Catalan teacher denies hate speech accusations at court
Manel Riu tells court in Tremp that his tweets and Facebook posts criticizing Spain are not criminal
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Spain police operation against Catalan referendum cost €87M
Spanish Home Affairs minister says use of force was “minimal and proportionate”
Protests demand freedom for jailed leaders at 3 month mark
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were sent to prison on October 16, and various towns throughout Catalonia have held demonstrations to demand their release
Public retirement homes and primary care to share medical history
Easy access to an individual’s details will streamline the process and make it easier to receive care
Work to do on Catalan universities as public funding remains low
Due to subsequent cuts after economic crisis, further education centers are also more expensive than European average
Prison of up to 9.5 years for main offenders in major corruption case
Court orders CDC party to repay 6.6 million euros after it is found guilty of illegal funding in sentence involving former officials of the Palau de la Música concert hall
Olive trees planted in remembrance of August 17 Barcelona terrorist attack victim
Pau Pérez, who would have been 35 on Sunday, was stabbed to death as perpetrator of atrocity fled police
Trial over alleged illegal funding of People’s Party kicks off
Prosecutor calls for 7-year prison sentence for former Valencian vice president
Yellow ribbons and October 1 ballot box placed outside European Commission in symbolic protest
On Saturday night, pro-independence activists also tied an ‘estelada’ flag outside the EU building
Catalan administration workers demand leaders’ release
They also call for withdrawal of arrest warrant against Puigdemont and Catalan ministers in Brussels
Citizens mobilize against gender violence
Seven women were murdered throughout Catalonia last year and 12,000 complaints were filed up until November 2017
Catalonia breaks all-time record with over 1,100 transplants in 2017
Catalan hospitals have one of the highest numbers of these procedures in the world, 146.5 per million people
Jailed Catalan leaders give up on unilateral path to independence
Grassroots leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, as well as minister Joaquim Forn, appeared before the Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday
Bird identification app created by high school students
Project designed to get teenagers to work in “multidisciplinary” way, according to college technology teacher
Hearing to decide on Catalan pro-independence leaders' incarceration underway
Former ANC president Jordi Sànchez tells judge he does not back unilateral independence
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