The forest fire in Rubió (Anoia) affects 47 hectares of forest area, according to provisional data from the Agents Rurals, who indicate that the flames started in Castellfollit de Boix (Bages). The Firefighters are working with 50 teams, 14 of which are aerial, on a fire that was detected around half past four this Tuesday afternoon in the area of the Can Massana hermitage.
A bull entered a bar in Ribes de Freser (Ripollès) last Monday at breakfast time. At that moment, in the establishment, Bar Gusi, located at the entrance of the municipality, there were several customers who were surprised to see the animal.
The PSOE would win the general elections if they were held now and would do so with the maximum support of the entire legislature, an estimated 36.4% of the vote, according to the April barometer from the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), released this Monday, which places the PP thirteen points behind the socialists, with 23.6% -a result similar to that of recent months-, and portrays Vox in free fall, with 14.7%, four points less than in February.
Beyond laws, the declaration of human rights, ordinances, the struggle of entities, and even beyond good intentions and common sense, Barcelona lacked a structural element, an active public policy to fight for the equality of all people. That is why this Monday the first Anti-Racist Plan 2026-2036 was presented in the Saló de Cent of the City Council, a cross-cutting commitment worked on with experts that involves the entire municipal machinery in areas such as housing, education, participation, health, and coexistence.
A 60-year-old man died early Monday morning when he fell from a fourth floor while fleeing the flames that started in his home. The fire began around four in the morning, for unknown reasons, inside the apartment at number 102 Comte Borrell Street in the Eixample district of Barcelona. The victim jumped into the void and despite the efforts of the medical personnel who tried to revive him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he died at the scene.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, received the Spanish national team this Monday at the Palacio de la Moncloa upon their return from the United States. After visiting the Royal Family at the Palacio de la Zarzuela, Luis de la Fuente’s men went to the residence of the President of the Government to celebrate La Roja’s victory. The Minister of Education, Vocational Training, and Sports, Milagros Tolón, was also present at the reception.
If there is a day when it is legitimate to compare politics with football, it is today. England has not won the world championship since 1966, and it has not had a good prime minister for decades. If you ask the Conservatives, since Margaret Thatcher in the eighties. If you ask the centrist Labour, since Tony Blair in the nineties. And if you ask the left-wing Labour, you have to go much further back, to Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, or even Clement Attlee, creator of the welfare state.
For the third time in five days, Ukrainian drones have again hit Wildberries warehouses, Russia’s largest e-commerce company. Wednesday night’s attacks occurred in two southern Russian regions, Krasnodar and Stavropol. Several people were injured, according to the company’s founder.
Catalunya has reached a new absolute heat record in May. The 39.5 ºC recorded in Vinebre (Ribera d’Ebre) is the highest temperature ever reached in this month, surpassing the previous record: 38.5 ºC in May 2022 in Castellbisbal and Anglès, and matched on Thursday also in Vinebre.
Given the long queues of migrants that have been occurring these days in Barcelona’s municipal offices to obtain the necessary documentation to apply for regularization, the City Council of the Catalan capital has decided to reinforce assistance to these individuals in particular to facilitate their obtaining of the registration certificate.