Catalonia to invest €200m to promote Catalan language and add 100k new speakers annually
Nationwide language agreement to focus on education, social inclusion, and improving cultural offering
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Sexual crimes up by 12.5% in first three months of the year
Online scams down by 19%, while number of thefts remains stable
Tram accident drill tests disaster response in Barcelona
Two hundred people take part in simulated collision between tram and car
Minister pledges overhaul of child protection system after abuse case
Catalan government to act as private prosecutor in case of girl sexually abused while in care
Barcelona court investigates 15 more men over child abuse ring
Leader of network accused of repeatedly raping and exploiting child in state care
Five Catalans moved to ambassador's residence in Libya's Tripoli after militia infighting
Tarragona residents on business trip had been held at hotel due to ongoing conflict
RCD Espanyol player says sexual relationship with colleague was consensual
Álvaro Aguado denies sexually assaulting woman in nightclub in Barcelona in June 2024
Girona Health Campus to receive €700M investment and be ready by 2031
President Illa says there is "no way back" for the project, which has "viable and concrete" deadlines
Temperature in Barcelona metro area could rise 3.7 degrees by 2100, per European study
AMB to increase spaces designated as climate shelters by 31% this summer
Blackout started with losses of generation in Andalusian cities, Spanish government informs
Authorities rule out that it was a problem of coverage, reserve, or size of networks
Inflation rate in Catalonia drops to 2.1% in April
Fall in gas and electricity prices drives reduction
Spain agrees to make 'direct financial contribution' to Catalan-medium schools in France
ERC celebrates "historic agreement" to fund La Bressola in Northern Catalonia
Top Manta adds 500 places to first anti-racist race in Barcelona
1,500 expected to join "historic" five-kilometer race on June 1
Barcelona court investigates two ships for supplying arms to Israel
Maersk's captains and legal representative called to testify
Firefighters estimate warehouse fire will be out 'in a few days'
Cleanwater Pool building no longer poses health risk but in danger of collapse
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