The Israeli army began intercepting several vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Monday morning, which is trying to reach the Gaza Strip with the declared aim of breaking the blockade imposed by Israel, according to the flotilla. “Military boats are intercepting and boarding the first of our ships in broad daylight,” the organization warned after 10 a.m.
More than sixty years after the excavations in the so-called Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii, the city devastated by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the profession of one of the victims has been identified: he was probably a doctor who died while trying to escape carrying some of the tools of his trade.
Florentino Pérez has already made a move in the election campaign. On the same day that the board approved his candidacy for the Real Madrid presidential elections, a gigantic banner appeared on a street in the capital in the purest Joan Laporta style.
An election campaign basically consists of raising a bell tower. The higher it is, the bigger the bell and the farther the ringing reaches, the better for the officiating priest. However, it happens that sometimes, down on the street, things happen that distract people to the point that no one pays attention to the ringing.
The great day of reading and civic coexistence is approaching. Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, editor-in-chief of La Vanguardia’s Cultura/s supplement, comments on the special supplement dedicated to literary novelties and recommends ten works in the categories of narrative in Spanish, Catalan and international, journalism and biography, and books about Barcelona. To facilitate the best choice for readers tomorrow, April 23rd.
Three weeks before Spain debuts in the World Cup, which will take place on June 15 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta against Cape Verde, Luis de la Fuente has cleared up the big question that for months has fueled conversations and speculations. The coach revealed this Monday the call-up with the 26 players who will try to claim the second star and offered few surprises but one big novelty: for the first time in the history of the World Cups, no Real Madrid player will defend the colors of the Spanish national team.
That Mónica Oltra’s landing in València was hopeful for the left was never in doubt. Nor was it that her arrival could provoke some internal reluctance. At the first opportunity, the seams of the coalition have already been strained. The virtual candidate for the Mayor of València (something that no one denies despite everything) ultimately did not attend the extraordinary executive meeting of Compromís in the city that had invited her this Wednesday to talk about her candidacy.
Airlines recommend that travelers preparing their summer holidays buy their tickets “as soon as possible” given the uncertainty surrounding the war in Iran and the problems of scarcity and rising kerosene prices. It is a common request that now gains weight in the face of a sharp rise in costs that will have to be absorbed “via company margins or via prices,” assures the association that represents them in Spain.
The countdown begins for the elections in Andalusia on the upcoming May 17. This Friday, May 1, the electoral campaign opens, which for two weeks will serve the Andalusians to determine in whom they place their trust.
A French soldier from the UN force deployed in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed this Saturday and three other soldiers were injured -two of them very seriously- in an attack recorded in the south of that country which President Emmanuel Macron attributed to Hezbollah. Hours later, this pro-Iranian Shiite militia issued a statement denying any involvement in the ambush against the blue helmet contingent, which sparked all kinds of speculation.