Local sports residence chosen to welcome migrants rescued by Open Arms
Facility near Barcelona will host 50 men on NGO rescue boat due to arrive in Catalan capital on Wednesday
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Refugees rescued by Catalan NGO reach Barcelona
Red Cross coordinates humanitarian and social intervention of 60 migrants saved by Open Arms organization
Colau demands more power for cities to fight housing speculation
Barcelona mayor meets London counterpart Sadiq Khan to discuss housing crisis
Catalunya en Comú party elects new leadership
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and MP Xavier Domènech to head coalition of leftwing and green parties
Jailed pro-independence leaders to arrive in Catalonia on Wednesday
Relocation of six out of nine politicians imprisoned in Madrid underway; transferral of three others already approved
Spain to transfer jailed pro-independence leaders to Catalonia this week
Relocation already approved for six out of nine politicians imprisoned in Madrid
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
Rescue ship carrying 59 migrants authorized to dock in Barcelona
NGO Open Arms vessel stranded off coast of Libya, expected to arrive on Wednesday
Barcelona Pride parade dedicated to LGTBI refugees
Thousands of people take to streets of Catalan capital in celebration of all things rainbow
Documentary makes the case for jailed Catalan activists
Footage shows Cuixart and Sànchez tried to mediate with Spanish police on September 20
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
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”
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
Catalan researchers discover mechanism causing cancer recurrence
VHIO find how some tumoral cells go into hiding and emerge later to cause the disease
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
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