Police launch phone app to improve communication with citizens
Mossos d'Esquadra police app includes direct link to emergency services
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First part of Barcelona's new tram line along Diagonal avenue to be ready 'in a year'
Section between Glòries and Verdaguer first step in connecting two separated networks
Six new stolperstein stones bring Catalonia's total to over 430
Plaques placed outside former homes of victims of Nazi persecution
'The whole country gets attacked' in cyberattacks against hospitals, expert says
Catalan Cybersecurity Agency says they are patrolling dark web for potential publication of Hospital Clínic data
Catalan health minister: 'It's been three years of a pandemic that today we could say is over'
Balcells calls for strengthening healthcare system as "many doctors are exhausted"
UAB suspends second professor in a week over abuse allegations
Teacher suspended for "abuse of authority" after PhD student reported sexual harassment and seven others denounced workplace harassment
Unseasonable high-risk of wildfire comes to an end after three significant blazes
Very high temperatures, low humidity, drought and wind cause unusually early wave of fires
Open Arms sends 24 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria after earthquake
Director of NGO criticizes "hypocrite" government for not helping affected area
UK driving license holders can exchange permits for Spanish ones without taking test
Residents can legally drive again on UK license for six months while exchange process ongoing
British businessman missing in Barcelona for over a week
47-years-old Giles Pooley was last seen on March 8
Gang rape of 11-year-old by minors reignites debate on age of criminal responsibility
Authorities divided on the issue of perpetrators under the age of 14
Fèlix Millet, mastermind of corruption scandal that shook Catalonia, dies aged 87
Former president of Palau de la Música was sentenced to almost 10 years for embezzling €23m
Sallent school director to step down at end of academic year after student's death by suicide
Education department agrees with directive to find replacement after "complex situation"
Education department confirms start of 2023/24 school year will be brought forward
Classes will take place in afternoons instead of non-compulsory leisure activities as initially planned
Protests over university's handling of sexual harassment case
Equality official steps down citing anger at UAB's delay in suspending convicted professor
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