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Catalonia loses 59,500 jobs in August as unemployment rises
1+ week, 4+ day ago (470+ words) Employment in Catalonia fell by 59,500 people in August, a 1.48% drop that took the number of registered workers below 4 million. Despite the decline, Social Security membership rose 3% year-on-year to 3,965,220, a record for August, helped in part by the recent regularisation of…...
Catalonia heads into National Day amid amnesty delays and far-right tensions
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (661+ words) Latest update: September 10, 2026 02:02 PM Catalonia heads into its National Day on Friday, September 11, with Spain's 2024 amnesty law still not fully implemented, the possible return of former president Carles Puigdemont looming over politics, and growing tensions over the rise of the…...
Brussels says new EU housing rules create framework for Catalonia to curb speculative purchases
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (424+ words) The European Commission’s new Affordable Housing Act creates a legal framework for Catalonia to restrict speculative home purchases, EU Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told the Catalan News Agency (ACN) on Wednesday, while stressing that any new measures will have to…...
Spain renews push for Catalan to become official EU language
1+ week, 4+ day ago (730+ words) The Spanish government has asked for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be added to the agenda of the EU General Affairs Council meeting on September 22, where the bloc's European affairs ministers will meet in Brussels. Spain has submitted the request,…...
Chef Ferran Adrià and ALBA Synchrotron director Caterina Biscari awarded Catalonia's Gold Medal
1+ week, 5+ day ago (208+ words) Chef Ferran Adrià and physicist Caterina Biscari, director of the ALBA Synchrotron, will receive Catalonia's Gold Medal (Medalla d'Or) for their "extraordinary" careers and their contribution to "projecting Catalonia onto the world stage" in gastronomy, innovation and science. The Catalan…...