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society

VTC decree approved, peace not guaranteed

The Catalan Government yesterday approved a decree on urgent measures in the field of passenger transport through the rental of vehicles with a driver (VTC), which establishes the operating conditions...

Spain among most corrupt EU States

BARCELONA TERROR ATTACKS

Police made enquiries about Es-Satty prior to attacks

Add embezzlement and stir

Mobile Week is coming to Catalonia

Mobile Week, the prelude to the World Mobile Congress, will spread reflections about technologies’ impact on society beyond Barcelona, to Girona, Lleida, Reus, Igualada, and in the Ribera d’Ebre, in...

culture

Oui theatre festival welcomes film

“La realidad transformada” (Reality transformed), on until May 18 in the Espais Volart at the Vila Casas Foundation in Barcelona, focuses on Guinovart’s more politically engaged works. Guinovart’s...

chinA

Human Rights defender gets prison sentence

A Tianjin court yesterday sentenced Wang Quanzhang, a lawyer specializing in defending human rights, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for “subverting state power”. Getting charged with “subverting...

Brazil

Death toll from mining tragedy has reached 60

Yesterday firefighters continued looking for missing people who had disappeared due to the collapse of a dam owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. on Friday in Brumadinho (South-Eastern Brazil)....

EUROPE

Spain seeks return to controversial fishing

Barcelona beats a brave Girona at home

Barcelona stayed near home and visited Girona today, to play at Montilivi. A first ever Barça goal from Nelson Semedo and second one from Messi - his 19th scored in 19 games in La Liga - 7 more than his...