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…
“How strange it is to be young when one is old,” confesses Edgar Morin, and it is very relevant now that he is somewhere in Eternity. A couple of book fairs ago, in Frankfurt, we discovered Seeds of Sagacity, a title we published in March of this year in…
Ferran Torres plays with his future and sends the message that he has no problem leaving Barça’s discipline to join Paris.
El Club Vanguardia is organizing this Monday, June 1st at 7:00 PM as part of the QuèFem? event in person an exclusive meeting with the Catalan rock band Lax’n’Busto. The event will take place at Casa Cupra Raval, at Passeig de Gràcia with Avinguda Diagonal.
The European Union activates its machinery to force the White House to respect the terms of the already criticized trade agreement with the U.S.. “A pact is a pact,” warned the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, a few hours before her Trade Commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, meets with the U.S. Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, in Paris. All this, after President Donald Trump threatened this weekend with a 25% tariff on the import of European vehicles.
Pedro Sánchez has stated that all the revelations from the summary of the Leire Díez case, which, according to the investigation, would have been orchestrated by his former right-hand man in the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, “fill us with disappointment, concern, and indignation.” Not only the entire Government and the entire PSOE: “Me too,” he warned.
The controversial real estate operation by the Community of Madrid to acquire a luxury penthouse without operational justification has added a new chapter of opacity. The government led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso has updated the conditions for the disposal of the controversial property in Chamberí – acquired in April through the public company Planifica Madrid – imposing an unusual restriction in the real estate market as potential buyers have not been and will not be able to visit the property before bidding on it.
The Catalan steel company Celsa considers its darkest period closed. This was confirmed by its president, Rafael Villaseca, and its CEO, Jordi Cazorla, during the presentation of the 2025 results held this Wednesday in Barcelona. After a 28-month transformation process, in which the court ordered the Rubiralta family to exit the capital and hand over the shares to the creditors, the group returned to profitability for the first time during the first quarter of this year 2026.
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.
The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday afternoon in which the Russian leader, according to Kremlin sources, presented proposals to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program and to propose a ceasefire in Ukraine.