It all started with some audio files that were contained in one of Koldo García’s phones. The trial being held in the Supreme Court against former minister José Luis Ábalos, his advisor Koldo García, and the commissioner Víctor de Aldama saw a monumental dispute this afternoon between Koldo’s lawyer and the prosecutor of the case over those recordings.
The agreement between PP and Vox in Aragon is broader than that of Extremadura: a document with 39 pages, thirteen sections, and 117 measures. With this agreement, Jorge Azcón will be sworn in as president of Aragon next week.
The United States Army has announced that it intercepted two Iranian supertankers that attempted to evade its blockade. President Trump also threatened to attack any Iranian vessel involved in mining the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington continues to obstruct shipments from the Islamic Republic.
The Sant Jordi festival once again transforms Barcelona and other cities and towns in Catalonia into a sea of books and roses from early morning, with crowds in its streets on a very emblematic day despite falling on a weekday. This year, along with flowers and reading, the protagonists in cities like Barcelona are the wind and pollen, especially that from plane trees that flies over many streets and causes eye and throat irritation for many citizens.
“We are no longer fed crumbs/we want the whole bread” are some verses from the song Tot explota pel cap o per la pota from the album A Alcoi (1974), by Ovidi Montllor, which has become an anti-capitalist anthem. They mean that simple people, the humiliated and offended of
Every now and then, La mort i la primavera resurfaces with force, like a hibernating animal. Rodoreda wrote it between 1961 and 1963, and let it sleep. Apparently, she resumed it between 1981 and 1983. Although there is no solid evidence of the latter, I personally deduce from her
They say the soul weighs twenty-one grams. But how many square meters does it have? And what is the population density per square meter at the Alma hotel during the Sant Jordi festival? At least enough so that, the next day, many people discover through the
Historic hotels often honor their illustrious guests of the past with tributes and commemorative acts. Because the intimate history of universal literature overlaps with the biography of a few dozen renowned establishments where writers
What is literature made of? Of emotions, structures, actions, ideas…, yes, of course, but above all, as you know, of words. One after another, they line up and mix first in the author’s mind and, then, in the reader’s. And if there is a literary party, its soul is those who have chosen some words and not others, and yesterday at the Alma hotel there were a lot.
“If we take a look at our most recent past and if we broaden our view to international developments, we will become aware that Catalonia has left behind the time of paralysis and indecision. Catalonia has left behind the time of division and confrontation. Catalonia is living today the time of solutions to transform the country.” In the traditional institutional message from the President of the Generalitat for Sant Jordi, Salvador Illa has this year painted an optimistic picture of Catalonia, based on an analysis of the global situation, where armed conflicts carry great weight, but also based on the internal diagnosis. Illa believes that “Catalonia is on the move and determined.”
