La diputada Glòria Freixa, secretaria primera de la Mesa del Parlament, is considering joining the Junts primaries to lead the Barcelona list for next year’s municipal elections. In the coming days, she will make a decision and could be the fourth contender if the other three who have publicly expressed their willingness to participate in the process at some point are confirmed.
As a small festival reduced to just four artists, Primavera Sound opened its 24th edition with an impossible combination to fit into any musical box other than the one that brings together those who enjoy going to concerts, especially when it is free. And indeed, the traditional Wednesday session brought together at the Fòrum the 30,000 lucky ones who got their pass at no cost to see in one go the indie of Wet Leg and the airy pop of Guitarricadelafuente, backed by none other than Yard Act and Ouineta, British punk flashes and local electropop. Harder to mix more in less space.
The Japanese have celebrated this Sunday the traditional Enoshima Tenno Festival in the city of Fujisawa, one of the most emblematic summer festivities in the region.
A French soldier from the UN force deployed in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed this Saturday and three other soldiers were injured -two of them very seriously- in an attack recorded in the south of that country which President Emmanuel Macron attributed to Hezbollah. Hours later, this pro-Iranian Shiite militia issued a statement denying any involvement in the ambush against the blue helmet contingent, which sparked all kinds of speculation.
The National Intelligence Center (CNI) warned hours before the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta of a “call” to cross the Tarajal border breakwater by swimming or on foot. The secret services sent this warning via WhatsApp to the Government Delegation in the autonomous city and to the Civil Guard. They did so around 2:00 p.m. the previous day. That same afternoon, the CNI also sent an “urgent note” to Morocco to warn of the existence of a plan to enter on the 30th promoted on social networks. However, the documentation declassified this Wednesday by the Government does not reflect that the magnitude of what was going to happen was assessed: an assault on the fence, through which more than 80,000 people entered in just 48 hours. Nor does it appear that these alerts were raised to higher authorities to act, even if with little margin.
The president of the PNV’s EBB, Aitor Esteban, stated this Thursday that he is convinced that the state legislature “has come to an end” and addressed the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to assure him that “the general interest demands elections this year.” Furthermore, he reiterated that his party does not contemplate a motion of no confidence and asked the head of the Executive for reflection because “many things have happened this week,” but “more will happen.”
Comics do not take center stage at Sant Jordi, but there are places where they do set the pace. At Arc de Triomf, among the stalls that stretch towards Passeig de Lluís Companys and the beginning of Passeig de Sant Joan, one of those spaces is concentrated where the type of books and the profile of the public draw a different scene within the traditional April 23rd celebration in Barcelona.
Just as happened with the expansion of the port of València, Compromís now opposes the expansion of the Manises airport. In the midst of the debate about the tourism model and its impact on the territory, the coalition deputy in Congress Àgueda Micó demanded this Wednesday that the Government not approve the expansion of the capacity of the València-Manises airport planned before next September 30.
Catalunya extends the age limit from 35 to 40 years to access the public loan program of up to 50,000 euros to finance the purchase of a home among young people. This was announced by the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at an event in Barcelona this Friday. The change, effective since June 1, shows the difficulty young people have in accessing the real estate market, which forces them to postpone the purchase of their first home more and more. “We want to reach people who have a life project ahead, who have not had time to generate savings,” Illa stated.
There are surgeons who transform bodies and there are others who dedicate their lives to understanding the complex relationship between beauty, identity, and the way we see ourselves. Javier de Benito (Sabadell, 1948) belongs to that second category. At 78 years old, and after more than five decades in the profession, he continues to enter the operating room with the same purpose as on the first day: to help people reconcile with their image.