Since its beginnings in 2005 in Mataró, the Cruïlla Festival has always done things differently, a spirit that has been amplified since it moved to the Parc del Fòrum venue. The motto of the 2026 edition, “Cruïlla is home,” reflected its intention from several perspectives: welcoming an audience that feels comfortable with the social and environmental values promoted by the often-called most Barcelonan festival.
In Spain, more than 30% of people over 65 years old have hearing loss. However, many of them take more than eight years to seek a solution, which limits their opportunities to socialize, participate in daily activities, and maintain an active social life.
Justice, a highly elusive matter in football, answered the desperate call of the Spanish national team and granted them the second star late, in extra time, but with full merit. La Roja was overwhelmingly superior, dominating all aspects of the game…
Los Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested three Canadian police officers accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside a taxi in Barcelona. According to RAC1, it happened on Wednesday in the Ciutadella area.
A woman has been found dead with signs of violence in a home in Benahavís (Málaga), according to investigation sources who informed EFE, and who specified that the victim initially has a stab wound to the neck.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured this Thursday that “everything points” to Israel deporting in the next few hours, via Turkey, the activists detained after the interception of the flotilla heading to Gaza with humanitarian aid. Among those arrested, there would be at least 44 Spaniards, although the Government admits that it still does not have an official final figure.
The Pope has not come to Spain to play the violin. It will not be a trip with a vanilla ice cream flavor. The first day confirms this. Leo XIV is not a man with his foot on the brake, chosen by the conclave to calm the President of the United States, to temper the great…
Spain is still immersed in one of the worst summers in terms of forest fires. Three times the area has already burned compared to the same dates last year. If last week the fire took the lives of 13 people and burned 7,000 hectares in Los Gallardos (Almería), these days the worst affected area is Aragón. In Los Gallardos there are still 20 firefighter teams working on extinguishing the fire, while in Orés (Zaragoza) 450 personnel are fighting a fire that, since Wednesday, has already burned 15,400 hectares and 1,000 people have been evacuated.
European countries recorded more than 10,000 deaths above the average during the unprecedented heatwave that hit the western part of the continent in late June. The vast majority – more than 9,000 – were people aged 65 or older, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO. Extreme heat can cause death by exacerbating, especially, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people being the most vulnerable. However, some experts point out that some of the deaths related to high temperatures are actually due to pollution.
The Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the royal decree regulating the new State Housing Plan 2026-2030, a plan that mobilizes 7.000 million euros, triple the previous one, to promote a public housing stock that is permanently protected and cannot be privatized.