The renowned chef Jordi Roca has publicly denounced the identity theft of ‘El Celler de Can Roca’ (Girona), through a video on his official Instagram account. It is not the first time. This statement adds to the official communication issued by the restaurant itself on May 5, which warned precisely about the existence of a website that, posing as the establishment, offered reservations in exchange for advance payments.
The Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, who fell in the second round of Roland Garros, confirmed after the match the abrupt breakup with the one who had been his coach since last January, the Argentine Mariano Puerta, finalist in 2005 of the clay Grand Slam, the first one Rafa Nadal won.
Naomi Osaka knows very well how to make a triumphant entrance on the tennis courts. Some time ago, the Japanese athlete decided that she would not wear the typical uniforms on the courts to play matches, but rather follow the path of another great name in this sport, Serena Williams, and experiment with her looks.
The battle for the rights to Rosco has once again placed Pasapalabra at the center of television news. However, the conflict goes far beyond the realm of game shows. What is at stake is one of the key pieces of Antena 3’s programming and one of the most profitable time slots in all of Spanish television. This was explained by the specialized journalist Andrés Guerra on Claves del día, where he recalled that behind this legal dispute are millions of viewers, television leadership, and an important source of advertising revenue.
The Provincial Court of Barcelona has sentenced Yago Zarroca to three years in prison and Màrius Montmany and Oriol Hernández to two years each as responsible for the organization Yes We Help for a crime of aggravated fraud. Although the sentence is not final, the Chamber considers it proven that the alleged NGO of “international volunteering” was actually seeking to recruit and deceive hundreds of teenagers under the promise of participating in humanitarian projects in Ghana and Sri Lanka.
Real Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde spoke to the media after landing in Uruguay this Tuesday to join the Uruguayan national team ahead of the World Cup starting on June 11 in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Last Monday, May 11, the entire city of Barcelona took to the streets to celebrate the 29th LaLiga title and the Supercup. Barça fans were able to see their sports idols up close during the traditional bus parade, which departed from Spotify Camp Nou to travel through some of the most emblematic streets of the Catalan City: Travessera de les Corts, Balmes, or París, and then, on Passeig de Gràcia, stopped at La Pedrera.
Almost 90 drones fell from the sky over Darling Harbour in Sydney during a popular winter light show, with footage showing the devices plunging into the water near the audience. The organizers of Vivid Sydney, an annual three-week festival featuring large light installations, stated that the failure on Monday night, local time, was due to “unforeseen technical difficulties” and have canceled several upcoming shows.
The episode of high temperatures affecting Spain will continue at least until the middle of next week, with records typical of midsummer, historic records for May, and maximums around 40 ºC in the southern peninsula. Meanwhile, tropical nights will extend over large areas of the country. In Barcelona, there have already been four consecutive tropical nights (minimums of 20 ºC) at the Can Bruixa station in Barcelona, according to the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya.
Taking the cruise ship ‘MV Hondius’, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, to the Canary Islands was a decision guided “by science, humanity, and Spain’s reliability” and has allowed controlling the mortality. At this moment there are 13 positive cases (two Spaniards), among them, the three passengers who died before the ship was moved to the Canary archipelago. This represents a mortality rate of just under 24%, a figure far from the usual ones for this virus, which approach 40%.
