The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, has stated that the partial withdrawal of US troops from the country, announced by the Pentagon, was foreseeable, but emphasizes the need for Europe to take a more active role in its own defense.
The private security staff of Lamine Yamal thwarted an attempted robbery early this morning at the house the footballer has in Esplugues de Llobregat, according to sources familiar with the incident confirmed to La Vanguardia. A guard spotted through the security cameras two individuals perched on one of the walls of the property of the Barcelona player, who last night won with the Spanish national team against France in the Football World Cup.
There is no doubt that Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, is one of the most iconic plays of the 20th century. And it talks about nothing more than a marriage: the battle royale starring Martha and George is legendary, with some iconic lines. Like when she, after hearing him say he can’t take it anymore, shoots back: “You can take it! That’s why you married me!”. Ingmar Bergman delved into the subject with the masterful series Scenes from a Marriage, adapted for the stage a thousand times. Right now, at the Maldà, the company El Eje is performing a quite successful version of the classic, Escenes d’una separació, with a script by Eva Pauné Martínez. It turns Marianne and Johan into Alba and Joana, a lesbian couple trying to survive in present-day Barcelona. They love and hate each other at the same time, but they can’t live without being together. Mar Pawlowsky and Patrícia Bargalló know how to take their characters to the limit, with the mirror of the creatures created by the Swedish genius as a reflection. An excellent performance.
London’s Shakespeare’s Globe has embraced flamenco to reinvent one of William Shakespeare’s most sophisticated comedies, ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1598), in a production that combines Elizabethan verse, singing, and dancing with a cast that includes several Spanish artists.
Despite the geopolitical environment, CaixaBank managed to increase its profits by 7% in the first quarter to 1,572 million euros. The bank also maintained an upward trend in the net interest margin in the first quarter, something it also achieved in the second half of the year.
The impact of the DANA of October 29 is measured not only in mud but also in unprecedented economic paralysis. According to reports from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Generalitat, the disaster affected more than 54,000 companies and put the livelihood of over 190,000 workers at risk due to ERTEs, reduced working hours, and layoffs. With nearly 10,000 shops and local businesses devastated, the reconstruction of the ground zero area demands a specialized workforce that the current market cannot supply.
A pineapple of euphoria in the center of the field. A mountain of happiness. A panorama of immense and well-deserved satisfaction. Ewa Pajor, chosen as the best of the match, was vibrating. Salma Paralluelo was letting her hair down. Captain Alexia Putellas was smiling. A fantastic Cata Coll was clenching her fist.
Every day more and more gastronomic festivals dedicated to a single food are proliferating in Madrid, be it the hamburger, pizza, grilled red meat, or rice dishes. During the upcoming weekend, the VII Edition of the Calsotada Fest will be held in Las Rozas, where the calçot becomes the star of the celebration.
Leonor has broken her own record by becoming the first member of the Spanish royal family, male or female, to skydive. La Zarzuela released images this Tuesday of the Princess of Asturias in which she can be seen in the air, landing after jumping from a height of about four hundred meters from a training plane. A few weeks ago, the princess completed the basic parachuting course at the Méndez Parada Military Parachuting School, located at the Alcantarilla Air Base (Murcia), as a complement to the military training she is undertaking at the General Air and Space Academy (AGA) in San Javier.
“Regarding the statement issued this morning by the Community of Madrid, WE CATEGORICALLY DENY having received any threats or instructions from the President of our country, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, or any official of the Government of Mexico regarding the holding of the Los Premios Platino Xcaret.” Not even carved in stone with a chisel would the denial be read more emphatically than the hotel group, the most important in the Riviera Maya and one of the largest in the country, has just issued a few minutes ago.