180k take to Barcelona streets to remember October 1
'Self-determination is a human right' reads the banner leading the protest up to the Catalan parliament
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The tale of one small town on referendum day
A year after the independence vote on October 1, locals in Sant Cebrià de Vallalta recall the violent attempts by Spanish police to stop the voting
Elna, the town that made the independence referendum possible
A small town near the border was the center of a clandestine operation to provide six million voting papers and thousands of ballot boxes for the October 1 vote
Thousands of students take to Barcelona streets to “face Spanish repression”
Striking undergraduates urge pro-independence parties to "agree on a coordinated strategy"
‘Here, we voted’: a referendum remembered
More than 800 placards put up at polling stations as politicians condemn police violence
Police avoided 'violent clashes' between opposing marches, says minister
Home Affairs minister Miquel Buch refuses to resign arguing Mossos used force to avoid "greater problems"
Six arrested and 14 injured in Barcelona protest
Catalan 'Mossos d'Esquadra' use force in several locations against pro-independence groups to keep them away of Spanish police officers' march
Catalan police use force to keep opposing protests apart
Mossos d'Esquadra try to keep pro-independence protesters away from march to honor officers that took part in referendum crackdown
Catalan police on alert to keep opposing protests apart
Mossos d'Esquadra use force to keep pro-independence protesters away from march to honor officers that took part in referendum crackdown
Amnesty International condemns Spain for passive role in referendum day violence investigation
Prosecutor did not "play its role," laments director of NGO in Spain
What are the newborn Catalans called?
Births in the country fell by 3.6% in 2017 as mothers had first child at 31 years of age
“No child should sleep on the streets,” says Catalan work and families minister
With the number of unaccompanied minors arriving in Catalonia on the rise, the government wants to redesign the system
Actor who 'shit on God' prosecuted for offending religious sentiments
Judge about to send Willy Toledo to trial only days after arrest
Work begins to remove Francoist symbols in Girona
The four eagles on bridge have "no patrimonial value" says local mayor, calling removal act of "justice"
Government to open new welcome centres for unaccompanied minor migrants
Announcement comes days after administration said childhood services overwhelmed by increase in numbers
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