The Magòria renovation project gets underway for the fourth time, with works scheduled for 2028

The Magòria renovation project gets underway for the fourth time, with works scheduled for 2028

This is one of those municipal projects that generate a certain sense of déjà vu in anyone who follows urban planning information in Barcelona with some interest. The City Council announced this Thursday the awarding of the Landskrona project in the ideas competition to define the Magòria complex, in Sants-Montjuïc, on the mountain side bank of Gran Via. The works, which include sports facilities, a new garden, and the underground work and cleaning center of Parc i Jardins, should start in January 2028. The fact is that something similar happened in the previous decade, with the expectation of being able to cut the ribbon in 2022.

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Ceuta accelerates the return of migrants with suspected illegal expulsions

Ceuta accelerates the return of migrants with suspected illegal expulsions

On the esplanade of Loma Margarita in Ceuta, near what will be the city’s sole military base, about twenty legionnaires surrounded around fifty immigrants yesterday at noon, who had previously been herded there in groups. Sitting in the shade, wearing the same swimsuit they had on four days ago when they jumped from Morocco to Spain, they waited for instructions from the legionnaires to board a bus that would take them to the border to supposedly return voluntarily to their country. “You,” “you,” “you,” a soldier shouted, as a way of distributing return tickets, with no other criteria than the appearance of the young men. Meanwhile, on the other side of the street, a member of the Ceuta association Elín closely watches the scene because they have detected that among the bagged youths there are many minors and three Sudanese: neither group can be summarily expelled by law. The bus fills up without them. And the loud clap of a legionnaire gives them the green light to get up and leave. Even if only to continue wandering around the outskirts of the city, until they are detained again.

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Director of Puig de les Basses prison resigns amid inmate suicide crisis

Director of Puig de les Basses prison resigns amid inmate suicide crisis

Jordi Oliveras, director of the Puig de les Basses prison (Figueres, Girona), has resigned from his position and the Department of Justice has announced that in the coming days it will appoint the person who will take over his role. Sources from the Ministry have said that the head of this penitentiary center offered his resignation to the Secretary of Penal Measures and Reintegration a few days ago, and now his resignation has been made effective.

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