to Catalonia this week
Relocation already approved for six out of nine politicians imprisoned in Madrid
July 3, 2018 05:41 AM
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Current affairs and social issues
Barcelona requests same treatment for Open Arms migrants as those on Aquarius
Catalan NGO fears 60 people rescued in Mediterranean could end up in detention centers
July 2, 2018 11:39 AM
Rescue ship carrying 59 migrants authorized to dock in Barcelona
NGO Open Arms vessel stranded off coast of Libya, expected to arrive on Wednesday
July 1, 2018 01:27 PM
Barcelona Pride parade dedicated to LGTBI refugees
Thousands of people take to streets of Catalan capital in celebration of all things rainbow
June 30, 2018 06:30 PM
Documentary makes the case for jailed Catalan activists
Footage shows Cuixart and Sànchez tried to mediate with Spanish police on September 20
June 29, 2018 11:39 AM
Cancer research breakthrough makes future treatment possible, says chief investigator
Catalan News speaks with Héctor G Palmer regarding findings of Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology
June 28, 2018 08:36 PM
Spain uses European arrest warrants ‘disproportionately,’ says Fair Trials
Organization says Spanish judiciary lacks “technical knowledge” of the orders and sees “problems” in their “practical application”
June 28, 2018 07:26 PM
Catalan police heads to face trial for sedition
Former Mossos chief, Josep Lluís Trapero, and three other high-ranking officials see appeals rejected by Spain’s National Court
June 28, 2018 05:38 PM
Catalan researchers discover mechanism causing cancer recurrence
VHIO find how some tumoral cells go into hiding and emerge later to cause the disease
June 27, 2018 12:08 PM
142 arrested in police operation against Armenian mafia
Raids in Catalan and Spanish towns related to such alleged offenses as drug and arms trafficking, tobacco smuggling and money laundering
June 26, 2018 11:30 AM
Tarragona Games ‘most austere in history,’ says deputy mayor
Javier Villamayor: “Tarragona is clearly a Mediterranean city with a Mediterranean mood”
June 25, 2018 08:23 PM
Catalan police incorporate use of tasers
1,600 Mossos d'Esquadra officers have been trained to use the non-lethal weapon
June 25, 2018 06:51 PM
Exiled Catalans lawyer: 'There are flagrant violations of fundamental rights in the Spanish proceedings'
Christopher Marchand argues Spanish Supreme Court judge decisions are "very odd" and "in contradiction with basic rights"
June 23, 2018 12:36 PM
Navarra court to release ‘La Manada’ members on bail
Five men accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old and convicted of sexual abuse to go free on 6,000 euros bail while awaiting final ruling
June 21, 2018 06:45 PM
Extra police and firefighters for Sant Joan festival
Catalan interior department to deploy 3,197 officers and 172 extra firefighters for annual midsummer celebration
June 21, 2018 05:13 PM
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