Users of the R4 line of Rodalies have suffered delays again this Wednesday. This time, the reason has been the theft of copper cable in the railway infrastructure between the towns of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei. But on this occasion, although the impact on the service could not be avoided, the Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested the thieves.
For decades, Carmen Burgos-Bosch opened the doors of her apartment in La Pedrera to the curious, architects, scholars, and admirers of Antoni Gaudí. She showed them the undulating ceilings, pointed out details that went unnoticed by others, and shared anecdotes of a life spent among some of the most celebrated forms of modern architecture.
“Were they killing her with tequilas?”. The first control session in the Assembly of Madrid after Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s eventful institutional trip to Mexico has resulted this Thursday in a cascade of ironies from the opposition about the supposed “extreme risk” that, according to the Madrid president, she faced during her stay in the Latin American country. The plenary thus staged the clash between an Ayuso determined to denounce an alleged political boycott orchestrated from La Moncloa and a left that has ridiculed a narrative it considers exaggerated, victimizing, and full of accusations without evidence.
The Spanish team trained this Sunday without major incidents on the green of the legendary Cotton Bowl in Dallas, which has been the center of operations during the days leading up to the match against Portugal, which also took place in Texas. The agonizing victory against Belgium has left a very good taste in Spain’s ranks, reaching a World Cup semifinal for the second time in history. With France on the horizon as the last obstacle before the final in New York, there is a debate that captures all the attention and it is none other than the role Pedri will have for the match against Mbappé, Dembélé, and company.
El Banco de España is still immersed in a process of reflection, “the deepest in Europe,” about whether it is advisable to tighten the conditions for access to mortgage credit to avoid possible bubbles. Without yet making a decision, it has detected that this type of measure can “reduce the amount of home ownership and push more people towards renting,” said the Director General of Financial Supervision of the bank, Daniel Pérez Cid, during the presentation of the Spring Financial Stability Report.
Josep Vallverdú (1923-2026) did not consider himself a specialist in children’s and young adult literature (LIJ), for which he was so recognized, but preferred to speak of “adventure novels.” And although in many cases this was true, what was an adventure was his life, which ended on Tuesday and which is not easy to approach with much perspective given the relevance his figure gained in recent years.
Ustec and Secondary School Teachers call off the strikes planned for this week in Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, and Lleida from Monday to Thursday. However, they maintain the call for the strike on June 5, Friday, which they could call off depending on the result of the consultation on the pre-agreement signed with the Government, which will be known on Thursday.
Àlex Márquez will undergo surgery this Sunday after his brutal accident at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, after he was thrown through the air in the Catalunya GP race.
Many years ago, at least twenty, the then editor-in-chief of this section fired at the journalist in charge of writing the chronicle of Sant Jordi’s day with a question as brief as the subsequent answer was:
In a turbulent international context, dominated by armed conflicts and the rise of the far right, the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, positioned Spain this Tuesday as a hub of security and commitment to peace and a multilateralism based on solid rules, thanks to the political stance of the Government to which she belongs. Robles claimed this Spanish position, opposed to the two fundamental wars currently affecting Europe and therefore Spain, those of Ukraine and Iran, for being contrary to international legal order. “Spain says no to illegal offensive wars that do not have international backing.”