Works on removing largest Francoist monument in Catalonia to start on July 18
The structure, located in the river Ebre in the town of Tortosa, will be completely taken apart by August
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Brits in Catalonia stuck in residency ‘nightmare’ process
Legal limbo for those entangled in bumpy road to get TIE card that can last half a year
Hundreds gather at Israeli consulate in solidarity with Palestinian 'day of rage'
Protesters in Barcelona call for an end to hostilities that have left over 200 dead
Barcelona and Tel Aviv should no longer be twin cities following airstrikes on Gaza, say NGOs
Scientists 'extremely worried' about impact Costa Brava wind farm could have on environment
'Stop Macroparc Eòlic' makes video portraying plant and proposes building it 70 km off coast
Police break up Barcelona street parties on first full weekend with no curfew
The 15M anti-austerity movement, ten years on
Protests mark three months since jailing of rapper
Barcelona to dissuade crowds with police patrols in strategic spots
The end of the nightly curfew has seen social life return with large groups accumulating in popular areas
Gimnàs Social Sant Pau, a community center at the heart of Barcelona's housing crisis
With 1,028 evictions in 2020, the Catalan capital is the city in Spain where they are carried out the most
Pop-up events aiming to help UK nationals with residency issues
Age in Spain will help the public with residency problems and questions on three days across Catalonia this month
Number of women sleeping on Barcelona’s streets falls by 35% in a year
Another eviction in Barcelona put off by pressure from UN
Hundreds arrested in police operation against network that created fake driver's licenses
Barcelona launches 32 disciplinary proceedings for not complying with rent control law
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