Raval's beloved Gimnàs Social Sant Pau community center faces eviction on April 30
Low-budget Barcelona gym provides vulnerable with a place to eat and shower but owner wants to build luxury apartments
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Pregnant women with Covid-19 are 50% more likely to suffer complications
Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital participates in 18-country INTERCOVID study
New all-time high of Catalans living abroad
Unprecedented drop in numbers residing in South America as western Pyrenees sees greatest percentage of emigrants
'We're doing very badly': Catalonia struggles to generate renewable energy
Professor Sergi Saladié points finger at lack of initiative and interest from authorities and businesses
A wind farm off the Costa Brava? Locals aren’t too sure
Companies claim Parc Tramuntana could generate 90% of Girona’s energy as Catalonia struggles to meet renewables target
Catalonia celebrates Sant Jordi - live updates
Festival of books and roses, held amid Covid safety measures, offers glimpse of pre-pandemic joy
Outcry and legal action over far-right campaign targeting migrant children
Investigation underway as politicians and charity groups criticize Vox election ads as racist
2020 sees second sharpest population fall of 21st century
Pandemic impacts latest register of residents as number of foreigners grows by an unusually low 0.53%
37% of nurses have had Covid-19 symptoms, says union
SATSE believes healthcare workers have faced pandemic 'without protection in first weeks, without rest and without enough support'
Catalan police now have access to Europol information exchange system
Trade union EuroCOP urge for Mossos d'Esquadra to be able to launch cross-border investigations
Catalan police guidelines allow for foam bullets to be fired without warning and at limbs
Mossos d'Esquadra publish protocol governing use of weapons that have faced criticism from human rights groups
Salvini to face trial for not allowing migrants to disembark Open Arms ship
The Catalan NGO’s rescue boat had 147 asylum seekers on board and was left 19 days before being let into Italian waters in 2019
Sabadell gang-rape: aggressor gets 31-year sentence
Barcelona court rules 13 years in prison for two accomplices, but two alleged aggressors escaped justice
2017 referendum electoral board members acquitted
Barcelona local court rules out prison sentences for five individuals for disobedience and overtaking of public office
Proclamation of the Catalan Republic: 90 years on
Exhibitions, official events and criticism of the crown mark anniversary of the only democratic period prior to the current one
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