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Brazil

Bolsonaro endangers nature reserves

Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in yesterday as President of Brazil. Hours after taking office the far-right politician signed a decree that gives the ministry of agriculture (which is controlled by agricultural...

culture

Dr. Calypso give goodbye concerts in Barcelona

Accident rates continue to rise

society

Passers-by trap would-be robber dressed as Santa

A group of passers-by trapped a robber disguised as Santa Claus and wearing a clown mask as he started to run away. He had been trying to rob a jewelery shop in Les Corts in Barcelona with another man,...

society

All Primary Care Centres to close at 8pm as of 2019

All Primary Care Centers (CAP in Catalan) are going to start closing at eight in the evening, in a bid to standardize opening hours, in accordance with a regulation from the Department of Health that is...

russia

US citizen arrested for spying in Moscow

On Monday the Russian Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow, allegedly while he was spying. The FSB stated that a case has been opened against Whelan and that...

“The year of liberty”

Optimism as Brazil welcomes extreme right Bolsonaro

Europe

Far-right’s rhetoric is ’toxic’ in Bundestag

NATIONAL

Puigdemont among “People of the year”

The Frankfurter Allgemeine featured the president-in-exile Carles Puigdemont as one of the most prominent figures of 2018. In its Sunday edition, the German newspaper, one of the most prestigious on the...