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Iran celebrates 40 years since revolution

On this day, 40 years ago, Mohammad Pahlavi’s monarchy fell after his troops were defeated by revolutionary guerrillas. On the subsequent April 1st, Iranians approved, by referendum, the formation of...

“Democracy is on trial”

Self-determination, never

POLITICS

’Vote Catalan’ in municipal elections

CULTURE

Poetics of Emotion exhibition opens

The Caixaforum in Barcelona is opening a wide-ranging new exhibition. From a contemporary video art piece called “Silent Sea” by Bill Viola, to a painting on papyrus from 13th century Castile, the...

SOCIETY

Tarragona protest about church sexual abuses

A hundred people gathered yesterday, in front of the archbishopric of Tarragona to demand “an end to impunity” after cases of child sexual abuse by priests were made public in recent days. The protesters...

Trump to try summit with Kim Jong-Un again

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will be held in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on February 27th and 28th of this year. “My representatives...

THE CULTURAL TIGHTROPE

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

Talks stretched to breaking point

society

97% of women targeted while out at night

Some 97% of women have experienced situations of sexual violence against them in a leisure environment at night, according to the report, Observatori Noctambul@s, by the Health and Community Foundation....