The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced this Wednesday that her Government will request the urgent activation of the European Union Solidarity Fund due to the fire originating in the Sierra Oeste, which has affected about 27,000 hectares in the region, and has left about 100 primary residences destroyed.
A 67-year-old swimmer died this Wednesday on the Grava beach in Xàbia (Alicante) after being pulled from the water due to feeling unwell and later going into cardiorespiratory arrest, according to municipal sources reported to EFE.
Renewal is the slogan. The PSPV is gearing up for the upcoming municipal elections and is turning to new faces to lead the candidacies in the main cities of the Valencian Community. In an attempt to nip in the bud the traditional internal conflicts that make the Alicante group ungovernable, the president and leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, and the minister and secretary general of the PSPV, Diana Morant, “blessed” yesterday through an agreement of the party’s candidate list commission the appointment of Trini Amorós as the “unity” candidate, aimed at contesting a key and hard-to-win mayoralty from Luis Barcala.
Facilitating procedures and tourist mobility without compromising their safety is an essential objective for destinations as massive as Benidorm. Therefore, the private sector and the City Council remain attentive to any innovation in this regard. Hence, Benidorm has selected a proposal from the technology company SICPA to test the future European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) applied to the tourism sector in several hotels in the city.
New summer strategies of the top manta in Barcelona to evade the pressure from the Guardia Urbana. These days these unauthorized street vendors of counterfeit products are mainly positioning themselves on the Besòs and Llobregat sides of Plaza Catalunya and also on Passeig de Gràcia, in front of the Apple store, La Pedrera, Casa Batlló… and they do so mainly during the morning hours.
A cup with a little bit of coffee with milk left rests on the table of Uishèra’s cabin, early on Saturday, July 4th. We imagine that the shepherd has recently gone out to check the flocks, although we don’t see anyone on the mountain. We also don’t spot goats or sheep, nor their guard dogs. In case a protective dog shows up, Manu has a plan B, to climb the neighboring Montlude to avoid potential problems. But it is not necessary to put it into practice.
Barcelona is a city with a strong identity. The city is not just its streets and buildings, brilliantly illustrated in this year’s Mercè poster. Barcelona is its people, its neighborhoods, and its shops. The soul of Barcelona is found in the family-owned stores, in the…
When on Saturday, around 7:15 p.m., we were preparing the dinner service, we were surprised to see several military vehicles passing through the square. We were aware that there was a fire, we saw the column of smoke, but we did not think it was so serious. A few minutes later, the mayor called me to ask that we not open the bar and to be alert for a possible evacuation.”
The start of another long heat wave has once again brought, as feared, new forest fires in Catalonia. After a few days of respite, coinciding with the drop in temperatures, the return of the dreaded heat and the fall in humidity activated two forest fires this Wednesday between Alt Camp, Baix Penedès, and Garraf, starting at noon, just as the thermometer began to reach maximum values. About 3,600 residents from urban centers and relatively nearby residential areas to the fires have been confined preventively and temporarily, controlled throughout the afternoon thanks to the intense work of the Generalitat Firefighters.
“On Saturday around half past one in the morning, I started receiving messages from citizens who thought their houses were burning, we also had to start evacuating the nursing home and make more difficult decisions; literally, I thought the whole city was on fire.” This is how Tania Baños, mayor of La Vall d’Uixó, describes the most tense moments experienced after the hellish fire broke out, forcing thousands of residents of the Castellón town to evacuate, who have spent several days on edge facing the threat of fire over their homes.