Illa asks teachers to respect the right to education and mobility during their strike

Illa asks teachers to respect the right to education and mobility during their strike

The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has once again called on the teachers who will start the school year this Tuesday with a new day of strike, to also “respect” the right to education and mobility. That is why he has asked them to make a “pause” in their protests to face a “serious debate” around the education model of Catalonia, and has announced a new program with which he intends to end the excessive heat that students face in schools.

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This is what it's like to live with fish odor syndrome: "People change seats"

This is what it’s like to live with fish odor syndrome: “People change seats”

Juan, 56 years old, always attributed the social isolation he suffered as a child to his sexual orientation. At that time, liking boys was not something accepted among his peers. Over time he understood that there was another factor that also marked that stage: “In elementary school my classmates told me I smelled bad, but I ended up normalizing it. You know there is something that sets you apart from the rest, but you never consider that there might be a disease behind it,” explains this man, whose name has been changed to preserve his anonymity.

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Le Pen's party distances itself from the AfD's victory in Germany

Le Pen’s party distances itself from the AfD’s victory in Germany

The very discreet and distant reaction of the National Rally (RN, far right), Marine Le Pen’s party, to the resounding victory of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt contrasts with the widespread alarm among French parties over the rise of the ultras in the neighboring country. Only the Reconquest party, led by Éric Zemmour, an ally of AfD in the European Parliament, has expressed its satisfaction, albeit without excessive enthusiasm.

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The AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt gives wings to European ultras in an uncertain electoral cycle

The AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt gives wings to European ultras in an uncertain electoral cycle

The resounding victory of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional elections of Saxony-Anhalt will not only have repercussions in Germany. It may also embolden populist and far-right forces across Europe, encouraged by this phenomenon at the start of a turbulent period where key elections are expected in countries as important to the continent’s landscape as France, Italy, and also Spain.

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Housing prices have risen for more than 11 consecutive years with an average increase of 12% in the last

Housing prices have risen for more than 11 consecutive years with an average increase of 12% in the last

The return to schools brings the same news about the housing situation in Spain as the previous school year. Prices continue to rise, at an average of 12.2% over the last year, and have now chained more than 11 years, 45 quarters, of uninterrupted increases, according to the latest update of the official index from the National Institute of Statistics published today. The situation is more or less similar throughout the country and affects both new properties and second-hand ones.

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