Enhanced Covid-19 restrictions still in application in Barcelona and Lleida areas
Reus and parts of Vallès Oriental also affected
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Current affairs and social issues
Catalonia's National Day to be celebrated around the world
Pro-independence group ANC organizes Catalan Week, with government events also taking place
Public transport authority begins to compensate for tickets used during state of alarm
Passengers can ask for money back until end of year, while those with tickets not used after March 14 can obtain new expiry date
Illegal parties and street celebrations concern authorities as outbreak risk continues to rise
Pro-independence National Day demonstrations decentralized in several locations while doctors advise against "mass" events
Face masks obligatory at schools for students over 6
Spain and regional governments including Catalonia agree on measure
First Covid-19 vaccine doses in Spain by end of 2020 'if all goes well,' says minister
Salvador Illa says EU relying on Oxford vaccine, but still waiting for "last stages of verification"
Spanish government looks at paid leave for parents looking after children in quarantine
Catalan health minister welcomes move but says it comes "a little late"
Loggerhead sea turtles released to Mediterranean in Castelldefels
Nesting of such reptiles in Catalan beaches increasing, probably due to climate change
Temperature readings and mass screenings to be performed at schools
Education and health departments present plan that also includes staggered arrival times for pupils
Judge overturns restrictions in Terrassa, greenlights measures in Granollers
Court argues that situation in third most populated Catalan city is "positive"
Prosecutor investigates CUP's spending during 2017 independence push
Far-left party claims "state judiciary is criminalizing independence"
Catalan government bans social gatherings of over 10 people
Measure to be introduced both in public and private, restaurant curfew and restrictions on smoking remain
Belarus solidarity protest in Barcelona
Some 200 people gather against the 'falsified' election and the country's leader Aleksandr Lukashenko
‘I can confirm torture reports in Belarusian prisons because it also happened to me’
Exiled in Barcelona for 12 years, Pavel Kirylionak sees his country "more united than ever" in its push to overthrow Lukashenko’s regime
'Things not going well,' health authorities say as targeted mass screenings intensify
Covid-19 cases rising as new academic year looms with uncertainty
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