Surviving on the shattered earth
A fifteen-minute walk separates the Bab Tuma gate from the ruins of Jobar. You start walking in the city that has been preserved and a kilometer later you cross an abyss and reach the one that has disappeared.
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Rodri, more than a signing
Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, 30-year-old footballer known in the football world as Rodri, landed yesterday just after eight in the evening at El Prat airport to be presented today as a new player of FC Barcelona. His first words were ambitious: “Playing for Barça is a dream and I am already eager to get to work. The Champions League? I come to win everything that lies ahead.” Violin music for the Barcelona fans.
The Diplomatic Barcelona
It is likely that the gardens of Pedralbes are, for most Barcelonans, little more than an elegant park where a music festival is held at the beginning of summer. It is to some extent understandable that they are unaware that the site houses the main institution of…
A dozen cases of scabies detected among the military deployed to Ceuta
The professional association Unión de Militares de Tropa (UMT) has reported in a statement that at least 14 soldiers deployed in Ceuta have suffered an outbreak of scabies. The UMT directly points to the “poor conditions in which the personnel were housed last Saturday, August 15” in some old military facilities.
The Government redirects its management in Ceuta: border secured, plans reception
The Government enters a new phase in managing the Ceuta crisis, where humanitarian care for the people who entered irregularly in a rush becomes a priority over the threat at the border, once Morocco has demonstrated its firm control of the line.
The Iran war diminishes the U.S. military capability in the Pacific
The U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby, was blunt last week: “America is not disengaging from Asia. We are not leaving; in fact, we are digging in.”
Rodri lands in Barcelona with a strong message: “I come to win everything that comes my way”
With a slight delay from the scheduled time, past eight in the evening, Rodri landed at El Prat airport amid great media anticipation. The player, unlike on other occasions and as had already happened in the morning with Cancelo, had no problem posing for photographers and making brief statements before heading to a city hotel to dine with FC Barcelona officials before being presented as a new blaugrana player in the coming hours. His initial message was emphatic: “These have been very intense days but I am very happy, playing for Barça is a dream and I am already eager to meet my teammates, some of whom I already know, and to get to work. The Champions League? I come to win everything that lies ahead.”
Barcelona contains the price of student apartments while it soars in Madrid
Student apartments are becoming a very attractive asset for investors, as reflected in the price increase in the market. Only Barcelona is containing the prices of rooms for university students compared to last year, according to a study by the consultancy specialized in these rentals Live4Life, with an average of 600 euros both at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year and in the current 2026-2027 year.
Granada has suffered 348 earthquakes since Friday, 37 of them felt by the population
The seismic episode affecting Granada and its metropolitan area, which had its maximum impact with the very shallow earthquake of magnitude 4.8 that occurred on Saturday, August 15, has already recorded 348 tremors since Friday, most of low magnitude (less than 2) and all at very shallow depths (less than 10 kilometers). Of these, 37 have been felt by the population.
U.S. fails in its attempt to advance Trump’s peace plan for Gaza
The U.S. administration is having great difficulties advancing the Peace Plan for Gaza. After two days of on-the-ground talks, the special envoy of the U.S. president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, only secured a vague commitment from the Israeli prime minister to “move forward.” Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that Israel will not withdraw its army from the Gaza Strip until Hamas has been completely disarmed, a position he has not changed for weeks. In his meeting with Kushner, which was described as “extensive, deep, and very productive” in a statement from the Peace Board, Netanyahu requested that a U.S. general oversee the delivery of weapons by the Palestinian group.