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Polling reported by La Vanguardia suggests Aliança Catalana would jump from 2 to 30 deputies in the Catalan parliament, according to El Confidencial. The projection marks a dramatic rise for the pro-independence right-wing party, prompting discussion in Spain about its growing electoral strength and what the surge would mean for Catalan politics and potential governing coalitions.

Zimbabwe's Warriors are preparing to face DR Congo, whose squad features stars from top European clubs. Zimbabwe coach team official Catala insists his side will not be intimidated, saying the Warriors are 'not worse than anyone' despite the gulf in resources and big names. Fans are debating whether Zimbabwe can pull off an upset against the star-studded Congolese side.

A portrait of Margaret Hamilton, dated 1936 to 2026, by Catalan illustrator and graphic designer Maria Picassó Piquer is being shared widely on social media, drawing engagement under art and women-in-art tags. Hamilton, the NASA software engineer famous for her Apollo guidance computer work, is the subject of the piece, which reads as a commemorative artwork.

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is set to return to Spain after a court lifted the arrest warrant that had kept him in exile since the failed 2017 independence bid. The ruling opens the way for his homecoming after years in Belgium, a major development in Spain's long-running dispute over Catalonia's separatist movement.

Spanish authorities have withdrawn the arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan leader who has lived in exile since the failed 2017 independence bid. The move is linked to Spain's amnesty process for those involved in the Catalonia separatist push and could clear the way for Puigdemont to return to Spain without facing arrest.

Two independently developed programming languages for encoding legislation — Catala and Arxo — were used to formalize the same regulation, and the resulting implementations agreed on their outputs. The comparison is being discussed as evidence that 'law as code' approaches can produce consistent, verifiable interpretations of legal texts across different tools, languages, and development teams.

Spain has cancelled the arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who led the region's independence push and has lived abroad since 2017 to avoid prosecution. The decision removes a major legal obstacle to his return to Spain and is likely to reignite debate over amnesty for those involved in the separatist movement.

Spanish defence technology company Indra has acquired Dares, a Catalan radar startup, to equip its Tarsis military drones with radar capabilities. The purchase strengthens Indra's unmanned systems programme and reflects growing European defence investment in indigenous drone and sensor technology, drawing attention from the defence and startup communities.