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Realistic illustration depicting Noelia Castillo Ramos in a Spanish hospital room, symbolizing her euthanasia case after a legal battle.

Noelia Castillo Ramos har genomgått dödshjälp i Spanien efter nästan två års rättslig strid om mental kapacitet

26 mars 2026 Rapporterad av AI Bild genererad av AI

Noelia Castillo Ramos, en 25-årig förlamad kvinna från närheten av Barcelona i Spanien, avled genom dödshjälp den 26 mars 2026 på Hospital Residència Sant Camil i Sant Pere de Ribes. Detta skedde efter en begäran som godkändes 2024, trots utdragna överklaganden från hennes far som hänvisade till hennes psykiska ohälsa. Fallet, som har rötter i barndomstrauman och ett självmordsförsök 2022, har på nytt tänt debatten om Spaniens lag om dödshjälp.

Mossos arrest repeat sex offender for Montjuïc rape

Mossos d'Esquadra arrested a 25-year-old man on Thursday for an alleged rape on February 13 in Montjuïc gardens, Barcelona. The detainee, previously convicted of four sexual assaults in 2018, was on prison leave at the time. The Central Unit for Sexual Assaults identified him at Quatre Camins prison.

National Court dismisses Convergència ambulances case

25 mars 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Judge Santiago Pedraz of Spain's National Court has dismissed the ambulances case, a spin-off from the 3% case on irregular financing of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC). The ruling comes after three years of investigation failing to prove criminal irregularities in a 2014 tender. Anticorruption Prosecutors support the dismissal.

Europa

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Kultur

Culture presents Acción Portabella program for Pere Portabella's centenary

Politik

Sánchez held two secret meetings with Junqueras on regional financing

PP calls summit in Aragón to oppose government's regional financing model

Following the government's announcement of a new regional financing model, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has convened his party's 11 regional presidents to a summit on January 18 in Aragón. The meeting aims to unify opposition, criticizing the model as favoring Catalan independence, amid defenses from Salvador Illa and Oriol Junqueras.

Mossos charge against antifascist protesters in Sentmenat

10 januari 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Catalan police dispersed hundreds of antifascist protesters in Sentmenat, Barcelona, after firecrackers were thrown at an event by the neonazi group Núcleo Nacional. Four officers were injured in the clashes. The far-right group, based in Madrid, held a private gathering in an industrial polygon over 30 km from the Catalan capital.

Carles Vilarrubí, Catalan businessman and former Barça vice president, dies at 71

Catalan businessman Carles Vilarrubí Carrió died early this morning in Barcelona at age 71. A key figure in the founding of Convergència i Unió and close to Jordi Pujol, he also served as vice president of FC Barcelona from 2010 to 2017.

Salvador Illa warns of ultra-right rise in Christmas message

26 december 2025 Rapporterad av AI

Generalitat President Salvador Illa used his December 26 Christmas speech to warn about the advance of ultra-right ideas in Catalonia, Spain, and Europe, defending humanity and solidarity as essential pillars. Amid the eviction of 400 homeless people in Badalona and the growth of parties like Aliança Catalana and Vox, Illa emphasized that responses to challenges do not involve blaming the most vulnerable.

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