For a short period of time, between 1985 and 1993, the Vía Wagner galleries were the exponent in the Upper Diagonal of a commercial model that found some success in pre-Olympic Barcelona. It was the alternative in the upper area of the city to the Bulevard Rosa, which was thriving in…
Every day more and more gastronomic festivals dedicated to a single food are proliferating in Madrid, be it the hamburger, pizza, grilled red meat, or rice dishes. During the upcoming weekend, the VII Edition of the Calsotada Fest will be held in Las Rozas, where the calçot becomes the star of the celebration.
Manuel Villar is the deputy mayor of Alicante and the person appointed to chair the commission that, by unanimous decision of the municipal plenary, was established to try to clarify the circumstances that led to the irregular awarding of public housing in Alicante. Yesterday, in response to questions from this newspaper, after four sessions of a commission in which only one retired official has testified, Villar admitted that it will be the ongoing judicial investigation that clarifies what happened. Because although he maintains that the government team is doing the right thing, he did not even commit his own cooperation: Villar assured that he will appear – it would be strange for the president of the commission to be absent only to not appear – because Vox has requested it, but then he stated that “it is another matter whether I will respond.”
The Minister of Education, Culture and Universities, Carmen Ortí, has asked the educational unions to return to the negotiating table and has called them to a new meeting this Thursday at 9 a.m., with the aim of moving towards an agreement for the entire Valencian educational system.
Users of the R4 line of Rodalies have suffered delays again this Wednesday. This time, the reason has been the theft of copper cable in the railway infrastructure between the towns of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei. But on this occasion, although the impact on the service could not be avoided, the Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested the thieves.
Mayor Jaume Collboni wants to put an end to cruises that only spend a few hours in Barcelona.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Ildefons Cerdà. The engineer and urban planner laid the foundations of modern Barcelona after the demolition of the walls, a process that lasted for years, from 1854 to 1873. In the General Theory of Urbanization of 1867, Cerdà promoted a humanistic and egalitarian urbanism that was meant to provide the “public happiness” of its inhabitants, regardless of their origin or social class. In addition to avoiding differences between neighborhoods, conditions of hygiene, healthiness, and green areas occupied a prominent place.
Los Castellers de Barcelona are preparing to export the castellera tradition to an unprecedented altitude. This June 25, the group from the Catalan capital will travel to the Swiss Alps with the goal of completing what is announced as the “highest castell in history,” in the words of their public relations manager, Jordi Planas, to La Vanguardia.
Professionals from the 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid have successfully performed robotic surgery on a baby just three months old who had a kidney obstruction, the first intervention of this type in Spain on a patient so young with this kidney disease.
The Community of Madrid raises to 12.367 billion euros the consolidated debt of the central Government with the region for public services, benefits, and unmet legal commitments, an amount that represents 40% of the total regional budget for 2026.
