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society

Healthcare workers strike called for February 18-22

SPAIN

Prisoners accuse State of criminalising political dialogue

international

Gbagbo acquitted of crimes against humanity

The former president of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, who stood accused of crimes against humanity for the deaths of some 3,000 people in post-election protests, yesterday became the first former chief...

Barça on lookout for new striker in winter market

Barça are urgently looking for a striker to cover the gap left by Munir’s departure for in Sevilla. Ernesto Valverde insisted at the last press conference against Eibar that a new signing was a real...

business

Prices rose 1.4% in Catalonia during 2018

The consumer price index (CPI) closed 2018 with an increase of 1.4% in Catalonia, according to data published by the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE) yesterday. In Spain, the figure was 1.2% year-on-year,...

Seventeen arrested in anti-terror op

Over 50m choose El Prat

Indonesia

Black box from Lion Air plane found yesterday

After months of searching, yesterday navy divers found the second black box from the Lion Air plane crash in the Java sea (which resulted in the deaths of its 189 occupants). The Indonesian authorities...

Spain stops NGO boat from leaving Barcelona port

Spain is stopping a boat belonging to the NGO Proactiva Open Arms in the port of Barcelona from setting sail after the Barcelona port authority (which is subject to the Ministry of Development) refused...

“Two million pro-indy voters won’t simply vanish”