Ayuso asks the Government to activate the EU solidarity fund and offers aid for the Sierra Oeste fire

Ayuso asks the Government to activate the EU solidarity fund and offers aid for the Sierra Oeste fire

The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced this Wednesday that her Government will request the urgent activation of the European Union Solidarity Fund due to the fire originating in the Sierra Oeste, which has affected about 27,000 hectares in the region, and has left about 100 primary residences destroyed.

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The PSPV bets on renewal in the three capitals before the PP mayors

The PSPV bets on renewal in the three capitals before the PP mayors

Renewal is the slogan. The PSPV is gearing up for the upcoming municipal elections and is turning to new faces to lead the candidacies in the main cities of the Valencian Community. In an attempt to nip in the bud the traditional internal conflicts that make the Alicante group ungovernable, the president and leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, and the minister and secretary general of the PSPV, Diana Morant, “blessed” yesterday through an agreement of the party’s candidate list commission the appointment of Trini Amorós as the “unity” candidate, aimed at contesting a key and hard-to-win mayoralty from Luis Barcala.

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Benidorm hotels will be a testing ground for the European digital identity applied to tourism

Benidorm hotels will be a testing ground for the European digital identity applied to tourism

Facilitating procedures and tourist mobility without compromising their safety is an essential objective for destinations as massive as Benidorm. Therefore, the private sector and the City Council remain attentive to any innovation in this regard. Hence, Benidorm has selected a proposal from the technology company SICPA to test the future European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) applied to the tourism sector in several hotels in the city.

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Barcelona street vendors change strategy: smaller groups and morning presence

Barcelona street vendors change strategy: smaller groups and morning presence

New summer strategies of the top manta in Barcelona to evade the pressure from the Guardia Urbana. These days these unauthorized street vendors of counterfeit products are mainly positioning themselves on the Besòs and Llobregat sides of Plaza Catalunya and also on Passeig de Gràcia, in front of the Apple store, La Pedrera, Casa Batlló… and they do so mainly during the morning hours.

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The battle for literary prescription adds new fronts

The battle for literary prescription adds new fronts

Reading is at its peak. 70% of Spaniards over 14 years old read books. And 66.2% choose them for leisure, according to the latest Reading and Book Buying Habits Barometer in Spain from the Ministry of Culture. An interest that is evident on social media, where content about books has multiplied. The most common format there is now video reviews of new releases, with young adult romance being the most popular genre, with two million mentions on Instagram and TikTok: reviews generated by profiles that do not necessarily belong to literary figures, but to ordinary citizens – generally young women – who share the latest titles that have thrilled them.

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