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The takeover bid fails: only 25.47% accepted BBVA's offer for Sabadell.

Carlota Serra and Núria Rius

Reactions: Isla celebrates the result and the Spanish government shows "respect"

Josep Oliu, the most resilient banker in Catalan finance

Xavier Grau del Cerro

Carlos Torres, the fan of 'The Origin of Species' who shook up banking

Agustí Sala

BBVA-Sabadell: the game is over

Agustí Sala

Banco Sabadell prevails

Scoop | Manel Esteller leaves the Josep Carreras Institute and moves to Ohio following the audit for alleged irregularities

Cristina Sáez and Núria Juanico Llumà

The Mossos d'Esquadra seize the mobile phone of Jonathan Andic, who is being investigated for his father's death.

Cesc Maideu

A victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew: "He had sex with me like it was my birthright."

Quim Aranda

Iñigo Martínez takes a position on Catalan independence.

Xavi Hernández Navarro

Rosalía: "It's the first time I've made an album without fear of failure."

Xavier Cervantes

The fricandó in Roser's garden: "All my life I've suffered because I was fat. Now I think: "So much suffering for nothing!""

Empar Moliner

Periodisme lliure i compromès

10/17/25

Banco Sabadell prevails

Antoni Bassas' analysis

'Political slogans and the harsh reality of workers'

The Meteorology

Warning in more than 20 regions for locally heavy showers at the weekend

"Our victory sparked a national drama"

Toni Padilla

Entrevista de l'ARA a Julia Roberts |

"This shoot has been one of the most hectic experiences of my life."

Marc Tió

"When I started studying computer science, there were no computers, not even in the faculty where the courses were taught."

Lara Bonilla

Trump threatens to "go in and kill" Hamas members if attacks against Gazan groups continue.

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Israel begins burying its dead hostages

Isabel Kershner

Trump says he will meet with Putin in Budapest to continue negotiations on Ukraine.

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

The EU's plan to be prepared for a Russian attack by 2030

Gerard Fageda

Socialists save the French government from censorship

Laia Forès

"Trump's Arch": The US President's Latest Idea

"They don't represent our concerns": The Generation Z revolt

Núria Sala Ventura

Riots at the UAB due to the presence of far-right activist Vito Quiles

Víctor Sanz Guerrero

Ultra offensive

Spain, the great export center of ultra ideology in the world

Marta Rodríguez Carrera

The Supreme Court also does not send Koldo García, Ábalos's former advisor, to prison.

Andrea Zamorano

Why does the judge keep Cerdán in prison and not send Ábalos and Koldo?

Ot Serra

The governability of the State

The People's Party (PP) summons Sánchez to the Senate on Thursday, October 30, at 9 a.m. for the Koldo case committee.

The Esquerra rift: the book about the Junqueras-Rovira split

Mireia Esteve

Democratic memory

Controversy in the Corts Valencianes over the figure of Ernest Lluch

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Vic City Council condemned for demanding too much Catalan from a civil servant

Laura Serra

Collboni agrees to open mediation with the Vallcarca residents awaiting eviction.

Gerard Pruna

The six rapists of a girl in a warehouse in Rubí agree to a reduced sentence.

Laia Galià

Twenty years in prison for shooting the Olympic Village killer

Laia Galià

Barcelona's Eixample district, inspiration for America's "next big city"

G.P.

This is what the hands of ancient hominids were like

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Red Eléctrica estimates the cost of reinforcing the electrical system since the blackout at 317 million euros.

Núria Rius

Nestlé will cut 16,000 jobs over the next two years.

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin explains in Barcelona why "women won."

Leandre Ibar Penaba

Barcelona will have the largest coworking space in southern Europe.

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Losing a dog is like losing a suitcase: the European Court ruling on a flight to Barcelona

Gerard Fageda

European courts approve banning betting shops near schools

Gerard Fageda

Svetlana Aleksiévitx

Stop machines

Àlex Gutiérrez

The weight of the corpses, the weight of the living

Videos

Sidonie is confident that the public will put aside linguistic prejudices with her new album in Catalan.

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The ARA Premium Club enjoys a trip around Cap de Creus

Reader's Advocate

The word factory

Before now

'Weltpolitik' in Germany's war ideology (1915)

Public housing 'made in' Albiol: apartments for up to 315,000 euros

Rusiñol makes us crazy

"How can you not go out on the street if you can die at the door of a hospital?"

Marcos Torío

An October of 'situated culture'

Emilia Redolar: “Video games with violent content tend to be more popular.”

A Picasso joke disappears during a transfer from Madrid to Granada.

Antoni Ribas Tur

100 years of Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Potts and Mrs. Marple

Toni Vall

Germaine Dulac, the filmmaker despised by the surrealists

Antoni Ribas Tur

"If I don't make films, the Islamic regime will win, and I'm not willing to."

Xavi Serra

The film of moral resistance against the Iranian regime that won the Palme d'Or and is a hit in France.

Eulàlia Iglesias

From mothers to Marie Antoinette: 080 explores all the influences of fashion

Thais Gutiérrez

Sabadell remarries Figaro

Jaume Radigales

An exceptional album and a must-see parody: what you can't miss this week

Thais Gutiérrez and Jordi Garrigós

"I hope that in 10 years my Catalan will be better than my Spanish, which is horrible."

Marc Mosull

Basketball - Euroleague

Barça does not do good business in the United Arab Emirates.

Àlex Gozalbo

“It’s very hard to see that you can’t even dress yourself.”

Martí Molina and Albert Nadal

On the contrary

Miquel Ferreres

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Content in catalan

From milestone to milestone

Jordi Duró

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The cartoon

Manel Fontdevila

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Content in catalan

Now let no one be offended

Juanjo Sáez

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Content in catalan

The best way to relax (according to scientists)

Núria Sala Ventura

Why do you say 'budget' when you can call it a budget? 30 Catalan alternatives in marketing

Laura Serra

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Your body ages much faster at these two times of life.

Salvador Macip

Don't you like the dialogue in TV shows? You're not alone.

Brian X. Chen / The New York Times

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Artificial intelligence discovers surprising relationships between the heart and the brain

David Bueno

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Magazines

Eldelmar: The Torres brothers' cuisine lights up the Olympic Port

Ivan Díez , Carles Domènech and Adrià Albets

The three partners and chefs of the L'Esmolet restaurant in Badalona. From left to right: Pedro Cárdenas, Albert Reverté, and Ivan Cruz.

From cooking in large houses (including Gerard Piqué and Shakira's) to doing it for all the people of Badalona

Rosa Rodon

Winemaker Sara Pérez at San Sebastián Gastronomika.

Entrevista Sara Pérez:

"Holding a panel discussion on 'Women and Wine' is sexist."

Rosa Rodon

The writer Josep Pla and the restaurateur Josep Mercader, creator of the Motel Empordà and the Hotel Almadrava, maintained a close friendship.

"Catalan cuisine is in retreat, and it's a disgrace for us and especially for foreigners."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

All the boxes of gleaned fruit and vegetables that chef Lluc Quintana of Can Xapes used to prepare a recycling menu.

Carrot Top Pesto and Potato Peel Chips: Recipes and Anti-Waste Techniques

Aniol Costa-Pau

Chef Moha Quach in the dining room of his restaurant, El Terrat, in Tarragona.

Entrevista Mohamed Quach:

"I wonder why chefs working in Catalonia don't speak Catalan like I do, since I arrived when I was twelve."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Should siblings be friends?

Olga Vallejo

Two brothers argue at home

Fighting between siblings, something I hadn't seen coming

Magda Minguet

Jacint Verdaguer School.

Catalan, the tool of cohesion in a highly complex school

Pau Gaitán

Jan Garrido photographed for the interview

Entrevista Jan Garrido:

"A child blows everything up."

Francesc Orteu

Pau Verdaguer spent the last six years of his life in the care of the palliative care team.

"I would like to spend more time with you, but I need to rest."

Esther Escolán

Lia with her mother, Laura

Living with uncertainty: Lia has been waiting for a diagnosis since birth.

Lara Bonilla

What has alcohol contributed to the history of art and literature?

Joan Garí

Carla Simón, László Krasznahorkai, Keum-Suk Gendry Kim and Isabella Hammad

10 must-sees from the Kosmopolis 2025 festival

Jordi Nopca

Actress Carrie Fisher in the film 'Star Wars'.

'Star Wars' and 'How to Train a Dragon' in the new 'Great Symphony' series at the Auditori del Fòrum

Xavier Cervantes

French filmmaker Luc Besson at the Sitges Festival.

"I'm against the notion of toxic love, love is something beautiful and pure."

Xavi Serra

An image from a rehearsal of the opera 'Akhnaten' at the Liceu.

The Liceo adores 'Akhnaten,' Philip Glass's Egyptian fantasy

Xavier Cervantes

Rosalía's poster

Rosalía shares a score and fans are jumping in to play it on social media.

A. Palés

The historic plate, stamp, and printmaking trade that survives in the heart of Barcelona

Toni Vall

Cuétara

From making noodles to being the kings of cookies: the odyssey of the Cuétara brothers

Marc Amat

Antoni López Llausàs in 1969

The Catalan who was the first to publish 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'

David Valero-Carreras

Stock Exchange in Madrid

Request loans using our investment portfolios

Andrei Boar

seat

Seat and Cupra definitively close the Griffiths chapter with a new CEO.

Carlota Serra

Trainline offices in Barcelona.

Trainline, the app for buying the cheapest train ticket, designed in Barcelona.

Cristina Martín Valbuena

"I don't read anything they write about me."

Marc Tió

Knockout illustration.

What is feminism, in a nutshell

Anna Manso

Frame from the film Annie Hall (1977), directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton and Fashion: How One Wardrobe Changed Everything

Sílvia Rosés

"The pill", "the syrup", "the lunch"... Speaking in a childish way to the elderly increases their loneliness.

Mònica Planas Callol

Fernanda Zapata, who lives alone in Esplugues de Llobregat, photographed at her home, one afternoon this week

"I don't want to be alone because I get sad and start crying."

Mònica Bernabé

Born losers (2)

Born losers (2)

Ferran Vidal i Kiko Amat

Model Y Standard

Tesla lowers the price of the Model Y to below 40,000 euros

Ferran Vital

Cupra Formentor VZ5

Cupra announces the return of the Formentor VZ5

Ferran Vital

Using your cell phone in the car

Mobile phone use now accounts for 87% of fines for distracted driving in Catalonia.

Ferran Vital

Riots at the UAB await the arrival of agitator Vito Quiles

Riots at the UAB await the arrival of agitator Vito Quiles

Salvador Illa meets with King Charles III in London

This is Mazón's call list on the day of the Dana

Trump this Wednesday in the Oval Office

Three US bombers have flown near the Venezuelan coast.

Hamas hands over two more hostages' bodies and says it has complied with the agreement

Is Netanyahu's pardon, as Trump is demanding, possible?

Barcelona changes its image: this is the new City Hall logo

A mega-concert and a football match: the pro-Palestinian protests Barcelona will host

María José Méndez: "If I had been tested when I was supposed to, I might not have breast cancer."

The president of Banc Sabadell, Josep Oliu, and the president of BBVA, Carlos Torres.

BBVA - Banco Sabadell: seventeen months of an unprecedented takeover bid

BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell: A tense soap opera with three possible outcomes

Rutte balances his defense of Spain against Trump: "He accepted the military objectives."

Fragment of Germaine Dulac's short film 'Ce que il a dedo, ce que il a fait'

Fragment of Germaine Dulac's short film 'Ce que il a dedo, ce que il a fait'

Ludwig Band, 'Where Have You Been Tonight?', music video

Planeta awards the controversial television personality Juan del Val

Hansi Flick during a training session this week in Sant Joan Despí.

Hansi Flick reveals the truth

The great asterisk of Catalan football

Marc Bernal's personal take: "I'm a Berguedá native, but I don't like mushrooms."

Xavier Bundó

Cat 2 takes advantage of the No-Do

An exceptional documentary for history

Basté, Bundó, Nina, and Bob Pop are driving the launch of La 2Cat, RTVE's Catalan-language channel.

Hearts

Goodbye Tinder? Finding love away from the screen is back.

What can you do this weekend? The Escena Poblenou Festival and Barcelona Dibuja

Queer resistance and new masculinities: Generation Z asserts itself on the catwalk

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in 1973 in Los Angeles

Woody Allen remembers Diane Keaton: "Her face and her laugh lit up any room she entered."

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau: Boat photos confirm their relationship

George Clooney confesses all the drugs he's taken (without affecting his image in the slightest)

Science and Technology

Pol Forn photographed today

Pol Forn-Díaz: "I am one of the few researchers in the world working with Nobel Prize-winning quantum chips."

From penicillin to Viagra: when chance leads to impactful scientific discoveries

New risk for science: Researchers' Google won't be updated until the U.S. has budgets