Catalan hospital incorporates robot in surgical operations
Currently in trial period, if successful the technology will be used in 150 annual surgeries
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Judge dismisses charges against five teachers accused of hate speech
Court accepts for consideration lawsuits against four others in controversial case
Madrid court summons Puigdemont’s traveling companions
Four men with the deposed president when he was detained by German police are called to testify in Spain’s National Court
Motorbikes and scooters make up 41.2% of serious or deadly accidents on roads entering Barcelona
Transport type makes up 15% of vehicles used on roads leading in and out of capital
Spain ‘obstructing’ investigation on police violence in Catalonia, says Amnesty
NGO warns case against crackdown on independence referendum hindered by prosecutor and Ministry of Interior
Spanish parliament to debate on euthanasia decriminalization after Catalan initiative
Proposal by the Catalan chamber to be discussed in Madrid
Deposed officials to appear in court about international observers in referendum
Former Catalan representative to the EU and secretary general of Diplocat council under investigation
Viggo Mortensen joins Catalonia’s Òmnium Cultural
American actor becomes member of pro-independence organization
Sónar+D 2018 reaches for the stars
Space exploration is just one subject in the 6th edition of the annual congress on the future of creativity
Jailed speaker tells judge her imprisonment would happen 'nowhere else'
Spanish Supreme Court opens door to lower charges to ‘conspiracy to commit rebellion’ or ‘sedition’
Lawyer of officials in Brussels ‘hopeful’ extraditions will be rejected
Belgian judge is “democratic” and wants no “abuse” of European arrest warrants, says Paul Bekaert
Speaker calls for defense of ‘rights and freedoms’ at WWII commemoration
Parliament president expresses "concerns" about ideas today reminiscent of Nazism at event honoring Catalan volunteers who died in the global conflict
Spain to keep nobility title honouring deceased dictator Francisco Franco
As long as nobility law remains unchanged, title of Duke of Franco to remain, says Spanish justice minister
'The sentence is already written,' says former MP to judge heading independence case
According to Mireia Boya, “the real trial will be before international authorities”
Over 10k postcards to Finland in ‘solidarity’ with Catalonia
A Catalan artist living in the Nordic country will turn the correspondence sent by tens of thousands of Catalans into a work of art
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