Barcelona city council asks that Spain’s Congress set up committee of inquiry into 2017 attacks
Motion comes weeks after contradictory reports on Spanish intelligence’s ties to mastermind
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Minister blames EU case against air pollution levels on Madrid measure
New low emissions zone coming to Barcelona in 2020, says Catalan official
Government begins process to calculate Catalan minimum wage
Spain’s minimum salary levels deemed “insufficient” for not taking into account Catalan cost of living
Oriol Junqueras immunity hearing set for October 14 in EU court
The Catalan politician claims parliamentary immunity after being elected as an MEP in May
Catalan government delegate in Germany sues Spain over spying allegations
Marie Kapretz alleges Spanish secret services "tracked her activities as a private citizen" during period of direct rule from Madrid
Tension, broken talks, trial, rising hegemony – Catalan political year at a glance
Four-month independence process and three elections shaped the 2018-2019 season
Catalan president and Barcelona mayor commit to budget talks
Neither of their governments managed to get their 2018 and 2019 spending plans passed
Catalonia received 66% of allocated public spending between 2015-2018
Figure falls below Spanish average, while Madrid received 114% of planned budget
Quim Torra announces he won’t pay Spanish electoral authority fines
The Catalan president rejects €8,500 fines from a “censoring and repressive” organization
High court rejects closing Catalan foreign offices after Spanish challenge
Precautionary decision comes weeks after Spain was found to be spying on delegations abroad
Spain paid informants in Catalan police to fight independence, say reports
‘El Mundo’ says the expenses from a reserve fund led to identification of officials to be sacked after referendum
Secret services and police not aware of terrorist movements before 2017 attacks, says new report
‘La Vanguardia’ newspaper contradicts recent ‘Publico’ report and claims Catalan police reconstructed events after attacks
Health minister wants tobacco companies to remove branding from packaging
25.6% of people in Catalonia smoked in 2018, compared to 24% in 2017
New Ciutadans frontrunner Lorena Roldán: ‘I am the real Catalonia’s president’
Roldán believes her party can provide a “non-nationalist government for all Catalans”
Leading independence figures meet in Puigdemont's Waterloo residence
Politicians and activists from across the pro-independence spectrum were in Belgium on Friday for Council of the Republic session
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