A critical Europeanist is defined. The British Martin Wolf (London, 1946) has received the European Construction award given each year by the Cercle d’Economia. His columns in the Financial Times have inspired the debate on the global economy for decades.
In the August 12 edition, the main European headlines included a full-page advertisement with the slogan “Good things happen in Spain.” The dazzling astronomical eclipse that crossed the Peninsula from west to east that day tried to cast its shadow over the other serious humanitarian and geopolitical eclipse of Ceuta, the Spanish city in Africa occupied between July 30 and 31 by more than seventy thousand people mostly coming from neighboring Morocco.
The Langtang area, highly sought after by hikers and mountaineers, has once again suffered the consequences of a natural phenomenon, the devastating flood that has today swept through several towns in northern Nepal and also Tibet. Langtang already experienced moments of horror in April…
At least two people died in Argentina between Saturday night and early Sunday in the context of the match that Lionel Messi’s team won 3-1 against Switzerland in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Football World Cup, while other people had to be treated by emergency services.
While the tug of war continues in the peace negotiation between Washington and Tehran, the United States Central Command (Centcom) reported Monday afternoon that the US military opened fire again and “carried out self-defense attacks in southeastern Iran.”
The agreement signed by President Salvador Illa and the leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, is no longer just for the 2026 budgets, but is focused on 2027 and beyond. De facto, this agreement will allow for the resources and political stability sufficient to complete the Catalan legislature – which expires in the summer of 2028 – but will serve as a planning tool for a few more years. At the same time, this agreement reaffirms the Government’s link with its main ally, since the signed document ratifies some of the most relevant investiture agreements, such as special financing, IRPF collection, airport management, or the cancellation of the FLA debt.
The verdict in the Mascarillas case has set the path. A very harsh sentence against the corrupted –José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García– and exoneration for the corruptor –Víctor de Aldama–. The rules of the game are clear, and whoever wants to follow them has options to avoid jail….
For 720 million euros, perhaps someone would be so kind as to clarify for us exactly what more than 39.500 teachers in Catalunya have voted against. Have they voted against the salary increase of 400 euros per month? Asking shouldn’t bother anyone. If so, what was the figure…
The unions Ustec, CGT, CNT, COS and Intersindical, meeting urgently this afternoon, have decided that they will call a strike for next Tuesday, the 9th, coinciding with the Pope’s visit to Barcelona, as some of these organizations already announced yesterday. However, for now, no further strike days will be proposed.
La estación de Murcia stopped operating in 1974, in 1992 a land transfer agreement was approved, and in 2026 the tracks are still there. On April 13, the residents of Alicante woke up expectant because the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, was in the city to present, together with the mayor Luis Barcala and the president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, the long-awaited Central Park project. Days later, Puente himself announced the tendering of a contract to advance another key project: the Torrellano variant.
