Fiscal and Financial Policy Council greenlights new financing model
Proposal passes with support from Canaries and Catalonia, as conservatives reject "unsolidarity" plan
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Thousands protest across Catalonia as Ceuta border crisis deepens
PM Sánchez says it's "absurd to think the executive was warned and did nothing"
Spain renews push for Catalan to become official EU language
Sánchez government asks EU ministers to debate official status for Catalan, Basque and Galician on September 22
Chef Ferran Adrià and ALBA Synchrotron director Caterina Biscari awarded Catalonia's Gold Medal
Catalan government honours pair for "extraordinary" careers that have "projected Catalonia onto the world stage" in gastronomy and science
Spain proposes Ceuta sign agreements with social organisations to relocate unaccompanied minors
Catalonia willing to cooperate while PP calls on Spanish government to "return all minors to their families"
New political year opens amid education conflict and sights set towards financing and amnesty
Second half of legislature in Catalonia will be marked by electoral cycle that will start with municipal votes
Catalan mayors eye longer reactor lives after Spain extends Almaraz nuclear plant
Mayors of Ascó and Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant say Catalonia's reactors could run beyond their scheduled 2030–35 closures
In speech marking halfway point of legislature, president says 'third great transformation of Catalonia is underway'
Illa vows to solve issues in mobility and education: “They will be excellent and it won’t take too long”
Catalan president cites Singapore as example of coexistence of diversity
Salvador Illa and Singapore Airlines pledge to strengthen "long-term" relationship and explore new projects
Spanish government partially pardons former parliament speaker Laura Borràs
Former Junts leader has prison sentence reduced from 4.5 years to 2, meaning she will avoid jail time
Supreme Court applies amnesty to former minister under Puigdemont and other independence leaders
2017 parliament bureau members also have cases and sentences amnistied
Technology, innovation, and football: Catalan president seeks agreements and collaboration in Asia
On institutional visit, Salvador Illa meets with Vietnam's deputy prime minister
Salvador Illa begins trip to Vietnam and Singapore to strengthen commercial and institutional ties
It is the first visit by a Catalan president to Southeast Asia and the Socialist's third to the continent
Brussels says it is up to Spain's courts to implement the European ruling on amnesty
European Commission says it has received Puigdemont's complaint against Spain but avoids commenting for now
Barcelona mayor eyes up mechanisms to preserve iconic premeses and historic businesses
Mayor says action is needed to combat gentrification and loss of neighbourhood shops
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