Workers from the Margarida Xirgu and Eugeni d’Ors institutes in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelonès) gathered this Monday outside these centers to reject the Government’s plan to deploy plainclothes Mossos d’Esquadra to reduce conflict.
Spain is not the country in the European Union where the most people smoke. According to Eurostat data from 2023, 24% of the population over 15 years old are smokers, a percentage that coincides with the European average. Countries like Bulgaria (37%) or Greece (35%) are above the Spanish prevalence of smokers, while Sweden (8%) and the Netherlands (11%) record some of the lowest rates. However, smoking remains one of Europe’s main public health problems: the European Region – as defined by the WHO, which includes countries outside the EU – has the highest prevalence of smokers in the world, at 24.1%, above the global average (19.5%).
Excessive heat causes up to about 1,000 deaths annually in the 36 municipalities of the Barcelona area, according to a study by the Institut Metròpoli for the Metropolitan Administration. The work has analyzed the impact of climate change on health during the hottest months, specifically between May 15 and October 15 in this territory during the period 2002-2022. This research calls for the implementation of adaptation policies aimed at the population during extreme heat episodes, especially when intense heat levels exceed 32 ºC.
Past 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, in the early morning and still with emotions running high after the six medals at the European Championships in Paris (one gold), Iris Tió (Barcelona, 23 years old) led the Spanish delegation at El Prat. Smiling, proud, she spoke to the media and went with her grandmother to her home in Barcelona, a haven of peace where she can see the entire city. Time to sleep. She neither opened her phone nor responded to messages on her social networks. She had breakfast with her grandmother and got to work with the interviews to explain in words what she achieved with her dances in the pool of Saint-Denis, another unforgettable memory for her already extensive career.
An express seafood paella with Japanese flavor: that is the latest bet from the Japanese company Nissin Foods, inventor of instant ramen, which has started marketing the famous dish of Spanish origin and the announcement that it can be ready in five minutes.
Barça is moving for Julián Álvarez, even knowing the difficulty involved in signing the Argentine footballer. The Barcelona sporting director, Deco, has traveled to Madrid along with one of his collaborators, Joao Amaral, with the intention of meeting today with the attacker’s agent, Fernado Hidalgo, according to the newspaper ‘Sport’ and ‘Jijantes’ and this newspaper was able to confirm. Julián, who is still on vacation after the end of the World Cup, must rejoin Atlético’s discipline next Monday. During the World Cup tournament, the Argentine already took a step forward and stated that he wanted to leave the rojiblanco team to fulfill his dreams. Since then, he has maintained absolute silence. Deco seeks to unblock the signing and design, together with the footballer’s environment, the steps to take to approach it definitively.
Those who reach that age to start asking for help say that aging happens by landings and not by steps. One day you are fine and the next you have a drop you didn’t expect. You probably won’t be the first to notice it, but the friend you meet on the street who,…
“Killing with a car is very cheap.” This is a phrase repeated by many relatives of traffic victims. Most fatal accidents, even if recklessness is proven, end with sentences of around 4 years in prison. Drivers are tried for crimes against road safety as no intentionality is perceived in deaths on the asphalt. But there are exceptions and sometimes justice “sees reason,” as relatives of those who have lost loved ones on the road would say, and a fatal traffic accident comes to be considered a homicide.
At least six people were injured this Wednesday as a result of a gas leak that led to a large flare-up at the Plaça de Sants metro station in Barcelona, at the connection point between lines L1 and L5. According to La Vanguardia, the injured are operators who were working to control the leak.
A humanoid robot has made history in Beijing by winning a half marathon with a time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds, even surpassing the human world record for that distance. The race, organized in the Beijing E-Town technology district, became a showcase for the advancement of artificial intelligence and robotic engineering in China. The winning robot, developed by manufacturer Honor, managed to complete the 21 kilometers faster than Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo, the current human record holder.