The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, held a conversation this Saturday with his counterpart from New York, Zohran Mamdani, one of the most popular politicians in the United States. In their meeting, it was once again confirmed, according to the Barcelonan, the good rapport between the two cities both in terms of fighting to achieve affordable housing and combating the impact of climate change.
For months, a sign on the door has been announcing the future of what is said to be the last restaurant license on Passeig de Gràcia: Tbilisi Boulevard. A Georgian restaurant opening this weekend that promises to become a gastronomic and cultural embassy of the country. While they finish the final details of the large two-story venue and the kitchen is already preparing khubkalis and kachapuris, La Vanguardia has been able to take a look at the new chapter of this iconic place in the city.
The negotiation of the fiscal ordinances is one of the few municipal matters in which, year after year, the groups that make up the plenary strive to renew through political agreement. The matter is not minor: the taxes paid by citizens and businesses. The government of Jaume Collboni aims to freeze the tax burden on the general population. And to increase the one related to the tourism sector. It will be so or it will not be, since it is a demand from ERC and Barcelona en Comú for the overall proposal to move forward. The deputy mayor of Economy, Jordi Valls, proposed this Friday a double increase, of the IBI on large hotels and leisure venues and on short-stay cruise passengers.
An inmate of the Quatre Camins prison (Barcelona) died this Thursday following an alleged assault by his cellmate, which is being investigated by the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Penitentiary Services of the Generalitat.
The journalists from La Vanguardia, Toni Muñoz and Mayka Navarro, explain in this video the updates published this Friday about the investigation into the death of Isak Andic.
The ES-Alert that was sent on Wednesday night to the mobiles of the Valencians arrived at 22:08. At that moment, many streets of València and towns like Torrent were already flooded by the downpour. And even in the Ciudad de València stadium, where the Levante vs Athletic match was suspended, the situation was total chaos. Was the ES-Alert sent late?
Jonathan Andic became interested in a treatment devised by his therapist, Maria Julia Lüderwaldt, which consisted of simulating throwing a hated family member off a cliff. This was explained by the English teacher Johanna during the five hours that the two statements she voluntarily gave to the Mossos d’Esquadra lasted, according to La Vanguardia from sources familiar with the investigation.
The number of reported crimes in Catalonia in the first half of this year fell by 7.4% compared to the same period last year. This is confirmed by the statistics recently released by the Ministry of the Interior after collecting data provided by all police forces. The decrease in Catalonia is greater if only conventional crime is taken into account. In this case, the drop is 9%.
A man of British nationality residing in the Las Colinas urbanization in the municipality of Olivella (Garraf) is the fatal victim after the downpour that fell last night and early morning in Barcelona and its metropolitan area.
València and its metropolitan area, which includes many of the towns that suffered the October 2024 dana (which caused 232 deaths), have endured a night and early morning nightmare due to a downpour that collapsed the capital and caused flooding in cities such as Torrent. It was of such intensity that for a time flights at València airport were suspended, the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana network (metro) was completely halted, serious problems were generated in commuter trains, access to the capital was blocked, the match between Levante and Athletic Bilbao was postponed, and residents of the towns in the Barranco del Poyo feared that the flow would overflow and cause a tragedy similar to the one almost two years ago. The Aemet agency had issued an orange warning for days and the Generalitat Valenciana issued the ES-Alert last night when the downpour had collapsed València and the surrounding areas.
