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
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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
A satirical show portrays Puigdemont’s decapitation
The scene was part of a southern Spanish folk song performance
Pro-independence Catalan leaders to testify in court
Spanish Supreme Court will decide on their release, but most likely outcome is continued imprisonment
Survivors of Spanish Civil War remembered in documentary
‘Les nenes de la Guerra’ retells the childhood wartime experience of twelve elderly women through photos and interviews
Blackface at Epiphany parade sparks outrage
In some Catalan towns a white actor in black facepaint interprets Balthasar, one of the Three Kings bringing presents to children
Barcelona hospital tests virtual reality to reduce pre-operation anxiety
The technology prepares patients by showing them what to expect on day of intervention
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