In the last 25 years of the history of the Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona, it had never happened that a decision of the plenary had to be decided by the vote of its president. Josep Santacreu (Guisssona, 1958) has faced this week the most intense disagreement of his term, with the opposition of half of the body to expanding the so-called silver seats to give more weight to large companies.
Hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are once again worrying the world, and not just Europe, because they are intensifying in the Black Sea, a vital area for grain exports. This has become in recent weeks the latest battlefield in a conflict that has lasted almost four and a half years, with both sides trying to destroy the economic base of their enemy.
The Catalan business community and its organizations still maintain a noticeable distance from the far-right party Aliança Catalana, led by the mayor of Ripoll, Silvia Orriols, despite polls predicting a spectacular electoral rise. Ahead of Junts and…
The ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) did not alter the dynamics of recent months, during which former president Carles Puigdemont has stayed away from the spotlight. Jordi Turull, secretary general of Junts, pointed out that Thursday’s script – only he and lawyer Gonzalo Boye spoke – was designed not to raise expectations… Although the ruling was labeled a “resounding victory,” “it is not definitive,” they argue. And on the political front, everything remains frozen while waiting for the former president’s future to become clear, with the PSOE watching closely the next moves of the post-convergents.
Vox would obtain today a minimum of sixty deputies in a general election, according to the latest published polls. They are at the 18% mark, almost six points above the results obtained in the general elections of July 23, 2023, from which this…
Not even in their best forecasts did the independence movement believe that the European court’s ruling on the amnesty law would be so clear-cut. The delaying maneuver by the Spanish judges – not only the Supreme Court – has been challenged by the setback dealt by the…
The Amnesty Law was the key to the start of this legislature, which ends with the endorsement of the EU Court of Justice. That law deepened the confrontation between a part of the judiciary and Sánchez’s Government. Now, Minister Félix Bolaños claims the effects of the amnesty and demands that it be fully applied as soon as possible.
In the very own style of the United States, the expression “never seen before” is repeated ahead of the World Cup final this Sunday in New Jersey.
Three in the afternoon today in New York, when the World Cup final kicks off, is the right moment for the aliens to finally land and analyze the behavior of the dominant species on planet Earth. Thanks to their advanced technology, they will observe that, except…
Sports rivalry has no parallel in culture, since in creativity there are usually no winners or losers and the boundaries are increasingly blurred in a culturally global world. However, today’s match between the football teams of Spain and Argentina serves as a pretext to compare, without aiming for exhaustiveness, the current situation of both nations in the literary, artistic, cinematic, theatrical, or philosophical fields.