Spanish government to exhume Franco's remains on June 10
Former dictator to be moved from Valley of the Fallen to Pardo cemetery unless Supreme Court prevents it
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Catalonia remembers victims of Christchurch attacks
Parliament and political figures hold minute's silence for 49 people shot dead in New Zealand, with candle-lit vigil planned in Barcelona on Friday evening
Catalan students join international climate strike
Union calls on young people in major cities to take part in environmental protest involving hundreds of thousands in 105 countries
Eye drops effective against diabetic retinopathy, shows Catalan-led study
European project headed by Vall d'Hebron Research Institute opens way for more easily treating complication of diabetes that causes blindness
Five fans arrested for fighting ahead of Barcelona-Lyon match
Earlier in afternoon five French supporters were injured in attack by Barça fans near Camp Nou stadium
Vall d'Hebron gets top-of-the-range radiotherapy accelerator
Barcelona hospital first in country to unveil innovative cancer treatment platform thanks to Amancio Ortega Foundation donation
Catalonia competing with some EU countries in patent applications
Latest patent statistics show Catalonia has a level of innovation comparable to some European Union member states and continues to pioneer Spain
Madrid train bombings remembered, 15 years on
"Today we are all Madrid citizens," said the Catalan president at the time, Pasqual Maragall
One Catalan among victims in deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash
The fatalities of the Boeing 737 air disaster include one former Catalan citizen, reportedly a 46-year-old man from Granollers
Center for immigrant children outside Barcelona attacked twice over weekend
A group of around 25 assailants threw stones at the foreign minors and their care workers, three of whom were injured
Barcelona's local council sues bus against 'feminazis'
Far-right group Hazteoír says in campaign that gender equality law is "discriminatory for men"
Far-left party critical of 'disproportionate and repressive' police response
CUP representative speaks out against government's handling of Women's Day protesters, while main unions call for gender abuse laws
Thousands take to the streets in Catalonia in support of women's rights
200,000 people in demonstration in Barcelona on International Women's Day, matching last year figures
All sectors down tools for Women’s Day general strike
Government says stoppage noted most in universities, while union says participation "higher" than last year
‘Equal pay is still 100 years away’: unions warn of labor rights stagnation
Women earn 24% less than men for the same job, says study
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