Mazón's defense believes it is impossible to prove that a previous alert would have prevented deaths

Mazón’s defense believes it is impossible to prove that a previous alert would have prevented deaths

One month has passed since the lawyer acting on behalf of Carlos Mazón in the dana case, Ignacio Gally, gained access to the complete instruction on July 31 thanks to the Valencia Court allowing the former president of the Generalitat Valenciana to appear in the process. And on the first day of September, he sent a letter to the Catarroja court in which, first of all, he asks the judge to specify whether there is any open line of investigation or pending opening regarding a possible criminal liability for action by his client, once the TSJ ruled out the possibility of any criminal liability of Mazón for omission.

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The PISA fiasco could have been corrected in time

The PISA fiasco could have been corrected in time

Errors in the execution of the PISA tests could have been corrected in time because there were up to seven warnings from the Ministry of Education. These were ignored by the coordinators of the Consell Superior d’Avaluació, who did not pass them on to the educational centers to correct the high exclusions, nor to the political leaders to redirect the situation. They never reached the desk of the consellera Esther Niubó, according to her own statement, who learned of the problem a year later. By then, the technical and political leaders were no longer working in the Department of Education.

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The wealth tax must be applied without geographical exemptions

The wealth tax must be applied without geographical exemptions

Gabriel Zucman, former academic at the University of California (Berkeley), is director of the International Tax Observatory in Paris. He is the ideologue behind the 2% global minimum tax on the ultra-rich with assets exceeding $1 billion, which would affect 3,000 people worldwide. This interview took place on the occasion of the Global Progressive Mobilisation, which kicked off yesterday in Barcelona.

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Veolia wins the mega water tender in the Barcelona metropolitan area for 1 billion

Veolia wins the mega water tender in the Barcelona metropolitan area for 1 billion

Societat General d’Aigües de Barcelona, belonging to the Veolia group, has won the major tender for water management in eight municipalities of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), amounting to more than 1,000 million euros, by achieving the best score in the technical and economic criteria. However, the major tender is not yet resolved because the review process, appeals, and obtaining the final green light from the AMB must still be overcome.

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The Pope will have a private meeting with Illa on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9

The Pope will have a private meeting with Illa on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9

Pope Leo XIV will meet with the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, on Tuesday, June 9 in the afternoon, at 4:15 PM. It was a meeting that was not on the public agenda of the Pontiff and was already planned, since between the midday prayer at the Barcelona cathedral and the event at the Lluís Companys stadium there were several free hours which, according to the trip organizers, were for private meetings of the Pontiff.

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Sánchez Llibre renews as president of Foment del Treball until 2030

Sánchez Llibre renews as president of Foment del Treball until 2030

The general assembly of Foment del Treball has renewed Josep Sánchez Llibre as president this Monday, who will continue to lead the Catalan employers’ association until 2030. The leader faced this re-election without competition, as no other candidacy was presented in a process without possible surprises. This will be Sánchez Llibre’s third term, accumulating 12 years in office by the end of the term.

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A team of surveyors certifies a new 3,000-meter peak in the Catalan Pyrenees

A team of surveyors certifies a new 3,000-meter peak in the Catalan Pyrenees

The team of surveyors from Sostremetries, who have been reviewing the altitudes of the peaks of the Pyrenees for years, has certified a new three-thousander in Catalunya, the South Needle of Malavesina, at 3,012.9 meters altitude and a prominence of eleven relative to the last saddle, in the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, according to measurements taken on July 5. In this way, Catalunya goes from twelve to thirteen summits exceeding this elevation: Pica d’Estats, Verdaguer, Punta de Gabarró, Sotllo, N. subpeak of Sotllo, Rodó de Canalbona, Comaloforno, Besiberri Sur, Besiberri Norte, Punta Alta de Comalesbienes, Tuc de Mulleres, North Needle of Malavesina, and now the South Needle. In the entire Pyrenees range, the number will increase from 216, of which 125 are main and 91 secondary, to 217.

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