I interviewed Nelson Mandela in May 1994, a few days after his inauguration as the first democratic president of South Africa. He gave me some news. That he would serve one term and, at 80 years old, retire from politics. That is how it was. He did not fall into the temptation of staying forever in…
The concentration of supermarkets in specific areas of large cities changes the eating habits of families and promotes an increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods. A report from the Barcelona Urban Research Institute (IDRA) and coordinated by AMcoop – Escola de Mobilitat Sostenible, points out that the food purchasing decisions of families in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area rarely depend solely on personal preferences. Economic capacity, time, and above all, the food supply they have access to are the main determining factors.
That one of the most anticipated literary debuts of the year features a tradwife as the protagonist is not something that should be surprising. For those unfamiliar with the term, this anglicism is an abbreviation of traditional wife, or in other words, traditional housewife, and this is how Natalie Heller Mills, a character in the novel Yesteryear (AdN) by Caro Claire Burke, who has just arrived in bookstores stirring much excitement among readers, refers to herself. It is no wonder, as actress Anne Hathaway, who these days can be seen on the big screen starring in The Devil Wears Prada 2, has purchased the film rights to turn the novel into a movie, playing the role of Natalie herself. She will thus go from being a promising girlboss ready to succeed at Runway magazine, directed by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), to quite the opposite.
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, gave an interview this Sunday to the Swiss television channel Blue Sport where he opened the door to a new expansion of participating teams in the World Cup. The Swiss official assured that it is “a matter that will be examined after this World Cup.” It is worth remembering that in this edition, which is held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the number of national teams was already expanded to 48, 16 more teams than in previous editions.
On February 20, 2024, ten months before dying after falling on the Camí de les Feixades de Montserrat, Isak Andic stumbled in the lobby of the Mutua Universal Barcelona headquarters, on Tibidabo Avenue. That fall, stopped by the intervention of a second person, who prevented the founder of Mango from hitting the ground face first, was recorded by the entity’s security cameras.
ERC finalizes with the Government and the State that Catalonia assumes the majority of the governance of the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB). The proposal from the republicans is that the Generalitat of Catalonia holds 40% of this body and that the Barcelona City Council obtains 15%, leaving 45% in the hands of the State, according to La Vanguardia. This is the third pillar of the extra-budgetary agreement between socialists and Oriol Junqueras’ party, which is supposed to be the landing pad to seal the Generalitat’s budgets, if nothing goes wrong, this Tuesday.
In Catalonia, 49.1% of foreign workers with higher education are overqualified, which means more than 142,000 people working below their educational level. This is shown in the study Bones pràctiques en integració laboral de les persones migrades, presented this Tuesday by the CTESC. Among those who arrive in the country having completed post-compulsory studies, this percentage is 38.5%.
The indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling in the Plus Ultra case brings to the table a debate that has not been resolved in Spain: what can former presidents do to make a living when they leave Moncloa? The reality today is that they can basically do the same as any other citizen, but with a much larger network of contacts and a greater capacity for influence. The statute of former presidents is regulated by a minimal royal decree, which does not impose any obligations, incompatibilities, or restrict their private activities, beyond the legal limits that apply to any citizen. And that nebulous area in which they remain is certainly an advantage, but also a risk.
A May Day focused on “no to war” and the right to housing kicks off, with the Andalusian elections as a backdrop. The major unions, CCOO and UGT, will hold more than a hundred demonstrations across Spain this Friday. This year’s protest will have as its main axes the demand to end the offensive in the Middle East, its economic consequences, the problem of access to housing, and the elections on May 17 in Andalusia.
It was a forced water landing 74 years ago. An accident that changed the way air safety was understood and whose mechanical protagonist has finally been found this week near Puerto Rico. The plane, a Douglas DC-4 from Pan Am, a mythical American company that even then covered every imaginable route. Pan Am was a symbol of a modern world and a planet that was getting smaller. Initially called Pan American World Airways, it was the epitome of air glamour in its time, and also the involuntary reason why cabin safety on all commercial aircraft radically changed since that plane’s accident.