The Vatican intends to give a high socioeconomic content to the upcoming visit of Leo XIV to Spain, between June 6 and 12. Its representatives in Spain, led by José Cobo, cardinal, archbishop of Madrid and vice president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference,…
Several accidents and traffic jams are marking this Friday the start of the second special operation of the Summer Operation 2026, with 5.6 million trips expected.
The feeling here is that we are not facing the opening of just another museum, but that the opening of Faro Santander, the former headquarters of Banco de Santander now inhabited by Titian, Velázquez, Rubens, Tàpies, Cristina Iglesias, Frida Kahlo, or Leonora Carrington, is not only the culmination of one of the most ambitious projects of recent years, but the starting point of a transformation that will turn the Cantabrian capital into one of the most vibrant and unique cultural hubs in Spain. “We are part of what is about to come, we open the door to everything that follows,” says its director, Daniel Vega, who this Monday, after the inaugural event, was responsible for guiding King Felipe VI through the different spaces of the building renovated by architect and Pritzker Prize winner David Chipperfield: 10,000 square meters of cultural center with views of the bay and the Centro Botín by Renzo Piano, which since 2017 has marked the new direction of a city that is betting its future on art.
The EU has changed course. In just a decade, the continent has gone from reducing its defense investment to leading one of the largest increases in military spending since the Cold War. What was a political debate for years has now become a strategic priority marked by the war in Ukraine, global instability, and the need to strengthen its security.
For many travelers, cemeteries have a special charm. The charm of peace, silence, and connection with the past… Some do not leave Paris without wandering for a few minutes through the tree-lined paths and the sumptuous mausoleums of Père-Lachaise. In tours of Prague, a visit to the old Jewish cemetery is usually included, with that sea of tombstones that seem to eternally clash. In Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof are the graves of great composers like Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms… Well, the small civil cemetery of Bausen has none of these attractions. Its essence is smallness. A tombstone, a real love, and a legend.
Global warming has awakened Iceland from its slumber, increased its strategic value, and forces its citizens to rethink their future. This weekend’s referendum has been the first sign of that concern. Last winter, during his visit to Davos, and before a…
Unlike the dinosaur, when the lady managed to put on her glasses, the eclipse was no longer there. Bad luck. A hundred years since the last solar eclipse is nothing, woman. However, others, at 7:15 p.m., were already seeing it and saying to each other: “look, there is already a spot…
A human tsunami arrived on July 30 at El Tarajal beach in Ceuta, leaving thousands of clothing items, flip-flops, and personal belongings, but also a giant political crisis that is eating away at Pedro Sánchez’s government, and a question that no one has answered yet: where and how does the wave begin?
“It is a lack of respect.” The French Clémence Beretta, a podium contender in the half marathon, did not hold back at the official press conference: the debut at the European Championships in Birmingham of the new road race walking distances will not have the most favorable setting for the athletes. A tiny urban circuit, only 1 km long, shaped like a P, through the narrow streets of central Birmingham –Waterloo Street and Colmore Row, next to Victoria Square, the start and finish of the race– are an invitation to chaos.
The 147 passengers of the Hondius cruise ship, which is heading to the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak was detected, will disembark next Sunday at sea in groups of no more than five people and by nationality. From the cruise ship, they will transfer to some zodiacs arranged by the shipowner and from there they will head to the dock. Specifically, they will be transferred to a specific area of the port of Granadilla “that meets the highest biological containment measures.” Their luggage will be grouped by nationality and disinfected by the ship’s crew before disembarkation, within the protocol established by Foreign Health. If any passenger shows symptoms before arrival, they will disembark first to be referred to the isolation unit of the Hospital de la Candelaria and their luggage will be managed by the shipping company. They would never reach land. After them, close contacts will disembark grouped by nationalities.