Not even 24 hours. The new mural that urban artist TVboy had drawn in Joanic square of Ferran Torres kissing the World Cup —just covering his previous drawing of Leo Messi with the Barça shirt and the message “Barcelona, I’ll be back”, painted in December— has woken up vandalized.
The question that is in the air, and that remains after almost nine years, is when Carles Puigdemont will return to Spain and whether he will be free or detained upon arrival. For years he was pursued across Europe to be handed over to the Supreme Court, where he had an open case for rebellion. But after almost a decade, things have changed.
Beyond the institutional profile of Princess Leonor, there is the lesser-known story of a twenty-year-old young woman with concerns typical of her generation, but who is being trained to be a 21st-century queen. Leonor arouses curiosity, which is natural given the importance of the role she is destined to play in the future, but also because of the limited information that emerges about her. In a two-year project, journalist Angie Calero, newly joined to the editorial team of La Vanguardia in Madrid, delves into these questions about the public and personal side of Felipe VI’s heir to create a complete portrait in her book Leonor de Borbón Ortiz. A Queen for the Future (La Esfera de los libros).
The Government of Pedro Sánchez insists on celebrating the endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the Amnesty law as the explicit confirmation of the goal of its “brave and risky policies” for “reconciliation,” and to “appease” the institutional and social conflict that erupted in Catalonia in 2017 with the independence process. “Reconciliation has been achieved,” highlighted this Friday the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, in an interview on Ser.
In his speech on the day of the squads of the general police judicial commissariat, its head, Commissioner Ramón Chacón, admitted that the widespread improvement in the data on the dismantling of criminal organizations, arrests, and drug seizure operations was accompanied by an intensification of shootout revenge killings. Murders from behind, in broad daylight, which are increasingly frequent on our streets and which, overnight, national gangs adopt as if naturally to eliminate their enemies.
Tourism once again represents a strong boost for the Spanish economy, and the spending figures of international tourists prove it. Until June, foreign visitors have left 63.8 billion euros in the country, which is 7% more than in the first half of 2025, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published this Monday.
In an exciting final, Russia had taken the gold in the free team routine by beating Spain by only 2.5 points. Both countries had once again raised this historic artistic swimming showdown to another level, and the color of the final medal was decided by details. After a seemingly normal podium, Spanish outrage exploded on social media to expose a trap by the Russian team.
Later than Spain, Argentina announced its lineup. Lionel Scaloni waited to know Luis de la Fuente’s starting eleven before revealing his starters for the big final. And the current champion has prepared changes to defend the title. The coach makes three changes with the inclusion of Montiel at right back and De Paul and Nico González. None of them started the semifinal against England, but all three finished it.
The housing problem is driving the search for alternative solutions, such as the promotion of properties managed by cooperatives, following the experience of countries like Switzerland, Denmark, and Uruguay. Catalonia, the main community implementing the model in Spain, has 71 cooperative housing projects in use transfer in the last decade, more than half of which are currently in project or under construction. The total amounts to 1,218 apartments, most of them protected.
This has been a week of clarification. Two credible surveys, the one published by La Vanguardia in two installments (Sunday and Monday), and the one released by the newspaper El País on Monday, surveys conducted by the companies Ipsos and 40dB, indicate that the right is clearly going for…