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Authorities aim to make public transport free during crisis and will ask Madrid to remove toll charges on motorways

Spanish government introduces measures to help tenants, while 60% of Catalan freelancers have been forced to suspend their activity

Social distancing heightens general public's anxiety, especially when friends or family members fall ill

Transport sector is "indignant" that some highway rest stops are not complying with orders to provide drivers with "essential services"

Initiatives include converting sports centers to hospitals and calling retired medical staff back to the fold

Health, food, banks, insurance and media fall outside prohibition on traveling to work until April 9

With over 16,000 people testing positive and more than 1,400 deaths, Catalonia is second only to Madrid in number of coronavirus victims

New external affairs minister to call on Spanish counterpart to help stranded travelers find return flight for "reasonable" price

As the coronavirus crisis keeps students at home, the authorities are starting to look at finishing courses telematically

Catalan News spoke to a number of postgraduates on their life in Catalonia since the public health crisis outbreak

Venue is part of Fira Barcelona, which also shelters vulnerable people during the crisis

50 people with coronavirus have died in city and three neighbouring towns in central Catalonia

Venues will support city's four main hospitals and expand capacity by 600 beds

Girona's 'Temps de flors' floral displays postponed, as are Berga's 'La Patum' festivities

Catalan government had decreed total confinement in area with higher death rate than Lombardy