Battery-powered radios, medicines, canned food: Catalonia launches home emergency kit campaign
Government aims to reduce feeling of "stress and helplessness" among public during power cuts, floods, or stay-at-home orders
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Shoppers turn to AI to compare Black Friday deals
Experts urge shoppers to set a budget before making purchases
Inflation in Spain eases to 3% in November as energy prices dip
Pensions expected to rise 2.7% next year, an average increase of around €572
The role of small businesses in Catalonia's linguistic landscape
Employees, customers, and advocates navigate Catalan language requirements
Spanish Supreme Court jails ex-minister Ábalos pending trial in pandemic corruption case
Former advisor Koldo García also held without bail over "extreme" flight risk
Fishermen call Brussels' proposal to limit fishing days 'nonsense of biblical proportions'
Government reject European Commission's plan to limit fishing days to baseline 9 days a year
Spain to see second-largest surge in pensioners among OECD countries
Ratio of people over 65 compared to those aged 20 to 64 is expected to climb from the current 35% to 74% by 2050
Barcelona area drives decline in Catalan use as Southern and Central regions hold steady
For the first time in at least two decades, fewer than a third of residents use Catalan as their main language
Catalonia's ski season kicks off with high hopes at Masella
Resort in Pyrenees is first to open in whole of Spain
Catalonia makes record purchase of 1,064 homes to expand affordable rental stock
Catalan Land Institute buys properties from InmoCaixa for €87 million
Two-in-three women say they have suffered some kind of sexual violence in their lives
15% have suffered it in the last year, while 1-in-4 have received online abuse
Barcelona protesters rally on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Demonstrators march under slogan: 'Weaving resistances – Free, alive, and rebellious against sexist, racist, and colonial violence'
Barcelona taxi drivers plan mass protest and six-hour strike on December 9
Élite Taxi union says it wants to defend the sector's future and accuses Uber of "plundering"
Self-defense classes to survive sexual assault: "I needed tools to feel safer"
Women take self-defense classes to know how to react, escape, and survive violence
Reports of gender-based violence set to drop for first time since pandemic
Overall reports dip slightly, but cases involving breach of confidentiality rise 21% and sexual assaults 15%
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