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The table prevents Congress from voting on whether Sánchez should call elections

Núria Orriols and Andrea Zamorano

The head of the Civil Guard distances herself from the Leire case: "I have never participated in any conspiracy against the UCO"

Martí Odriozola i Marcé

The judge rejects Zapatero's request to postpone his testimony regarding the jewels

NATO's European allies are already preparing for the US military withdrawal

Gerard Fageda

London investigates Russian warning signs in the English Channel

Quim Aranda

The G-7 is pressuring Putin to agree to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

Laia Forès

The Catalan government corrects Parlon's words and says that the plan to deploy police officers in schools continues.

Diana Silva and Cesc Maideu

Glòria Freixa:

"It's unacceptable that you can't hear Catalan spoken for five subway stops in Barcelona."

David Miró

"There has been no serious debate on immigration": a group of economists calls for a "unique" immigration policy in Catalonia

Leandre Ibar Penaba

Why have Andic's audios been released now?

Laia Galià and Cesc Maideu

The judge orders the arrest of Elisa Mouliaá for failing to appear in Errejón's lawsuit.

Martí Odriozola i Marcé

Brazil accuses of homicide the workers who threw a young woman bungee jumping without a rope

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He stabbed his son's speech therapist to death in Valencia because he thought he was abusing him

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Spain's surprising memphomania after a disappointing debut

Martí Molina

Dreams come true at the World Cup: the 40-year-old goalkeeper without a team who has stopped Spain

Toni Padilla

Periodisme lliure i compromès

16/16/26

The Iran deal is not a victory for Donald Trump

Antoni Bassas analysis

Catalonia locomotive, Illa returns to Pujol

Isla argues that the National Pact for Industry "steps on the gas" in infrastructure

The weather

Without respite from the intense heat of the dog days of summer

The writer who translated to survive

Jordi Nopca

"I don't understand my grandmother's pain, but she lived through it."

Núria Juanico Llumà

The business graduate who wanted to bake bread in the family oven has won a competition for two Sant Joan cakes

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Barcelona leads the ranking of accidents involving wild animals

Ferran Vital

What steps remain to make the AI gigafactory in Móra la Nova a reality?

Núria Rius

"My fear has passed": How to convince migrants to send their children from colonies

Núria Bigas Formatjé

The fine print that could derail the peace between the United States and Iran

Ethel Bonet

Neither regime change nor dismantling of the nuclear program: Trump's failed agreement

Alba Asenjo

Putin calls for parliamentary elections on September 20

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The European Parliament approves a ban on creating pornographic images of real people using AI

Decisive elections: the future of the British Prime Minister and the United Kingdom in the hands of 76,600 nostalgics

Quim Aranda

Six major banks investigated for anti-competitive practices in the mortgage market

Agustí Sala

Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion says AI will contribute one percentage point to productivity each year

Alberto Prieto

Spaniards have saved 10 euros on their electricity bill: here's why

Xavier Grau del Cerro

The Spanish government will allocate €216 million to the maintenance of the AP-7, AP-2 and B-23 highways.

N.R.M

Public accounts

Public debt moderated to 101.6% of GDP in the first quarter, but totaled a record 1.74 trillion.

150 euros a month for everyone for agroecological food: they propose a food social security system

Sònia Sánchez

Agreement to raise the tourist tax on cruise ships stopping in Barcelona to 30 euros

Marc Toro and Ivan Sànchez Clivillé

The alleged perpetrators of the machete attack on a Renfe security guard are arrested a year later.

Food alert for listeria in duck foie gras sold in Spain

Heat waves, droughts and pollution: more than 4 million creatures affected in Spain

Sònia Sánchez

To leave or not to leave the state: Peinado must decide whether to withdraw Begoña Gomez's passport

Núria Orriols

The Spanish legislature

PSOE and Sumar agree to decriminalize insults to the Crown and offenses against religious feelings

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The Catalan Parliament complies with the precautionary measures of the TSJC and will permanently fly the Spanish and Catalan flags.

"Don't lower your face for anyone": the farewell letter that a man shot by Franco's regime hid in his shirt cuffs

Sílvia Marimon

The Catalan PP also copies the far right on immigration

Ivan Sànchez Clivillé

Opinió

Towards a Catalonia of 9 million?

University

We help you choose a grade

Reportage

Cape Creus, a fascinating and regular setting for the ARA Premium Club

Language games

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Reader's Advocate

'Habemus papam'

Opinió

There's no need to cut back on small, everyday expenses.

Making the outskirts accessible: a pioneering project allows blind people to reach Torre Baró Castle

Cultural awards

The digital cultural publication awards its prizes "outside the algorithm"

João Borges

The Virgin Mary statue is stolen from the small chapel on Calle Mayor in Costitx

Joan Socies

Gradual changes or catastrophes? The two narratives that tell the story of Earth

In June, the cracks in the narrative

Jessica Chastain and the bitter end of the American dream

Gerard Casau

Catalans break the record for spending on culture, but job insecurity persists in the sector.

Sílvia Marimon

The series that shy girls are waiting for

Alejandra Palés

Rosalía's designer (who can also dress you)

Alejandra Palés

Jaume Sabater buys the historic Sala Parés

Antoni Ribas Tur

'Golpe de rock' returns: "We are here to promote and normalize shows in Catalan"

Núria Juanico Llumà

"When you go on stage, everyone should want to fuck you": Lydia Rodríguez leaves Presuntos Implicados

Paula Pujol

An energetic leader, the Stuani legend, and the departure of key players

Jordi Bofill

Spain crashes against Cape Verde

Albert Nadal

Rajoy returns for the World Cup: "The important thing is to score more goals than the opponent"

Aleix Moldes

Who's who in Lamine Yamal's circle

Albert Nadal

Spain's richest and most invisible man

David Valero-Carreras

The first Muslim country to ban the hijab (and fine women who wear it)

A. M.

"I'm twenty years old, but they won't let me leave the house alone unless I'm with my brother, who is nine."

Mònica Bernabé

The secret to having great sex at 77

Selena Soro

Magazines

"As the daughter of a lesbian, I grew up knowing that gender is not biological."

Francesc Orteu

Children say goodbye to their parents before going to Fundesplay summer camps

Why are summer camps key for children's mental health?

Susagna Escardíbul

A group of friends on bicycles.

Why you don't need to worry if your child doesn't have a best friend

Elisenda Rosanas

A girl looking at a mobile phone

Before the age of 14, more than 86% of young people are registered on at least one social network

Olga Vallejo

Sílvia Munt as a child

Sílvia Munt: "We are one of those families that don't like football, we like motorcycles and cyclists"

Bea Cabezas

Project against food waste at Escola Segarra

A school in Barcelona manages to reduce food waste to 17 grams per student

Esther Escolán

Coca de Sant Joan: the perfect recipe to kick off the summer that's just beginning

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The Escumostra will take place in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia on the first weekend of October, and will reach its thirtieth edition

Mystery solved: Cavatast starts to be called from today Escumostra

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The maker Lola Palacis, at the Llotja of Barcelona, during the 2025 wine tasting that Vila Viniteca organized last Monday at the Llotja of Barcelona

Entrevista Lola Palacios:

"It makes me very angry that they say the wine crisis is because young people don't drink wine; I think it's old people who don't drink it"

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Jordi Miró winery's Parellada.

The heat rises and the wine lowers the alcohol: how is this possible?

Jordi Bes Lozano

A yogurt.

The latest (exaggerated) promise from the food industry: A2 milk yogurts

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The actor Pol López at the Mimosa hotel in Barcelona.

Entrevista Pol López:

"I am more interested in the history behind the wine than in the adjective 'cantamañanas'"

Elena García Dalmau

From brewer to ally with Prisa at Cadena Caracol

David Valero-Carreras

Elon Musk at the World Economic Forum

Space X, the most absurd stock market listing in history

Andrei Boar

Image of the entrance of the Audit Office of Catalonia.

Female power at the Court of Auditors, MWCapital, Abacus and DO Cava

Xavier Grau del Cerro

Archive image of wedding dresses at Pronovias headquarters.

Pronovias, a new attempt at resurrection

Agustí Sala

Miguel A. Torres president of Familia Torres.

Miguel A. Torres:

"I don't think in Penedès vines will be uprooted like in Rioja or Bordeaux"

Jordi Bes Lozano

Tourists on Barcelona's Rambla

Four evidences and a question

Joan Ramon Rovira

The Sant Joan Prize discovers two new literary voices

Jordi Nopca

A picture of Pilar Sentís on the First Catalan Women's Days

The first Catalan Women's Conference, half a century later

M. Àngels Cabré

An image that suggests fire in the body.

"We want these erotic poems to be read by everyone, men too"

Sílvia Marimon

The tribute to the people who died in psychiatric hospitals during the Civil War.

The more than 3,000 deaths at the Sant Boi psychiatric hospital receive a tribute that breaks decades of silence

Sílvia Marimon

Joan Carles Girbés (current editorial director of non-fiction at Abacus Futur) and Montse Ayats (current director at Eumo) at the presentation of La Setmana del 2020.

Abacus will exploit the historic brand Eumo Editorial

Laura Serra

The writer María Oruña

María Oruña: "It took me years to realize I was living the dream of many writers"

Núria Juanico Llumà

"We entered a house and, suddenly, they showed us a horse-drawn carriage."

Alejandra Palés

The clown Pau Palaus acts in front of a group of young Lebanese people

An army of clowns to invade the Middle East

Dani Colmena

Mockup Infographic Tote Bag

'Tote bags': Are they really a green solution?

Eduard Forroll

The tyranny of geolocation

Mònica Planas Callol

Plant flowers between crops to attract pollinators.

Flowers instead of pesticides and mobile corrals: science backs different ways of cultivating the land

Ángela Justamante / Andrea Arnal

Thomas Piketty: 'The concentration of wealth is a risk for democracy'

Thomas Piketty:

"The concentration of wealth is a risk for democracy"

Esther Vera

Front Seat Ibiza

More than 40,000 million euros annually: the big business of car taxes

Ferran Vital

What is a 'run out' car and why is it a good idea to buy one?

Ferran Vital

Electric car

Three tips to end electric car 'range anxiety'

Ferran Vital

The former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán appears before the investigative commission of the Parliament of Navarre on public works contracts, such as the doubling of the Belate tunnel.

Santos Cerdán ordered his PSOE team to authorize all trips requested by Leire Díez

Jordi Aragonès, one of the two candidates of Catalan Alliance in Barcelona

The BOE publishes a macro-call for applications to cover 700 positions of judge and prosecutor

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz this Monday, from Musandam, in Oman.

What do we know about the agreement between the United States and Iran, and what are the big unknowns?

Russia attacks one of Ukraine's great religious symbols and a UNESCO World Heritage site

The G-7 welcomes the agreement between the US and Iran: "The priority is to reopen Hormuz"

Archive image of a Madrid public transport service office.

Renfe rejects that Ayuso links public transport pass to the census: "It generates segregation"

Fragile forests and saw in motion: Catalonia enters the fire season

The United Kingdom will prohibit access to social networks to those under 16 years of age

A Royal Oman Police Coast Guard patrol boat inspects the area as traffic is reduced in the Strait of Hormuz.

The peace agreement lowers the price of oil and the Ibex marks a historic record

"We want to be the engine of Europe again": Catalonia seals pact to relaunch industry

El Corte Inglés wins 22.8% more and reduces debt to the lowest level in 20 years

'Ulysses and the Sirens', painting by John William Waterhouse in 1891 which can be seen at the National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne

7 reasons to read the Odyssey

The tower of Jesus, a filigree with more than 60,000 unique ceramic pieces

A dinner among architects at the Three Chimneys

The technical staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the national anthem prior to the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage match between Iran and New Zealand, in Los Angeles, California, USA, on June 15, 2026.

Whistles at the anthem and problems with visas: Iran's chaotic World Cup debut

How will the departure of the Tour de France affect mobility in Barcelona?

Sentence footballer Rafa Mir to 8 and a half years in prison for rape

Montserrat: Spirituality, nature, culture and sport

What are Jonathan Andic's audios useful for?

The too easy solution of blaming the young

The worst week of Sánchez of every week

Why does the passage of time scare us?

"Gaudí's head shape was perfect, both for its size and configuration"

"Mother of God Lord" or "Wow", much better than "Oh my God"

The YouTuber Gaspi and the streamer Ibai Llanos in an archive image

All the mysteries (and coincidences) surrounding the deaths of Gaspi and Oliver Tree in a helicopter crash in Brazil

Marius Borg, son of Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, sentenced to prison for rape

All the little stories of the Pope's visit

Science and Technology

An owl on a branch

The origin of our eyes: when our ancestors were cyclops

What are we and where do we come from? A Catalan study rewrites the history of complex life

Dizziness, nosebleeds, headaches: learning in classrooms over 30°C