When the Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, took office on May 9, he uttered a phrase about his electoral victory that underpins his current actions and plans for the future. According to Magyar, in the general elections of April 12 – in which he overwhelmingly defeated the previous Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán – “the Hungarians expressed that they want changes, not just a change of government, but of the system.”
Donald Trump’s campaign to discredit the integrity of the crucial midterm legislative elections in November has taken off. After years of sowing doubts about mail-in voting, alleged voter fraud by undocumented immigrants, widespread rigging of counting machines, and a Democratic conspiracy to end democracy, without conclusive evidence according to the judiciary, last night the president gave a prime-time speech to the nation that will further fuel his supporters’ distrust in the election results.
The Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic will officiate the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on Sunday at the New York-New Jersey Stadium.
England, the great rival; Maradona in memory; another comeback in Atlanta, once again in extremis; the second consecutive World Cup final for the current champions, the third of Messi’s career, who at 39 years old seems eternal; Argentina recovers good football, the rage against the refrain of suspicions of gifts or help… After the semifinal, with emotions running high, at that moment with so many stimuli, Leo Messi cannot help but remember Barcelona, his club and his home. These are true feelings, crossing in moments of happiness.
In October 1980, Muhammad Ali returned to the ring to try to become world champion for the fourth time. Facing him was Larry Holmes, his former sparring partner, the man who had learned to strike by accompanying the master and who now occupied his throne. The fight was dubbed…
A team above all. The recipe for success of De la Fuente’s Spain is clear. No one is above the collective. Everyone works for the common good. The coach has managed to convince his players of the best path to the top. Everyone rows in the same direction and, for now, they have reached a World Cup final. But this great collective game is fueled by small details, by connections between individuals from which the team later feeds. Although it is almost impossible to highlight someone above the rest in the Spanish ranks, some pairs of players can be distinguished who have given solidity, brilliance, and reliability to the team. A chemistry that Luis de la Fuente has perfectly identified and enhances in his strategies.
Without the existence of La Masia, this Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain would be different. Heck, football in general would be different. The influence of the emblematic building, symbol of FC Barcelona’s youth academy as well as a very particular way of understanding this sport, has gone much further than imagined when it was established, back in 1979, as a residence for young footballers coming from outside Barcelona in order to group them together and keep them controlled, as they used to sleep scattered around.
When in June 2024 the Amnesty law came into effect, some jurists pointed out that certain judges would apply “delaying tactics” so that the promoters of the procés would not benefit before serving a large part of the disqualification imposed by the sentence, a…
For almost two years, in the media, political talk shows, and even parliamentary debate, it has been repeated that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held in its hands the future of the Amnesty law approved in 2024 by the General Courts to “the…
European justice has been clear, without half measures. The amnesty approved in Spain in 2024 to close all judicial cases related to the procés had one goal: to promote “reconciliation” and reduce “institutional and political tensions.”