Leonor, a storybook princess

Leonor, a storybook princess

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).

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Saxony-Anhalt votes with the far-right AfD triumphant and Germany on edge

Saxony-Anhalt votes with the far-right AfD triumphant and Germany on edge

The capital of Saxony-Anhalt, an eastern German state that is holding regional elections this Sunday which literally have the whole country on edge, has until now been mostly known for a famous scientific experiment: the Magdeburg hemispheres. In 1656, its mayor, the physicist Otto von Guericke, demonstrated the tremendous force of atmospheric pressure by joining two metal hemispheres and extracting the air from inside them using a vacuum pump he invented himself. He then hitched two teams of sixteen horses, eight on each side, to try to pull them apart, but they could not. After opening a valve and allowing air to enter, both hemispheres separated without much effort.

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Ángel Víctor Torres: “Loyalty of the government of Ceuta? There are issues that, when this is over, we will talk about”

Ángel Víctor Torres: “Loyalty of the government of Ceuta? There are issues that, when this is over, we will talk about”

Minister Ángel Víctor Torres (Arucas, 1966) has been responsible since last August 25 for the unified command to manage the Ceuta crisis. With experience in migration emergencies during his time leading the Canary Islands Government, he advocates collaboration with Morocco, trusts in restoring normality as soon as possible, and accuses the PP of “turning their back” on Ceuta.

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