As a result of the Protestant Reformation and the Church of England becoming the official church of the country under the reign of Elizabeth I, Catholics were marginalized to the point of lacking full citizenship, having to pay additional taxes, being unable to vote, buy property, practice law, or hold public office, both civil and military, from university rector to prime minister.
Since 2001, when the UK Labour government decided to establish free universal entry to access the fabulous collections of its national museums (from the National Gallery to the Tate, the Victoria & Albert, or the British Museum), the number of visits increased exponentially in the following decade, reaching increases of more than 250%. For a quarter of a century, this measure has not only been envied by audiences across Europe but the mere possibility of charging an entrance fee has been unimaginable for the British. Until now. The economic difficulties faced by many of these museums have led some to dare to touch what was considered untouchable, and the option of easing their battered finances by charging admission has been put on the table. For now, there is talk of a fee for tourists, but some voices call for a return to order. .
Spain has become one of the main focuses of the Italian political debate. And the effect is also beginning to be felt at the airports.
“I won the elections here.” It had been just over three minutes since the start of his press conference in Ceuta last Sunday, and the far-right leader Santiago Abascal had already claimed twice the strength of Vox in this autonomous city, where it managed to be the leading force in the November 2019 general elections, something it has only achieved so far also in its other stronghold, Murcia. Ceuta was, moreover, in the last three calls to the Congress, those of July 2023 and April and November 2019, the constituency where Vox obtained its highest percentage of votes in all of Spain.
One week after the unprecedented humanitarian crisis began with the massive entry of migrants, swimming or on foot, through the border breakwater of Ceuta causing a huge trail of deaths, it is time to assign judicial responsibility.
Neighbors of a building on Muntaner Street at the height of Mallorca Street report that the coming and going of drugged people through their staircase is ruining their lives. Some are already planning to move, others don’t even want to go on vacation. This community has already installed cameras in some common areas, hired a security guard who patrols the landings at dawn, filed a bunch of complaints and reports with the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Barcelona City Council… The RAC1 radio station echoed the laments of these neighbors yesterday.
It is evident that citizens’ access to housing is a serious problem, with prices rising in double digits and a huge shortage of supply, especially in the rental market. But this cannot justify the “anything goes” in housing policy. The…
Cutting off your leg is not a valid weight loss method. It is true that if we step on the scale with one less limb, we will confirm an immediate and substantial weight loss. However, in return, the damage to our life will be enormous. More harm than benefits….
The harsh rebuke that the Consell de Garanties Estatutaries has given to the Catalan law proposal against speculative home buying should shame its legal drafters and political promoters, namely PSC, ERC, and Comuns. But before anyone has the…
The total amendment that the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries has made to the bill to restrict home purchases has not come as a surprise to the business and real estate sector. Since the Govern accepted this initiative from the commons in exchange for their votes to approve the 2026 budgets, entities and professional associations have warned that it contravenes fundamental precepts of the Constitution and the Statute.