The orbital line leaves the drawer: 120 kilometers of tracks and 5.2 billion to break the centralism of Rodalies

The orbital line leaves the drawer: 120 kilometers of tracks and 5.2 billion to break the centralism of Rodalies

The orbital railway line had been kept in a drawer of the Departament de Territori for 15 years. Manel Nadal, the Mobility Secretary who left the file there when the tripartite ended, is the same person who revived the project a decade and a half later. Why invent something new when you have that project and the transversal railway axis?, the socialists must have thought, who made these two lines the main bets of the 2025-2050 infrastructure plan presented last year with the aim of breaking the radial railway scheme of Catalonia, in which everything passes through Barcelona, both in Rodalies and high speed.

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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, charged with criminal organization in the Plus Ultra case

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, charged with criminal organization in the Plus Ultra case

The judge of the National Court José Luis Calama has charged the former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero with the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling, and forgery in the so-called Plus Ultra case, according to legal sources confirmed to La Vanguardia. The investigator has summoned the socialist for the next June 2.

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Code red

Code red

A red code is technically an emergency protocol that indicates an imminent threat or an extreme risk situation. In the medical field, it is used to classify a patient who requires immediate attention without waiting time. In a fire, the red code us…

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Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City after a decade in charge of the team, according to British media

Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City after a decade in charge of the team, according to British media

Pep Guardiola’s cycle at Manchester City comes to an end. After ten years in charge and a historic record, the Sampedor native will announce his departure from the club in the coming days, according to various British media reported this Monday. Likewise, sources close to the Catalan coach told La Vanguardia that they do not deny the information. His official farewell would take place at the Etihad Stadium, coinciding with the last Premier League match against Aston Villa.

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A new organ begins to beat

A new organ begins to beat

An excited Montserrat Torrent made her way this Monday through the half a thousand people who filled the Oratorio Sant Felip Neri after having realized the dream of her life: the musical baptism of the instrument that bears her name and whose construction has been delayed for six decades. “It has been extraordinary,” she said after offering a concert in dialogue with the poem that Narcís Comadira has dedicated to the new Montserrat Torrent organ. Surrounded by the performers who premiered the organ made by Albert Blancafort with her, the centenarian artist added: “There will be many concerts. There will be many joys.”

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Illa and Junqueras sign the budget agreement tomorrow at the Palau de la Generalitat

Illa and Junqueras sign the budget agreement tomorrow at the Palau de la Generalitat

El Govern and Esquerra Republicana have reached an agreement for the 2026 budgets. After two months of negotiations, socialists and republicans have reached a pact by which Catalunya will have its first accounts since 2023. To stage this understanding, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, and the leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, will sign the pact tomorrow at 8 a.m. in the Palau de la Generalitat.

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