There have been many occasions when Barcelona has debated whether to recognize the work and creativity of Salvador Dalí, either by dedicating a street or square to him, or some sculptural work. All have failed. The last time was in 2021. Political motivations aside, the long bureaucracy, the urban complexity of the city, and the prioritization of other criteria in the nomenclature have stopped it.
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.
The wait has been longer than expected, but on September 18th Barcelona will bring back JazzSí for music under new ownership, led by the former managers of the Milano Jazz Club. The venue on Requesens Street where Rosalía made her first live appearances, and where Enrique Morente or Mayte Martín have been seen, will reopen three years after its closure – hampered by the economic hardships of covid – continuing more than three decades of live music in a city sorely lacking these spaces.
On the flight bringing him to Madrid from Rome, Pope Leo XIV was asked by journalists if he preferred Real Madrid or Barcelona, a classic question. The Pontiff had no qualms about answering: “This is easy…The Pope belongs to everyone, but Prevost is a Real Madrid fan.” Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.
The director of the Civil Guard, Mercedes González, who until now had denied any meeting with former PSOE militant Leire Díez, now admits to at least two meetings with the so-called socialist ‘plumber’, although she places them outside the headquarters of the armed institute. Through a statement, the highest-ranking official of the body assures that “she has never interfered in any investigation carried out by the agents” of the body she directs. And that communications were cut off after Díez proposed that she reinstate Commander Rubén Villalaba, who was removed after being charged in the Koldo Case. Something González rejected.
Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian refinery in the city of Tuapse, on the Black Sea, for the third time this month. The first two attacks caused an oil leak and black rain over the city. This Tuesday’s attack has forced Vladimir Putin to take control of the situation, sending the Minister of Emergency Situations to the area.