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italy

Open Arms condemns criminalization

The prosecutor’s office of Ragusa confirmed the accusations against Proactiva Open Arms, yesterday accusing it of promoting illegal immigration and helping 216 people to enter Italy. The NGO says that...

Politics

Slovenian president criticises Spain’s ignorance

Spain’s descriptions of the “Slovenian way” as violent did not go down well in Slovenia. The president, Milan Kucan, believes that their “peaceful exercise of the right to self-determination”...

Staff and patients protest at Móra d’Ebre Hospital

health

Pioneering operation on pancreatic cancer

A team of surgeons from Vall d’Hebron Hospital has operated on patients with locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma - one of the cancers with the worst prognosis and which until now could not be...

Two records on first day of World Championships

The Hangzhou short-range World Championships in China got off to a good start with two world records broken on the first day of competition. The first was by the Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto, who won the...

society

Young Catalans now tolerate corruption

Young Catalans now accept cases of corruption occurring in everyday life as normal. This includes copying in an exam, falsifying residency to enrol a child at a preferred school, a public worker receiving...

Calvo clarifies 155 not an option

global economy

IMF sees a debilitated world in face of upcoming crisis

Police restructure shelved

Health care defenders demand shorter waits

The Marea Blanca, a platform defending public health in Catalonia, yesterday addressed a letter to the government demanding shorter waiting lists and the cessation of the commercialization of health care....