'Chaotic' scenes in Girona train station leaves some preparing to spend night in events centre
Power outage leaves some families dining austerely and by candlelight
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Barcelona airport registers delays and cancellations due to power outage
AENA airport management warns of difficulties with passengers and cabin crew reaching infrastructure
Uncertainty, worry, and calmness among tourists in Barcelona amid blackout
Some have difficulties accessing digital-only accommodation, others are trying to contact family at home
Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez "does not rule out any hypothesis" to cause of power outage
Spain recovering electricity in some points of the country, including Catalonia
Power outage across Catalonia and Spain, with Catalan counties recovering electricity
Sites in Osona, Vallès Oriental, Ripollès, Garrotxa, Selva, and Gironès county start recovering electricity
Electric generators and outpatient visits cancelled: Barcelona Vall d'Hebron hospital during power outage
Waiting rooms for non-urgent visits emptied, care center assures situation under control
Businesses turn to cash only sales as they stay open amid electricity blackout
Sants pharmacy left without access to prescription system opts not to leave people without medicine
European Commission reacts to outage: “Nothing allows us to say there is sabotage or cyberattack”
EC vice president Ribera works together with Spain and Portugal to restore power services
One dead and two injured in explosion at a battery recycling plant in northern Catalonia
Five fire brigades are working to extinguish the fire
Therapy dogs join classroom to boost student well-being
Mel and Fusta support students with special educational needs at high school in Manresa
Dozens demonstrate in Barcelona for transgender rights and declare war against cis-system
Protestors remember murdered Colombian woman and call for the abolition of conversion therapies
Thousands congregate to honor Montserrat's black Madonna in first procession this century
La Moreneta leaves Basilica for first time in 28 years to celebrate Montserrat Abbey millennium
Two arrested for public disorder during Barça Copa del Rey celebrations in La Rambla
Around 2,700 people gather at Canaletes fountain after FC Barcelona's victory against Real Madrid
'I entered St. Peter's Basilica twice,' Catalans bid farewell to Pope Francis
Tortosa bishop calls for continuist Pope
Protests against 'tourism monoculture' in southern Europe set for June 15
Groups from Barcelona, the Pyrenees, Mallorca, Venice, Lisbon and elsewhere join forces to demand "limits to tourist exploitation"
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