Barcelona's local council sues bus against 'feminazis'
Far-right group Hazteoír says in campaign that gender equality law is "discriminatory for men"
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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
Students strike across Catalonia for International Women's Day
Day of protests, demonstrations, and strikes planned throughout the country
'If women stop, the world stops': Five questions on feminism in Catalonia
Catalan News asked an activist from one of the groups behind the International Women’s Day strike in Barcelona about her thoughts on feminism in the territory
International Women’s Day strike prompts traffic disruption
Feminist protesters set up dawn road blockades, which have now cleared, while the delays continue on the Barcelona metro
Key neural processes in the onset of Parkinson’s disease discovered
Vall d'Hebron research center's discovery opens door to develop therapies to prevent degeneration
Feminist strike: protest that transformed Spanish politics set for new International Women’s Day
Manifesto warns of “patriarchal offensive" as far-right rises ahead of general election
New findings on the effects of aging on the liver published
The IDIBAPS research group found molecular differences between old young and old patients
La Rambla terrorist attack memorial inaugurated
Fourteen people lost their lives on La Rambla on the day of the 2017 attack
Evictions for unpaid rents rose by 3% last year
Yet, number of court orders to evict homeowners due to mortgage foreclosures fell by 1.4% in 2018
Barcelona's StarLife supercomputer to boost medical research
Capable of dealing with 10 million gigas of data at 133 billion operations per second, new system will be used for biomedical studies
Former Barça president freed without bail after nearly 2 years
Judge takes decision on Sandro Rosell during trial against him for misappropriating money from the sale of football TV rights
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