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Pro-independence parties reach agreement to 'find way out' of deadlock and avoid snap election
Esquerra, Junts per Catalunya and CUP decide to separate debate on how to achieve independence from governance
Government calls for 'trust' in negotiating teams to agree deal for new term
Socialists rule out abstention as ERC meet Junts and En Comú Podem for separate talks
Number of women sleeping on Barcelona’s streets falls by 35% in a year
The city council links the decrease with the creation of new shelters specifically for women
Rull becomes second independence leader to be able to take case to Strasbourg after Spanish court rejects appeal
Constitutional Court judges dismiss jailed politician's arguments, paving the way to European Court of Human Rights
Barcelona court rejects investigation into head of Spanish riot police for referendum day violence
Officers at polling stations responsible for own actions as no orders issued to "act forcefully," say judges
Another eviction in Barcelona put off by pressure from UN
Laura and her 10-year-old daughter almost lost their home for the third time on Thursday
Support for Esquerra's minority government not guaranteed as deadline looms
Other main pro-independence party, Junts, will not back new cabinet "for free" and call for coalition talks to resume
Barcelona launches 32 disciplinary proceedings for not complying with rent control law
The implicated property-showing platforms and real estate agents may have to pay up to €100,000 in fines
Restaurants serve on-site dinners for first time since December
Government extended opening times of eating establishments to 11 pm as state of alarm comes to an end
Esquerra says they will form minority government after lack of agreement in coalition talks
Frontrunner Pere Aragonès says Catalonia "cannot wait more" for a new cabinet after 83 days of negotiations with other pro-independence party Junts
Government deal can be reached ‘in the coming days,’ JxCat say
Jordi Sànchez says talks with ERC are progressing “satisfactorily” and that says that the agreement is “90%” done
Prosecutor requests 8 to 29 years in prison for ex-Catalan president and his family
Jordi Pujol and his relatives were indicted for organized crime
90% drop in tourism during first quarter of 2021 from same period last year
French visitors make up a third of international travellers with the total number of tourists spending €200m in Catalonia from January to March
People's Party target Spanish government after Madrid election success
Acting Catalan president contrasts Madrid's "populism with far-right support" with Catalonia's "republican, pro-independence and left-wing majority"