If on the day of his inauguration as mayor Jaume Collboni had been told that his first three years in office would be politically smooth, he would not have believed it. Especially because his election was so tense with suspense until the last minute. Despite having
The phenomenon of Latin gangs in Barcelona and its metropolitan area, or simply youth gangs, because it is true that today’s gangs have become more multicultural, has gone from being residual to becoming a growing problem. After a few years, between 2014 and 2023, that did not represent any risk, these groups are back under the spotlight of the Mossos d’Esquadra police officials, who are finalizing a specific plan led by the general information commissariat to address the issue.
The mysterious disappearance in mid-March of Jesús Tavira made headlines due to its connection with the most high-profile criminal case Alicante has experienced in recent decades: the unsolved murder of Maria del Carmen Martínez, widow of the former president of the Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, Vicente Sala. The discovery of the businessman’s body, stabbed multiple times and buried in a modest house on the rural outskirts of Alicante, no matter how sordid and gruesome the crime, would not have drawn so many cameras and so much public speculation without the link that connected Tavira to another murder committed almost ten years ago that remains unsolved, that of the matriarch of a wealthy family embroiled in inheritance disputes.
Four people, two of them minors, died by drowning yesterday Saturday at Aigua Morta beach, in the municipality of Oliva, reports Levante and has been confirmed by the Information and Emergency Coordination Center (CICU). The deceased minors were 11 and 14 years old. The deceased adults are a 52-year-old woman and a man whose age has not been determined.
The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a minor as the alleged perpetrator of a violent death by stabbing that occurred last night in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona.
For months, it has been necessary to plan a visit to the Sagrada Família well in advance. Tickets to tour the interior of the basilica are sold out twenty days in advance on the official website and, beyond that, you have to adapt to the available schedules. The completion of the Jesus tower and the announcement of the Pope’s visit to bless it on June 10 have multiplied the interest in the tallest church in the world.
Hundreds of people gathered this Saturday in front of the European Commission headquarters in Barcelona to demand the release of the two activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrested by Israel, the Palestinian-Spanish Saif Abukeshek and the Brazilian Thiago Ávila.
The Association of Victims of DANA October 29, 2024 and the Association of Fatal Victims Dana 29-O have decided to decline the invitation to participate in the meeting convened for this Monday, May 4 by the Directorate General for Victims and Affected Persons and the Commissioner for the Recovery of the Generalitat.
The socialist councilor of Náquera (Valencia) Víctor Navarro has submitted his resignation after experiencing “various episodes of high stress” that lead him to “stop” and take some time off, according to a statement.
The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested four men for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping committed between the Girona area and the border between France and Belgium, in which they demanded a ransom of 60,000 euros.