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8/31/2022 2:20:23 PM
Spain violated the political rights of former members of the Catalan government and parliament, the UN's Human Rights Committee found Wednesday.
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7/4/2022 5:03:03 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population reported an increase of 6.9 percent in coronavirus infections over the past week, months after a major decline in infection tolls nationwide, according to a statement released by the ministry on Sunday.
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6/16/2022 12:53:16 PM
Emergency services battled several wildfires Thursday as Spain remained in the grip of an exceptional heatwave that has seen temperatures reach 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Farenheit).
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4/24/2022 8:50:59 PM
Spanish authorities are pledging full transparency as they launch inquiries into allegations that the phones of dozens of supporters of Catalan independence were hacked with powerful and controversial spyware only sold to government agencies.
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1/18/2022 6:56:09 PM
Catalonia will on Friday lift a Covid-19 curfew imposed just before Christmas but other social distancing measures will remain in force in the northern Spanish region.
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12/21/2021 7:50:56 PM
Despite vaccination rates that make other governments envious, Spain is facing the hard truth that, with the new omicron variant running rampant, these winter holidays won't be a time of unrestrained joy.
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12/18/2021 7:01:26 PM
Thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Saturday to protest against a court decision that mandates that 25% of all school subjects be taught in Spanish, reducing the still predominant use of the local Catalan language in classrooms.
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10/12/2021 9:12:54 PM
Barcelona can fill their Camp Nou stadium to capacity for key Champions League and La Liga matches next week, after Catalonia authorities on Tuesday eased Covid crowd limits
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10/4/2021 12:20:34 PM
Exiled former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was back in an Italian court Monday to fight an extradition warrant issued by Spain over his role in Catalonia's failed independence bid.
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9/24/2021 4:14:54 PM
Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was awaiting a court hearing in Italy following his arrest four years after fleeing Spain over an independence referendum that Madrid ruled illegal
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9/15/2021 8:41:10 PM
Catalonia has remained a major issue in Spanish politics and one that Sanchez's government has vowed to tackle through negotiations
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9/11/2021 1:06:10 PM
The protest coincides with Catalonia's national day, or 'Diada', which commemorates the 1714 fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession and the region's subsequent loss of institutions
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8/26/2021 12:39:10 PM
The extradition hearing over European Parliament member Clara Ponsati at Edinburgh Sheriff Court ended with Sheriff Nigel Ross saying that Ponsati has indicated she will not move back to Scotland from Belgium
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7/6/2021 3:13:50 PM
The northern Navarra region announced that bars and nightclubs will go back to closing at 1:00 am instead of 3:00 am, while the Cantabria region has completely shut down nightlife in several towns
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6/29/2021 9:29:30 PM
Last week Sanchez's government pardoned the nine separatists who had spent over three years in prison for instigating the 2017 secession bid that threw Spain into crisis
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6/23/2021 5:01:00 PM
The pardons are conditional, and a ban on the leaders holding public office remains in place, Sanchez said
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6/22/2021 3:10:20 PM
Separatist sentiment skyrocketed in Catalonia over the past two decades, fueled by the global recession and an increasingly polarized political climate
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6/22/2021 12:04:39 PM
Tensions over secession in the Catalan-speaking region of 7.5 million grew in earnest a decade ago amid recession-driven economic hardship
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6/21/2021 3:53:51 PM
"I am convinced that getting these nine people out of prison ... is a clear message of concord," Sanchez said on Monday at the event in the region's main city attended by around 300 members of Catalan civil society
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6/13/2021 1:06:20 PM
The demonstration has been organized by a civil society group in defense of the nation's unity, and it chose a central square that has become a symbol for far-right political rallies
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