The Princesa de Girona awards go to young people and are enjoyed in the process by those over 40, numerous in the Liceu, because they know better than anyone that talent requires perseverance and a country, youth with drive. “You are never fully formed,” warned singer Luz Casal,…
In a world that seems dominated by so-called influencers and artificial intelligence, Leonor has claimed the value of the “natural intelligents.” The princess, in the speech at the Princesa de Girona awards ceremony held at the Liceu, confessed that her favorite influencers, the people who inspire and influence her “are not characters considered successful or famous or glamorous, nor do they have the official label of aspirational nor measure their worth by certain achievements they post on their networks,” but rather those who “fall in love with problems with the intention of solving them; who tell something important with talent and accompany their craziness with rigor, discipline, and critical thinking.”
A volunteer firefighter is detained after confessing to having caused one of the fires in the large blaze that has already burned more than 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometers south of Paris, a natural gem with a large number of visitors throughout the year.
The Princesa de Girona awards ceremony crowns the Foundation’s activities over the past year and is also the most important event that Princess Leonor takes part in Catalonia. This midday, the King and Queen and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, arrived in Barcelona to hold the traditional meeting with the trustees of the Princesa de Girona Foundation (FPdGI) that precedes the solemn event to be held this afternoon at the Liceu. The Princess of Girona will close the awards ceremony with her speech, in which the King will also participate.
The Council of Ministers has given approval, in the second round, to the draft bill on vicarious violence, prepared by the Ministry of Equality, led by Ana Redondo, which has as its main objective to make this violence visible, recognize it, prevent it, sanction it, and eradicate it. So far this year, three children have been murdered, and since 2013 (when the official statistics began), 68. This statistic only includes victims who are sons and daughters of women, not mothers, sisters, partners… also murdered.
Last Friday, a passenger on a Ryanair flight between Thessaloniki (Greece) and Memmingen (Germany) was sucked out of the airplane window after it came loose during the flight. The passenger, a 61-year-old Serbian man, was saved by the seatbelt and the efforts of other passengers to prevent him from being thrown into the void. The plane was flying at 6,000 meters altitude.
The bulls from the Jandilla ranch in Mérida have lived up to their reputation for being fast and dangerous, leaving behind a hectic and dangerous final run of the Sanfermines. The bulls have fallen several times and have charged at the runners.
European countries recorded more than 10,000 deaths above the average during the unprecedented heatwave that hit the western part of the continent in late June. The vast majority – more than 9,000 – were people aged 65 or older, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO. Extreme heat can cause death by exacerbating, especially, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people being the most vulnerable. However, some experts point out that some of the deaths related to high temperatures are actually due to pollution.
Today is an important day for two million dependents, those who can make history because it can change their lives. The Congress of Deputies debates today, on one hand, whether to support the royal decree approved by the Government, which gives a whopping 6.2 billion euros extra to the autonomous communities for the remainder of this year and next to finally stop the waiting lists of the dependency system. Also, to improve current services and benefits and expand them, as well as to finally end the shameful precariousness of the sector’s professionals.
The legal conflict over the use of languages in Catalan schools remains alive, resulting in a continuous trickle of rulings with little impact on the schools. At least, for now, and until the Constitutional Court rules on linguistic immersion.