I confess that I read with a mixture of fascination and astonishment the columns that Mariano Rajoy publishes in El Debate about the World Cup. Fascination because it is a luxury to have a former Prime Minister writing about football. Astonishment because he has decided to give us a feast…
For many years he has been the best example of what Luis de la Fuente often boasts about, the good attitude of the substitutes of the Spanish national team that helps foster a good atmosphere. Mikel Oyarzabal (Éibar, 1997) has never shown a bad face for not playing, he has worked in silence, with the discretion that accompanies his figure, until becoming an undisputed key part of Spain’s engine since his goal in the final of the last Eurocup. With a contagious calmness, a shy smile, and utmost professionalism, the Basque speaks to La Vanguardia in the depths of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel today to Almería to see firsthand the situation of the worst fire Spain has experienced in decades. He will surely do so in the company of the President of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno. Both have behaved since Friday,…
The Spain-France universe is currently marked by the PP’s halt in the Senate to the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (of Barcelona), with a consultation on its constitutionality, as well as by the historic sporting event in the World Cup semifinals of…
The European Court of Justice will set a precedent on the Amnesty law for the first time on Thursday and will give the green light for the Constitutional Court (TC) to rule on the protection appeals pending resolution two years after the entry into force of the criminal forgetfulness. The ruling, beyond the legal effects, will have political repercussions. If favorable, it will represent a boost to the Government of Pedro Sánchez’s bet – heavily criticized in the first part of the legislature by PP and Vox – and will begin to clear the way for the return of former president Carles Puigdemont and former ministers Lluís Puig and Toni Comín, who are still expatriated.
It has been almost twenty years since the then president of the Generalitat José Montilla warned of the growing disenchantment of the citizens towards the institutions. He was then talking about the Catalunya-Spain relationship since we were in the preamble of what later happened because…
Protecció Civil has sent an ES-Alert this Monday morning to order the preventive evacuation of the nuclei of Ranxo Bonany, Can Llenes, Can Joan de la Costa, and the Cases Romanill, in the municipality of Querol (Tarragona), due to the evolution of the forest fire originated in Aiguamúrcia.
“Hello, we have miraculously escaped suffering damage in our valley area; it seems that others in higher areas have indeed suffered damage, but I believe all residents are safe.” With these words, Rubin, a 78-year-old Welsh citizen, who has lived in the El Pinar de Bédar urbanization for 25 years and had to urgently leave his house on Thursday due to the advancing fire, contacted La Vanguardia this Sunday.
Forest fires are proving to be especially severe again this year, something that happens after two years of above-average rainfall. But this favorable rainfall has fostered such lush vegetation that, when it dries out in spring, it has ended up as fuel for the flames. Up to July 5, 50,750 hectares of forest have burned in Spain, which represents an increase of 148% compared to the data from the same period last year.
The higher taxation borne by investments in Spain compared to other comparable countries penalizes and hinders households from investing their savings. The effective rate borne on various products analyzed – stocks, deposits, funds… – rises to 22.3%, eight points higher than the 14.4% of the European Union, according to a report by the Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) and the Spanish Association of Financial Advisors and Planners (EFPA).