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Behind the French anger with Rajoy is the PP’s blockage of the Spain-France friendship treaty
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The financing system plans to collect in a common fund but without regional management
The new regional financing system contemplates that “the procedure for collecting and distributing income” may be carried out with “a common or shared cash model in which tax revenues simultaneously reach the corresponding state or regional administration.” It says nothing about the management of that collection nor that, for example, the Generalitat collects all the IRPF in Catalonia, despite it being contemplated in the investiture pact of Salvador Illa signed by ERC.
The Pulitzers award journalism that investigates Trump’s corruption and authoritarianism
President Donald Trump has never been a fan of the Pulitzer Prizes. Not long ago, he demanded that those awards be withdrawn from the media that investigated his Russian connections. This year’s edition, announced this Monday, also does not put him in a good light, and much of the awarded information, reports, and opinions expose the alleged corruption and his authoritarian policy, especially against opponents and immigrants, which have marked his first year back in the White House.
Enjoy today’s Primavera Sound live: Olivia Rodrigo, Gorillaz, The xx and My Bloody Valentine
Primavera Sound faces this Saturday, June 6, its last main day at Parc del Fòrum with a program headlined by Gorillaz (1.15 h), The xx (23.40) and My Bloody Valentine (22.05), three of the most anticipated names of an edition that has brought together some of the most influential figures in contemporary music. To these, we must add a last-minute surprise, announced by the artist herself and later confirmed by the festival. It is Olivia Rodrigo, the American singer whose concert will take place at 22.15.
AI takes off in Spain with 450 companies and 3.3 billion investment
The United States and China are winning the artificial intelligence game. However, Europe and Spain, in particular, are also playing their role in this great digital revolution.
Cole Allen, accused of “attempted assassination of President” Trump, could face life imprisonment
Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old Californian who broke into the Hilton hotel in Washington armed on Saturday with the alleged intention of killing Donald Trump and high-ranking members of his cabinet, appeared this morning before a court in the capital for his arraignment. The prosecution has already made public the charges against him: attempted assassination of the president, transportation of a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit a felony, and use of a firearm during a violent crime. These serious criminal offenses could lead him to spend his life in prison.
Xavier Bartumeus, the author of the Christ on the cross that will receive the Pope in Barcelona
Only a few days remain until Pope Leo XIV’s historic visit to Barcelona, and the preparations are already palpable in the air. The signage for the Popemobile’s route, the placement of flags on balconies, and the anticipation of a public eager to sing the visit’s anthem, Alza la mirada. Even the pontiff himself, it is said, has already mastered his blessing in Catalan.
La Mierla: desolation and outrage over one of Spain’s biggest fires
Desolation permeates the Sierra Norte Natural Park, in Guadalajara, which since last Friday (six days!) has been devoured by flames. More than 32,000 hectares have burned (these are estimates; until it is extinguished, the burned area cannot be reliably verified, forest agents clarify), a good part of one of Spain’s most beautiful and unknown natural spaces, mainly due to its proximity to Madrid, which always turns nearby regions into transit areas.
This is (according to the French) the most beautiful village in Provence… and in France
Agreeing on the time to determine which is the most beautiful town in an area is not an easy task. Numerous conditions participate in the choice, although the subjective factor – the perception of beauty is something totally personal – is conclusive.
Picasso Museum, let the music not stop
The term rock’n’roll is attributed to radio host Alan Freed, who popularized it in association with the musical style that emerged in the mid-50s in the U.S., an accelerated and electrified rhythm & blues that changed popular music forever. Rock suggested the idea of