France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, the Czech Republic… and, of course, Spain. Europe, especially the western part, is experiencing the first heat wave – although scientifically it may not be classified as such – of the year.
The Spanish-Mexican philosopher Carissa Véliz burst onto the public debate in 2020 with her book Privacy Is Power (Debate), in which she detailed how governments and companies continuously obtain data from us in a surveillance society. Next June she will publish Prophecy (Debate), which the author herself defines as “a reflection on the uses and abuses of prediction, from the Oracle of Delphi to artificial intelligence, because although the technology is very different, the political role it is playing is actually very similar.”
Sin rencor (Diéresis) is not a testimonial book about bullying as usual. It goes much further. The literary debut of Elena de Juan García (Girona, 2004) transcends the personal experience marked by harassment, social emptiness, and digital violence, which she suffered during her last year of high school, to become a profound philosophical reflection on the anatomy of evil, dignity, and forgiveness.
“Dying didn’t matter to me, but stopping making violins…”. The phrase perfectly defines its author, David Bagué (Barcelona, 1964), considered one of the best luthiers in Spain and with the greatest international projection. Beyond having a Creu de Sant Jordi, which is no small thing, the Vienna Philharmonic has three of his instruments (two violins and a cello) and Leonidas Kavakos, one of the best violinists in the world, owns between four and five of his violins. However, at the age of 28 (now he is 61), Bagué began a ordeal that almost took away what he loves most in this life and which is his reason for being: making violins. He was diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare disease from the group of systemic vasculitis, which recently had its world day.
Technology is a great ally of volunteering to bridge social gaps, starting with the digital divide itself, and to open vital opportunities for people of all ages. Although Telefónica’s corporate volunteering has had digital components for many years, 2026 marks a new milestone because it becomes 100% technological volunteering, with three ingredients: it values employees’ talent, drives Fundación Telefónica’s programs, and serves the digital challenges of social entities.
The sectoral table between the Departament de Educació and the unions this Thursday ended without an agreement and with the departure of CGT until the Govern has studied the pay proposal of the strike organizers, while Ustec confirmed that it will attend tomorrow’s meeting.
The man arrested for the stabbing death of his ex-partner in a square in Figueres this Tuesday will appear before the court tomorrow, Friday. The attacker was arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra shortly after committing the crime, thanks to the collaboration of several citizens who struggled with him and managed to hold him. The case is being investigated as an alleged homicide.
On May 22, 1976, a team of professionals from the pediatrics and hematology services at the Sant Pau hospital carried out the first bone marrow transplant in Spain. Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of this milestone, and the Barcelona hospital has scheduled various commemorative events.
Any measure that helps reduce daily expenses becomes even more important in the current context, marked by the conflict in the Middle East. For this reason, Repsol has decided to extend its fuel discount campaign for individual customers until May 31, inclusive, allowing them to continue saving easily every time they refuel at any of its more than 3,300 service stations.
In Figueres and in many sectors of the citizenry, there is a feeling that Kimberli’s death could have been avoided. The woman was stabbed to death this Tuesday at the hands of her ex-partner, a man who had been convicted only 24 hours earlier for abuse and against whom a restraining order was in place, which he violated twice in one day with the outcome that is already known.