Catalonia faces another day of simultaneous fires in Aiguamúrcia and Lladurs

Catalonia faces another day of simultaneous fires in Aiguamúrcia and Lladurs

Bombers de la Generalitat has been working since this morning against a vegetation fire declared at 12:45 in the municipality of Lladurs (Solsonès) affecting the Santa Eulàlia area, where the fire has been gaining intensity. This fire coincides with the forest fire declared on July 8 in the Pla de Manlleu, between Aiguamúrcia and Sant Jaume dels Domenys (Tarragona), of similar characteristics, which initially forced about 500 people to be confined through the Es-Alert system and affected 89 hectares, of which 74 were forest and 15 agricultural, according to provisional data from the Agents Rurals.

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Back to the Los Gallardos campsite: “The Civil Guard told us to leave, but people didn’t know where to go”

Back to the Los Gallardos campsite: “The Civil Guard told us to leave, but people didn’t know where to go”

Poco a poco, normality seems to return to Los Gallardos Leisure, a camping and resort located in that town and which last Thursday had to be evacuated very quickly due to the fire that had broken out a few hours earlier and that literally threatened to burn the complex. The flames were very close and visible from any point. Fortunately, it was able to reopen on Sunday without having to regret any damage.

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Sánchez and Moreno warn of “increasingly dramatic” fires due to the climate crisis

Sánchez and Moreno warn of “increasingly dramatic” fires due to the climate crisis

When the Los Gallardos fire, which has claimed the lives of 13 people and has consumed more than 7,000 hectares, could be declared under control today and the emergency has been downgraded to operational situation 0, Pedro Sánchez and Juanma Moreno appeared together at the Advanced Command Post located in the town of Turre, Almería, to deliver a message that goes beyond the tragedy’s toll: Spain needs to prepare to live with increasingly extreme emergencies, as they have highlighted that new generation fires are much more complex and voracious than those of a decade ago.

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Junts will present a total amendment to the financing model but could allow its processing

Junts will present a total amendment to the financing model but could allow its processing

The renewal of the financing model has returned to the forefront following the approval of the Generalitat’s budgets. The PSC and Esquerra Republicana place this issue as the next milestone and pressure Junts to support the legal reforms required by the model agreed upon by socialists and republicans earlier this year under the premise that it will provide more than 4 billion euros additional to the coffers of the Catalan administration. The post-convergence members, however, see it as insufficient and have opposed it from the start. But for now, they try to deflect and hide their cards because despite that opposition, they could facilitate its processing. “It is a rather lamentable act of cynicism that we are asked to support the financing model,” said Josep Rius, spokesperson and vice president of JxCat, on Monday regarding that pressure. “Their goal is not for us to give support, but to hold us responsible for its failure,” he added.

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Plan to facilitate the installation of fans in the homes of the Ciutat Meridiana neighborhood

Plan to facilitate the installation of fans in the homes of the Ciutat Meridiana neighborhood

The fight against social inequalities generated by climate change in cities is already one of the main pillars of the Pla de Barris of Catalonia. This was emphasized on Monday by Mayor Jaume Collboni during the presentation of 32 initiatives aimed at revitalizing the Barcelona neighborhood of Ciutat Meridiana, 32 initiatives that will involve an investment of more than 25 million euros to be carried out jointly by the City Council and the Generalitat between the years 2027 and 2031.

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The first Christians in Sweden buried children with adults with whom they did not share biological ties during the Middle Ages

The first Christians in Sweden buried children with adults with whom they did not share biological ties during the Middle Ages

Burying babies with their fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or brothers and sisters in the same grave has been common throughout human history. What is surprising, however, is that these children are buried with adults with whom they share no biological relationship. That is precisely what the first Christian communities in Sweden did during the Middle Ages.

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