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Barcelona protesters condemn 'violence' on Greece-Turkey border
Some 200 people turn out in Catalan capital to demand "secure and legal" avenues to resolve EU migrant crisis
Society
Pro-independence protest underway for Barça vs Madrid match – live updates
Tsunami Democràtic group distributes 100,000 banners reading 'Spain, sit and talk' amid heavy security measures
Society
Day 5 of unrest: 54 arrested and 19 in hospital in worst night of riots
Society
Senegalese national dies during Catalan Police operation against illegal street trading
Society
Taxpayers outrage at €1.35 billion bailout of failed Castor Project on Ebro Delta coast
Politics
Citizens queue in front of Supreme Court to plead guilty for symbolic independence vote
Society
Catalan school system against Hispanicisation and the Spanish Government’s Education Reform
Culture
Catalan Theatre’s ‘carrot rebellion’ discussed at a congress in New York
Politics
Five thousand march in Barcelona in support of Spanish unity
Politics
Demonstration in Barcelona against austerity and “antisocial” policies
Society
The use of rubber bullets by Catalan Police is being discussed in Parliament
The use of rubber bullets by the Catalan Police is at the centre of a fierce social and political debate. The Catalan Parliament has recently decided to create a commission in order to discuss the methods used by riot police, which is expected to take place at the beginning of April. This kind of ammunition in Catalonia has allegedly caused the loss of an eye and sight loss to 8 people over the last three years and heart necrosis to a man. All sides in this conflict will be consulted in the parliamentary debate and a quick process is expected in order to respond to increasing public concern regarding this method.
Society
The ‘Spanish revolution’ returns with greater support and more organised demands
The 15-M Movement, also known as ‘The Indignados’, ‘The Outraged’, or ‘the Spanish Revolution’, which occupied squares throughout Spain in May and June 2011, celebrates its first anniversary. Last summer protesters abandoned the squares and the movement was kept alive in neighbourhood assemblies. One year after the first square occupation, the movement has taken to the streets and squares once again. After a massive demonstration on Saturday May 12th, protesters set up a camp in Catalunya Square in Barcelona, which they will leave on Tuesday. Also in other Catalan squares. They will organise assemblies and debates to gather further support for their programme that aims to change the current system.