The Madrid Wax Museum has prepared a special program for May 2nd, Community Day of Madrid, with an immersive proposal focused on the figure of Francisco de Goya and the events of 1808.
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, a little over a year and a half ago, the United States has managed to control the Western Hemisphere, through military and political means, one of the ambitions stated in the National Security Strategy, published in December 2025, which emphasized that the American continent should be the sphere of influence of the United States and that any “foreign interference” should be expelled, in a clear reference to the persistent influence of China in Latin America.
A critical Europeanist is defined. The British Martin Wolf (London, 1946) has received the European Construction award given each year by the Cercle d’Economia. His columns in the Financial Times have inspired the debate on the global economy for decades.
Iran has presented the United States with a 14-point proposal to definitively end the war, with a resolution timeline of 30 days and a set of demands ranging from lifting the naval blockade to the withdrawal of US troops in the region.
“Dying didn’t matter to me, but stopping making violins…”. The phrase perfectly defines its author, David Bagué (Barcelona, 1964), considered one of the best luthiers in Spain and with the greatest international projection. Beyond having a Creu de Sant Jordi, which is no small thing, the Vienna Philharmonic has three of his instruments (two violins and a cello) and Leonidas Kavakos, one of the best violinists in the world, owns between four and five of his violins. However, at the age of 28 (now he is 61), Bagué began a ordeal that almost took away what he loves most in this life and which is his reason for being: making violins. He was diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare disease from the group of systemic vasculitis, which recently had its world day.
The alleged influence scheme of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is said to have met with a “guy from SEPI” (State Society of Industrial Participations), according to a report from the Economic and Financial Crimes Unit of the Police contained in the case file accessed by La Vanguardia. In that meeting, in addition to the “guy from SEPI,” one of the shareholders of Plus Ultra, Roberto Roselli; the friend and alleged frontman of the former Prime Minister, Julio Martínez Martínez; and Zapatero himself participated in a “clandestine” manner.
Icelanders go to the polls this Saturday to decide in a referendum whether this North Atlantic island, which for decades has preferred not to be part of the European Union (EU), will resume negotiations with Brussels for a possible accession to the community club.
The reading of the municipal register corresponding to January 1 of this year, just made public by the City Council, shows a Barcelona that is a collector of records. The municipality started this year by breaking many maximum population records. Not at a global level, as there is an almost imperceptible decrease of 0.1%, leaving the number of registered people at 1,729,963 (about 2,100 fewer residents than a year ago), but yes in various categories such as people born abroad and of non-Spanish nationality, Barcelonans who have surpassed a century of life, or the number of births, which in this case reaches a historic low: the 11,012 registered throughout 2025 represent the lowest value since 1900, with the only exception of 1939.
The extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers was not the showdown many anticipated, but a delicate exercise in political balance. The meeting, requested by 22 Member States at the initiative of Italy and Denmark following the Ceuta migration crisis, ended with a declaration of principles but, as expected, without concrete decisions. Italy eased tensions with Pedro Sánchez’s government but now proposes that the EU lead the relationship with Morocco to contain migratory surges at the southern border.
The Lost and Found Office of Madrid received a total of 5,137 items during the month of August, a varied collection in which 951 pieces of costume jewelry or jewelry, 573 glasses, and 572 wallets and purses stand out.