PODCAST: Abortion – the law and the reality in Catalonia
One woman shares her account of seeking an abortion, plus activists on how access and care could be improved
Society
Current affairs and social issues
Catalonia still working to expand access to abortion services
2 in 5 publicly-funded procedures are performed in private health centers
Outrage as soldiers stationed in Barcelona raffle prostitute to raise funds
Army takes case to prosecutor after denigrating comments in non-official WhatsApp chat with 70 members
FGC trains from Barcelona to Sabadell and Terrassa now every 5 minutes
'Metro del Vallès' changes come into effect, doing away with S5, S6, and S7 lines
Over 150 injured as two trains collide outside Barcelona
Services to R4, R7, and R12 lines resumed with delays after incident at Montcada i Reixac Manresa station
Almost 30 migrants flee plane in Barcelona after emergency landing
Woman pretends to go into labor on flight from Casablanca to force diversion
Letter containing animal eyes sent to Ukrainian consulate in Barcelona
Another two envelopes addressed to embassy in Madrid and Malaga consulate
Taxi union denounces hotels and drivers charging tourists illegal rates
Élite Taxi association claims companies and drivers pact to compensate for low wages
Thousands protest criminal code reform in Barcelona
10,000 demonstrators according to organizers and 4,500 according to local police
Irishman in provisional jail over body part of German man found in trash container in Barcelona
Killed individual had rented rooms to alleged murderer and to Ukrainian national, released after arrest
Population of Catalonia grew by almost 8,000 in 2021 due to migration
Deaths outnumbered births in all counties except Girona and Segarra
Hottest autumn ever recorded in Catalonia
Some parts of the territory also experienced the driest fall season on record as well
Serving a life sentence in Oman, an inmate transfer treaty could be a Catalan woman's only hope
Fátima Ofkir Reyes was arrested on drug trafficking charges five years ago at age 18
Pyrenean ski stations open ahead of early December holidays
Over 7,300 flights from Barcelona and 800,000 available seats for medium and long-distance trains
Unemployment in Catalonia: 986 new jobseekers in November
Spanish occupation levels reach best figures for month of November since 2007 ahead of Christmas season
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