Judge dismisses criminal complaint over PortAventura accident
Investigation concludes that tree fell after inspection and before ride opened despite low winds
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Current affairs and social issues
Riot police charge at unions protesting death of prison cook at hands of inmate
Over 100 union members attempt to enter Department of Justice
Pere Aragonès calls snap Catalan election for May 12
President announces vote after Parliament rejects government's 2024 budget
Madrid accounted for 55% of Spain's investment in Renfe in 2021, while Catalonia received 14%
More than 20 public bodies invested solely in Madrid region
Spain delays publication of rent price reference index
Measure which would allow Catalonia to bring in rent cap to be issued on Friday at earliest
Catalonia to restore anti-fascist award scrapped by PP and Vox in Valencia
Guillem Agulló Prize recognizes people or associations that fight against hate crimes
Barcelona Airport passenger numbers jump over 16% in February
Over 3.6 million travelers used airport, up over 11% on pre-pandemic figures
Rain brings slight relief to Catalan reservoirs amid severe drought
Volume of water in reservoirs in internal basins increases by three-tenths of a percentage point
Open Arms sets sail from Cyprus to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza
Catalan NGO ships 200 tonnes of food through humanitarian route approved by Israel
14 injured, one critically, after bus plunges into construction site in Barcelona area
All 25 passengers safely evacuated from vehicle after accident in Cornellà de Llobregat
Barcelona remembers Madrid train bombings 20 years on
Victims and authorities gather in Sant Jaume Square in tribute to 193 lives lost in terrorist attack
500 protest against amnesty in Barcelona
Demonstrators accuse Pedro Sánchez of being a "traitorous rat and separatist"
Farmers block highways in protest against Hard Rock and Lotte projects
More than a hundred people demonstrate under the slogan 'Defend the countryside, plow the future'
Barcelona International Women's Day march gathers 40,000
Thousands of students kicked off day of demonstrations earlier on Friday
Catalonia prepares for International Women’s Day: ‘Strength of feminism is here to stay’
Demonstration assembly calls on women to "overflow the streets" to denounce job insecurity, violence, and demand rights
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