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%
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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
Monolith found in Costa Brava disappears just two weeks after its discovery
Civic officer who went to open park only found concrete base with its screws sawed
Covid-19 worsens plight of undocumented in Catalonia
Càritas estimates around 100,000 people do not have residency permits
Fewer Catalan roses for this year’s Sant Jordi festival
Local production has fallen 60% in three years, with just two growers remaining
Barcelona to transform former Mercedes-Benz factory into 1,450 flats
Housing project in Sant Andreu will also contain shops, offices and green spaces
New homeless women's shelter, La Violeta, opens in Barcelona
Council, government, and local nonprofit behind facility with capacity to house 26
Another mysterious metal monolith appears in Catalonia, this time in Aiguamúrcia
Column is one of many to inexplicably pop up around the world
County-level lockdown sees Barcelona residents flock to the hills
Costa Brava coastal areas were emptied of visitors, while the poor weather conditions made sunbathing impossible
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