Catalan Health Minister: 'Goal for 2024 is to improve relationship between primary care and hospitals'
Part of new plan is to introduce 'care coordinators' to reduce waiting lists
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Children under 2 years old to receive bronchiolitis shot from October
Catalan Covid-19 vaccine to be administered as booster during flu season
Music group Manel announces indefinite break
Catalan band ended fifth album tour months ago and will now focus on personal projects
Flu 'stresses' hospitals as peak of disease expected next week
1.2 million vaccinated for flu as authorities recommend vulnerable groups to get jab
Beloved priest Pare Manel dies after a life dedicated to marginal neighborhoods and inmates
His legacy includes a foundation that works with youth and families in vulnerable situations in Barcelona
Barcelona shops set up network to get supplies to at-risk customers
Businesses in two city center neighborhoods launch scheme in which volunteers safely deliver shopping to people confined to their homes
Pro-independence head under investigation for comments about recent unrest
Prosecutor to look into accusations by unionist group that ANC president Elisenda Paluzie incited hatred and defended violence
Manel is back with first album in three years
'Per la bona gent' is the Barcelona band's fifth album, featuring new incursions into electronic and urban music
Catalan technology to help NASA find life on Mars
Researchers from the Polytechnic University develop sensors to measure wind speed and air temperature on the Red Planet
34 scientists from Catalan centers in ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ ranking
Half belong to University of Barcelona or Hospital Clínic-Idibaps
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
Catalan Police to be directed by a person associated with the opposition Socialist Party (PSC)
Albert Batlle, in charge of Catalonia's prison network during the former left-wing Cabinet (2003-2010), has been appointed the new Director General of the Catalan Police Force, called Mossos d'Esquadra. The Catalan Government, run by the Centre-Right pro-Catalan State Coalition (CiU), appointed Batlle on Tuesday, emphasising he is "an independent person", "with experience". Batlle is a former member of the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), which is part of opposition in the Catalan Parliament. He will have the challenge to direct the Mossos d'Esquadra after years of controversy linked to the police's use of force. The Catalan Minister for Home Affairs, Ramon Espadaler, asked him "to guide police action" and "to introduce a degree of common sense and calm". Batlle earned prestige as a manager of complex issues and he was one of the key people in the organisation of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
Violent protests in Barcelona over eviction of a squat in Sants neighbourhood
From Monday to Wednesday, there have been many demonstrations and small riots in Barcelona and other cities throughout Catalonia to protest against the eviction of the Can Vies squat, a social centre managed by associations and anarchist trade unions. The Can Vies squat was running since 1997 and it was a symbol among the alternative left and anti-system movements. It was occupying a small building owned by Barcelona’s Metropolitan Transport Authority (TMB), which had somehow tolerated the occupation of its facilities. However, since a few years ago the building has been affected by a town planning project. On Monday the Catalan Police started to empty Can Vies, after it had been paralysed for a long time by civil mobilisations. However, on Monday evening the building was finally emptied, bricked up and a bulldozer started to demolish it. This sparked the conflict. The Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, insisted he will not negotiate until the violence ends.