European conference in Barcelona underscores importance of women in tech
Barcelona is a very attractive city for IT startups because of its “diversity” and “openness”
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First Civil War mass grave exhumed in Catalan government initiative
17 bodies found in common burial in Pyrenees to be genetically analyzed and identified
Catalan police exclusion from Europol 'can compromise' European security, warns Eurocop
European police union says the agency "should be able to maintain direct contact" with the Mossos d'Esquadra
Barcelona pays tribute to the victims of the Hipercor attack
The 21 dead and 45 injured in the ETA car bomb attack were honored on the 30th anniversary of the massacre
Spain excludes Catalan police from Europol while granting access to Basques
Minister of Home Affairs suggests there are “political reasons” behind the decision
Mauthausen photographer Francesc Boix finally buried with other heroes at Père-Lachaise
"Justice has been done," says Catalan Foreign Affairs Minister Raül Romeva after Paris ceremony
Spanish government challenges call for 500 new Catalan police officers
The Government affirms that they will add the personnel as planned this June
International experts urge political leaders to help solve refugee crisis
Barcelona hosts a conference with international experts on refugee integration
Hospital in Barcelona avoids liver transplants in four children with innovative operation
The Abernethy deformity affects one out of 30,000 children and causes severe complications
Catalan architect makes it big in the Big Apple
Figueras moved to New York for school and soon found himself working at the internationally acclaimed firm nARCHITECTS
La Model Prison, a symbol of Francoist repression, is shut down in Barcelona
The closure of La Model ends one of the darkest chapters in the history of Catalonia and Spain
“It’s my free opinion,” says German Barça fan, denied access because of independence flag
Daniel Kahl, a German Barça fan, was not allowed to enter the stadium at the Copa del Rey final for carrying the ‘Estelada’
Spain’s Anticorruption chief quits over Panama off-shore firm
Manuel Moix owns 25% of an off-shore company in Panama
Growing poverty threatens to divide Barcelona into “two cities”
Up to 222,581 people are living below poverty limits, almost nine time mores than in 2008
Catalonia, pioneer in the struggle for transsexuals rights
Catalan transsexuals do not need a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria to carry out a sex change operation through the public healthcare system. The Health Department implemented this pioneering system in Europe in October. LGTBI groups are satisfied with this new Catalan model in contrast with the last one, which treated transsexuality as an illness. Transsexual groups in Catalonia welcomed the decision for three main reasons. The first one is obvious: doing the sex change would be easier. The second one is related to the old Catalan model, mainly carried out in the Hospital Clínic, one of the most important public hospitals in Barcelona. “Doctors judged you in that hospital. They wanted you to be a standard transsexual, otherwise they said you had no gender dysphoria,” explains Carla Agulló, who went there to receive hormonal treatment and psychological attention. The third reason has symbolic importance. “We think transsexuality is a condition, not a problem,” explains Cristina Nadal, who is in charge of the health area of the Catalan Health Service.
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