NGO denounces presence of minors, lack of interpreters and inadequate medical care at migrant detention center
Migra Studium presents annual report on Barcelona migrant detention center
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Current affairs and social issues
Housing rents up 7.6% in Catalonia in first quarter of 2019
Rental costs for new properties rose by 11,9%, with those for used dwellings increasing by 7.2%
Catalonia's challenge to reform society's timetables
Critics say the Catalan working day is inefficient and a waste of free time
Barcelona chosen to run one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers
European Commission awards Catalan capital one of three new supercomputers in 2021
Pop star Shakira attends court near Barcelona over tax fraud charges
Prosecutors accuse Colombian star of avoiding €14.5m between 2012 and 2014 when she was living in Catalonia
Barcelona tops European list of most polluted cities from large cruise ships
NGO report criticizes “less stringent regulation” of highly polluting fuels from tourist cruisers
Europe's most modern dinosaur site found in Catalan Pyrenees
Paleontologists discovered remains of hadrosaurs, teeth from carnivorous dinosaurs, and titanosaur egg fragments
Barcelona research center participates in promising pancreatic cancer trial
Vall d’Hebron Oncology Institute helps prove efficacy of personalized treatment for BRCA gene mutation carriers
Young migrants tell their stories at Inund'ART festival
In the annual art event in Girona, 'The dreamers' sees four foreign youngsters aiming to "break stereotypes" by relating the challenges they faced
Government to dig up six more Civil War era mass graves
Located in Lleida and Tarragona provinces, they will be excavated by September of this year
The unfinished high-speed rail link decades in the making
Once completed, the Mediterranean Corridor will connect the south of Spain with the French border and serve 40% of Spain’s population
Hundreds of students march through Barcelona to highlight climate emergency
The weather wasn't on their side but their commitment to the climate was clear
Girona’s ‘theme park’ city center no place for local neighbors
Affordable housing activists claim locals are being pushed out of their homes, while the Girona city council says there’s no issue
Power shifts in southern Catalonia - from nuclear to wind
Many locals in the Terra Alta region are fed up with the number of wind farms being built in their area
Aging Catalan population expected to hit eight million by 2030
Consistent levels of immigration will make up for the particularly low fertility rate
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