A letter with a death threat and two 9-millimeter caliber bullets in the envelope. The message could not be more forceful. Even in the digital age, there is a difference between a cold email and a physical package with two real bullets. The warning gains greater credibility. The mobsters prefer the classic.
Observe the world to know oneself. Minor White, considered one of the essential names of the 20th century for understanding the evolution of modern photography, reminds us that this discipline is a way to explore and reflect our inner self. The poetry that emanates from his images is one of the keys to his work, and the public who visit the KBr center of Fundación Mapfre in Barcelona will be able to see it with the most comprehensive retrospective of the artist in Europe.
The pressure that the U.S. president, Donald Trump, wants to exert on Germany, from where he has just withdrawn his troops, also extends to trade agreements. Yesterday, out of nowhere, Trump announced that he will raise tariffs on European cars again, from 15% to 25%, stating that the European Union does not comply with the agreements of the Joint Declaration that both parties signed last July.
The European Parliament is back at it, pushing to extend the “only yes means yes” rule across the entire EU. This means requiring member states to define rape based on the absence of explicit consent, rather than the use of force, following the Istanbul Convention. The plenary of the European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a report to include consent in the directive on gender-based violence in EU law, something it already tried to do during the previous legislature, but which was left pending due to the refusal of some member states, led by France and Germany, who argued the EU’s lack of competence to regulate such a matter at a European level.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considers that the Amnesty law aims to reduce institutional and political tensions and promote a scenario of “reconciliation.” That was one of the central messages conveyed yesterday in the reading of a ruling that supports the law, dispels much of the doubt about its fit within European Union law, and clears one of the main legal obstacles for the return of former president Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín, and Lluís Puig.
The artist Lorenzo Quinn announced this Thursday in Castelldefels during the presentation of one of his sculptural installations a new project that will also be installed in the town: the sculptural set Gloria, which will recreate an iconic image of Ronaldinho and Messi, closely linked to the city, resulting from the first official goal of the Argentine star with the first blaugrana team.
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.
TV schedules in the United States were interrupted once again by news on the gun epidemic front, that disease so characteristic of this country. At a time of high sensitivity, this time the tragedy occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest in this city in southern California, with 1.4 million residents.
If British politics were a horror movie (and the truth is it often seems like one, even Oscar-worthy), its title would be The Zombie and the Ghost. Because to the famous zombies of Night of the Living Dead, we must add Keir Starmer as the resident of Downing Street (awaiting to be guillotined), and to the famous ghosts like the Phantom of the Opera, Anne Boleyn roaming the Tower of London, the Flying Dutchman, or Abraham Lincoln in the White House, we must now add Peter Mandelson.
Dearest gentlemen of the UCO and the UDEF: in view of recent events, I proceed to list what you may find in a possible search of my home and what may be subject to seizure. My dwelling has three entrances. One of them to the parking lot and another to a garden. De…