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The Socialist mayor outlines her proposals for the city in an interview with the Catalan News Agency

Rental costs for new properties rose by 11,9%, with those for used dwellings increasing by 7.2%

Owners may only price rents at 10% more than the reference index in areas with a lack of affordable housing

The platform 'What else must happen?' plan to resume demonstrations in the afternoon

Expert hopes to dissuade politicians from stating lies but say its impact will be limited on social media

Activists claim new rule fails to address “housing crisis" and demand measures against “abusive rental prices”

In parallel, the Mobile World Congress will also see protests due to the presence of the King of Spain

Forum to be led by singer-songwriter and former MP Lluís Llach

This represents 89 more films than 2017, coming from 41 countries around the world

More employment policies are needed to combat job insecurity, according to report by social platform

Spain’s treasury has assured it will pay out the funds once it receives request from the government

Government report predicts 2018 turnaround in social security system deficit, guaranteeing pension payments to Catalan workers

Unemployment in Catalonia fell by 10.7% in March in comparison to the same month last year, totaling 446,017 people. According to the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security, 6,325 people left the unemployment lists last month, which represents a slight 1.40% decline in comparison to February. However, with this drop, Catalonia has now registered 45 consecutive months of declining unemployment in annual terms. The number of jobless also fell across the whole of Spain. There were 48,559 fewer unemployed at the end of March and the number of people without a job totaled 3,702,317. Moreover, the number of unemployed in comparison to the same month last year fell by 9.58%, the highest decline registered in March since the beginning of the historic series.

The number of people registered on the unemployment lists in Catalonia in February stood at 452,342 people, 1,581 fewer than in January, according to the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security. This February’s fall is the smallest registered for this month in the last 21 years. In annual terms, Catalonia has now listed 44 consecutive months of declining unemployment, since July 2013. Indeed, February has usually been a month with decreasing unemployment, except during the worst years of the economic crisis. The number of contracts registered in February stood at 222,369 units, the highest figure for the month of February since 2006. In the whole of Spain, unemployment also fell in February. There were 9,355 fewer unemployed than in January and the number of people without a job totalled 3,750,876.

The number of people unemployed and registered as such with the Catalan Public Employment Service (SOC) at the end of January increased by 278 people compared to December’s figures, a slight growth of 0.06%, according to data released this Thursday by the Spanish Ministry of Employment. Thus, the number of unemployed in Catalonia totalled 453,923. Despite this increase, the unemployment rates in annual terms has declined for 43 consecutive months and there are 64,157 fewer unemployed now than at the end of January 2016, which represents a 12.38% decrease. In Spain as a whole, unemployment has also grown and stood at 3,760,231 people at the end of January. This means that registered unemployment increased by 57,257 people in Spain, representing a 1.55% rise in comparison to last December.