The Ceuta crisis pits Sánchez against his European partners over immigration

The Ceuta crisis pits Sánchez against his European partners over immigration

The return to Morocco of “virtually all” those who entered Ceuta irregularly, as highlighted by the Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, did not manage to ease the political tension generated in Europe by this migratory crisis. What began on Thursday night as an impulsive reaction by Giorgia Meloni’s government ended up becoming a political offensive against Spain supported by several European executives, which provoked a strong response from Pedro Sánchez, who visited Ceuta yesterday and denounced “the violation and attack on Spain’s territorial integrity.”

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From the hallway to the hangover: Barça falls in Vitoria against a desperate Alavés

From the hallway to the hangover: Barça falls in Vitoria against a desperate Alavés

From the hallway to the hangover. From the tribute to the champion to a defeat in Vitoria. The one who needed it won, an Alavés with their back against the wall. And Barça lost, who had nothing at stake except statistical matters. Because the match at Mendizorroza meant the end of Barcelona’s streak after twelve consecutive wins and marked the first time they failed to score in the League since December 15, 2024. After 55 rounds of scoring, Flick’s team finished a match with zero goals. Losing also means that Barcelona can no longer reach one hundred points. But the lack of tension was logical and even predictable.

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The digestion of amnesty

The digestion of amnesty

The slow digestion of the Amnesty law has received a European tonic this week, an herbal liqueur from Luxembourg. An unequivocal ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has endorsed the law approved by the Congress of Deputies on May 20, 2024, and sealed by the Spanish Constitutional Court on June 26, 2025.

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What is inside the apples of the Eixample? Photographer Bea Schulze reveals it

What is inside the apples of the Eixample? Photographer Bea Schulze reveals it

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Ildefons Cerdà. The engineer and urban planner laid the foundations of modern Barcelona after the demolition of the walls, a process that lasted for years, from 1854 to 1873. In the General Theory of Urbanization of 1867, Cerdà promoted a humanistic and egalitarian urbanism that was meant to provide the “public happiness” of its inhabitants, regardless of their origin or social class. In addition to avoiding differences between neighborhoods, conditions of hygiene, healthiness, and green areas occupied a prominent place.

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