Catalonia breaks all-time record with over 1,100 transplants in 2017
Catalan hospitals have one of the highest numbers of these procedures in the world, 146.5 per million people
January 11, 2018 08:11 PM
Society
Current affairs and social issues
Jailed Catalan leaders give up on unilateral path to independence
Grassroots leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, as well as minister Joaquim Forn, appeared before the Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday
January 11, 2018 05:09 PM
Bird identification app created by high school students
Project designed to get teenagers to work in “multidisciplinary” way, according to college technology teacher
January 11, 2018 04:03 PM
Hearing to decide on Catalan pro-independence leaders' incarceration underway
Former ANC president Jordi Sànchez tells judge he does not back unilateral independence
January 11, 2018 02:20 PM
A satirical show portrays Puigdemont’s decapitation
The scene was part of a southern Spanish folk song performance
January 11, 2018 01:04 PM
Pro-independence Catalan leaders to testify in court
Spanish Supreme Court will decide on their release, but most likely outcome is continued imprisonment
January 10, 2018 05:35 PM
Survivors of Spanish Civil War remembered in documentary
‘Les nenes de la Guerra’ retells the childhood wartime experience of twelve elderly women through photos and interviews
January 10, 2018 04:52 PM
Blackface at Epiphany parade sparks outrage
In some Catalan towns a white actor in black facepaint interprets Balthasar, one of the Three Kings bringing presents to children
January 10, 2018 02:43 PM
Barcelona hospital tests virtual reality to reduce pre-operation anxiety
The technology prepares patients by showing them what to expect on day of intervention
January 9, 2018 01:59 PM
Barcelona aspires to be testing ground for 5G mobile technology
5GBarcelona project aims to raise funds for development of next generation telecommunications network in the city
January 9, 2018 01:16 PM
Flu season compounded by vaccines’ lack of effectiveness, says Dr. Trilla
The Head of Epidemiology at Barcelona’s Hospital Clínic says that the peak point of flu season in Catalonia is just starting
January 8, 2018 08:32 PM
Towns call for disaster zone status following 'possible tornado'
Some areas are to apply for government aid after heavy storm leaves thousands of euros damage in its wake
January 8, 2018 07:23 PM
Volunteers to clean up vandalized Republican trenches
The Civil War dugouts in Montgai were defaced in the last days of 2017 as “harm just for harm’s sake”
January 8, 2018 02:09 PM
Barcelona to open infamous Model prison to public in 2018
Council aims to unveil memorial area this year, with more uses for historic complex planned for 2020
January 3, 2018 07:07 PM
‘It’s time for high politics,’ urges Jordi Cuixart
In a published letter the civil society leader, incarcerated since October, urges “free, peaceful, and democratic” decisions
January 3, 2018 07:00 PM
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