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Barcelona postpone presidential election as January 24 polling date is pushed back by coronavirus pandemic

Barcelona have been forced to postpone their presidential elections, which had been due to take place on January 24.

Amid ongoing public health concerns in the coronavirus pandemic, plans at Camp Nou are having to be revised.

No new date has been set for the eagerly anticipated vote, but the Catalan government have been called upon to clear the way for the poll to take place.

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