Volkswagen is still immersed in a crisis that requires the deployment of profound measures. The CEO of the VW Group, Oliver Blume, insisted this Tuesday in Wolfsburg, in his first address to the workers since the layoff plans became known, that the German giant is experiencing a moment of weakness, reiterating his message from recent weeks in which he has even spoken of a “critical” situation.
Joan Maria Pou (RAC1), Bernat Soler (Catalunya Ràdio) and Lluís Flaquer (cadena Ser) praise the figure of journalist Joaquim Maria Puyal, pioneer and reference of Barça radio broadcasts in Catalan, which celebrate 50 years.
“You told me I exaggerate / Because I cry in the coffee / That my doubts are a drama / That I tire you, that I annoyed you / You hid my notebooks / So that you stop writing / You cut off every story / You called me childish…”. The song is titled No Me Vas A Romper and in just a few verses…
Collserola will reopen, but it will not be immediate or in the short term. The Deputy Mayor of Security, Albert Batlle, announced this Thursday that the restrictions imposed after the first case of African swine fever was reported in November last year will remain “in effect during the summer months as a general rule.” The PSC councilor empathized with the users of the natural park but reminded that there is a lot at stake – “the economy of a country,” he said – and urged to follow the rules and comply with the prohibition.
It has long been that sending a postcard during the summer holidays is a habit reserved for the most nostalgic. Handwritten love letters now mostly belong to the realm of fiction, and more and more companies offer to receive bills electronically instead of in the mailbox. At the same time, the rise of e-commerce has transformed the postal business to an unprecedented extent: for the first time in history, in Spain more packages than letters are sent through these services. This is shown by the data from a report published this Wednesday by the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC).
“Flying rats,” “city plague,” “winged mice,” “urban plague,” “garbage cats”… pigeons do not have a particularly good reputation, to say the least. It is estimated that there are more than 400 million worldwide, and most of them are concentrated in urban areas, an ideal habitat where they can thrive.
The car of instructor José Luis Calama reconstructs through messages from those investigated in the Plus Ultra case how the airline company strove during the pandemic to access public funds (“we need to get the aid”) through political means (“we contacted Ábalos,” “the bridge with ZP has just been made”) in exchange for payments to whoever agreed to it (“We are going to screw even if we have to pay a little”). These conversations have been obtained by the National Court thanks to the international collaboration of the United States agency Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which extracted them from the phone of the also investigated Rodolfo Reyes, Venezuelan partner of the airline.
This is one of those municipal projects that generate a certain sense of déjà vu in anyone who follows urban planning information in Barcelona with some interest. The City Council announced this Thursday the awarding of the Landskrona project in the ideas competition to define the Magòria complex, in Sants-Montjuïc, on the mountain side bank of Gran Via. The works, which include sports facilities, a new garden, and the underground work and cleaning center of Parc i Jardins, should start in January 2028. The fact is that something similar happened in the previous decade, with the expectation of being able to cut the ribbon in 2022.
The Local Police of València have arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault on a woman outside a nightclub in the Malva-rosa beach area. Two officers prevented the rape just before it occurred and were assaulted by the suspect.
A new Russian bombing on Kyiv and the surrounding region of the Ukrainian capital caused at least 14 deaths, 27 injuries, and damage to several warehouses in the area in the early hours of this Wednesday, according to authorities and emergency services in Ukraine. Russia, for its part, confirmed that it had carried out a “massive attack” against several military logistics centers.
