The majestic image of the Sagrada Família featured on our cover today is a tribute to Antoni Gaudí, on the centenary of his death, and to the city of Barcelona itself for having this fabulous architectural jewel. There are only a few days left until June 10, when,
The invasion in Gaza pushed the war in Ukraine into the background until the conflict in Iran emerged, overshadowing what was happening in the Palestinian strip. International tensions overlap each other and news coverage prioritizes current events. From time to time,
Tomorrow Sunday could be a historic day. For several reasons. Barça can win their 19th League since Cruyff arrived as coach, in 1988, just when the Quinta del Buitre won the last of their five consecutive leagues. To be champion, Barça has to
Most of my family died prematurely because they wanted to please the doctor. Not bothering, shortening appointments, lightening waiting lists, saying it wasn’t that serious, ignoring ailments, have a good day, doctor and that’s it, in Carolingian genuflection, asking if
Employers’ organizations have long warned that one of the main problems of the lack of competitiveness of the Spanish economy is the high level of work absenteeism. Pimec published a report last January focused on Catalonia that pointed out that sick leaves
Gabriel Rufián likes to provoke with his statements and he certainly succeeds because when he speaks in Congress he always attracts the attention of the members, who stop looking at their mobile phones to listen to him. His preferences in favor of tiktoks over the
In a normal country, the creation of a new body, the so-called Investment Consortium, would surely not be necessary to ensure that public works budgeted in a given year are actually carried out. But in Spain, this is not the case and there is a great
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The presence of plainclothes Mossos d’Esquadra in schools to offer help and provide knowledge in security and prevention can be a good initiative… if done well. It can never be considered as a
Pedro Sánchez has been dragged into making political decisions as head of government that he surely would never have adopted with an absolute majority. He has made concessions to nationalist parties and also to Podemos and Sumar. The PP is going down the same path in its relationship
Many years ago at a Sant Jordi party at the Alma hotel, Rodrigo Fresán told me about the plot of a book that had not been translated here. It was the story of a policeman who, in the last days before the end of the world, decides to continue doing his police work. It’s