11,000 want public funds for bull events to go to health and cultural sectors affected by covid-19
Animal rights NGO petitions state to reallocate resources to culture everyone enjoys rather than "just a minority without empathy or compassion"
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Animal rights NGO petitions state to reallocate resources to culture everyone enjoys rather than "just a minority without empathy or compassion"
Spanish government tightens restrictions in homes after soldiers report finding residents living alongside "people dead in their beds"
Almost 40,000 cases in Spain, only behind China, Italy and the US – a fifth of them reported by Catalan health system
On March 24, 2015, an Airbus A320-211 took off from Barcelona airport, some 40 minutes later all on board were dead, including 16 children
Health authorities to double intensive care units by end of week and triple them next week
94 deaths and 2,000 cases in last day as some scientists say health system could collapse on March 25
Answers to some of the main queries about government document aimed to help policing of official coronavirus restrictions
Government also takes over private nursing homes and increases scope of army action
Catalan interior minister introduces measure to quickly identify reason people are not home
What has life in Catalonia been like since a state of alarm was declared on March 14?
City authority also rents 200 tourist apartments for people at risk and opens three centers for homeless
Health department’s new app monitors data of thousands, important to avoid over-saturating hospitals
Authorities reveal origin of infections in town sealed off in Central Catalonia that have caused 24 covid-19 deaths so far
Some 3,000 charged in Barcelona for unjustified breaking of confinement, while authorities prepare to stop people going to second homes
Police rule out terrorism as motive for incident after reports said one detainee made "Islamist" proclamation
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