Self-defense classes to survive sexual assault: "I needed tools to feel safer"
Women take self-defense classes to know how to react, escape, and survive violence
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Reports of gender-based violence set to drop for first time since pandemic
Overall reports dip slightly, but cases involving breach of confidentiality rise 21% and sexual assaults 15%
Former Catalan president Pujol ordered to participate in corruption trial from home
Jordi Pujol and his family face trial by Spain's National Court accused of money laundering and tax offences
Trawlers granted extra fishing days amid fears of Christmas shortages
Spanish government authorizes 13 additional days for 2025 after many trawlers exhausted their EU-allocated limits
Residents of Palamós approve name change to 'Palamós i Sant Joan'
Over 1,600 locals voted, 54% in favour, in a long-running bid rooted in the 1942 union of the two original towns
Demolition of La Mina's Venus building set to redefine the neighborhood by 2028
Residents hope €113 million investment will help neighborhood shed its reputation for drugs and crime and build new identity
Corruption trial of former president Pujol and family to start on Monday, one decade after admitting having fortune in tax haven
Prosecution seek nine years' imprisonment for Jordi Pujol, but he could be declared unfit to stand trial for health reasons
Barcelona lights up Christmas lights in Passeig de Gràcia ceremony with thousands
Event sees city mayor and Bethlehem mayor jointly switch on lights
Barça return to Spotify Camp Nou after more than two years
45,000 fans celebrate as football returns to the iconic stadium with 4-0 victory over Athletic Club
Over 800 police officers target multiple-time offenders around Barcelona and nearby cities
Tenth Kanpai scheme occurs with plan of "changing sense of impunity that delinquents have," interior minister says
Living through the transition to democracy: eroding fear, uncertainty, joy for the future
Photographer Pilar Aymerich captured Barcelona and Catalonia during an ebullient period of history
Fire at Roca brothers' Normal restaurant in Girona with no injuries
Only three weeks ago, another fire completely destroyed their restaurant Mas Marroch
President Illa warns 'democracy is not a gift' 50 years after Franco's death
Spanish PM Sánchez calls for "step forward" in defending democracy in the face of Francoist nostalgia
Supreme Court condemns Spain's Attorney General for revelation of secrets
Top prosecutor Álvaro García Ortiz has been barred from holding public office for two years
Spain's top court backs amnesty for ex-president Quim Torra, Bernat Solé and Pau Juvillà
Constitutional Court rejects challenges from Catalan High Court over convictions for disobedience
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