After 70 years in an unmarked grave, Italian freedom fighter gets to go home
Catalan authorities hand over remains of Elio Ziglioli, who was tortured and executed by Guardia Civil in 1949
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Liverpool fan arrested for gender violence in Barcelona
Arrest takes place a day after local police detain a number of people for public disorder offenses in city's Plaça Reial square
Unions call for 'more rights and equality' on Labor Day
May 1 will see a number of demonstrations in Barcelona and other cities around Catalonia
Footballer Leo Messi gets one of Catalonia's highest civil distinctions
FC Barcelona star awarded with Creu de Sant Jordi by government, along with former parliament speakers and others
Barcelona stations crowded as metro workers strike
Employees demand better working conditions after asbestos was found on underground train system
Former FC Barcelona president found not guilty in money laundering case
Sandro Rosell had been in pre-trial jail for these allegations for 21 months
Open Arms NGO ship finally sets sail from Barcelona port
Blockaded by Spanish authorities for over 100 days, good weather permits rescue vessel to carry humanitarian aid to eastern Mediterranean
Barcelona will compete with candidates from Finland and Italy to host one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe
Sixteen countries support one of the three proposals, five of which have committed to Barcelona
Fire in l’Hospitalet apartment building kills three
A woman, a three-year-old child, and a baby are the victims
7 million roses expected to be sold on Sant Jordi's Day
Flower vendors gear up for April 23, when Catalonia celebrates its patron saint in its own unique way
Last Catalan Holocaust survivor laid to rest
Government representatives attend farewell ceremony of Neus Català, who died on Saturday aged 103
Neus Català was an ‘extraordinary woman,’ mourns Catalan president
The Catalan Women’s Institute grieves the death of the death of the concentration camp survivor who spent years fighting for recognition of women refugees and in the resistance
Neus Català, last Catalan Ravensbrück survivor, dies aged 103
The antifascist fighter who lived through the Nazi concentration camp was given the highest awards from Barcelona and the Catalan government
‘A jail without bars’ – one year on, activist remains confined to Catalan town
Tamara Carrasco can’t leave Viladecans despite dismissal of initial charges of terrorism and rebellion from pro-independence protests
Government to propose legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide
Minister of health "determined" to have new law passed after man arrested in Madrid for assisted suicide last week
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