Catalan university contributes to most comprehensive genomic study on primates
UPF's Tomàs Marquès-Bonet contributes to sequencing of 233 species which could help human diseases research
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Barcelona neighbors demonstrate against Primavera Sound noise: ‘We want to sleep’
Groups call to move big music festivals out of city and do not reject filing a new complaint
One dead after accident involving motorbike, vans and wild boar
Overpopulation of wild boars in Girona area reduced after 5,000 hunted
Scot dies in fatal collision with tram after first night of Primavera Sound
Incident occurred near festival grounds after Pet Shop Boys concert
Almost one in four people in Catalonia are smokers, uptick in 2022 for both men and women
New medication integrated into public health used by 24,000 between February and April
Woman and her three children evicted in Barcelona despite protests
Activists say family has no housing alternative to property owned by investment firm Cerberus
Roman-era graves found in Barcelona's Via Laietana boulevard works
Archaeologists find seven Roman Empire and two late antiquity tombs
200 victims of ticket scams at Coldplay concerts in Barcelona
Mossos d'Esquadra police receive 52 complaints after social media users sell passes multiple times
Counting underway in local elections across Catalonia
Results expected by 10.30 pm
Inland Pont de Vilomara forest grows back a year after wildfire
Blazes affected 1,750 hectares, but area could become a "green carpet" in five years
Val d'Aran wants to make Aranese equal to Catalan language
Social use of language drops by 18% in valley as more actions needed outside of school
Judge summons TV sketch trio over parody of Andalusian religious icon
Toni Soler, Jair Domínguez and Judit Martin are being investigated for the crime of insult
Sexual violence reports up almost 20% in Catalonia in first 4 months of 2023
Mossos d'Esquadra police attended to 1,487 victims and arrested or investigated around a thousand offenders
More than 100 species in Catalonia in danger of extinction, study says
Arthropods are most threatened group, followed by sharks and rays
Barcelona hospital delivers Spain's first baby born to woman with uterus transplant
Living organ donation from mother's sister in 2020 made historic birth possible at Hospital Clínic
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