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The Spanish government prohibits investors from buying apartments for less than 70% of the market price.

Núria Orriols and Núria Rius

Evictions of vulnerable people suspended until 2030 and extension of rents: the key points of the decrees

Núria Rius

Ayuso and Almeida demand the eviction of the encampment at Puerta del Sol

Martí Odriozola i Marcé

The housing protest reaches Barcelona: around a hundred people in Plaça Catalunya

Laia Galià and Diana Silva

Isla pledges to buy apartments from vulnerable families to prevent cases like that of Maricarmen Abascal

Gerard Fageda and Roger Palós

Marta Rovira, granted amnesty for organizing the October 1st referendum

Mireia Esteve

Dismissing employees on sick leave and undergoing medical check-ups: Fomento's recipe against absenteeism

Pol Casaponsa Sarabia

Government in Morocco

The King of Morocco appoints a woman as head of government for the first time

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Manchester City

Manchester City found guilty of "fictitious commercial contracts" and submitting misleading accounts in the Premier League

Quim Aranda

Prosecutors seek 19 years in prison for former casteller group leader accused of abusing a minor

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Colau leaves her apartment after more than 15 years because "she couldn't make ends meet"

Gonzalo Suárez, a free and unclassifiable icon of Spanish cinema, has died.

Sílvia Marimon

The general director of Barça folds

Xavi Hernández Navarro and Albert Nadal

Raphinha was substituted for Brazil due to discomfort in his right thigh.

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"Turning young people into idiots makes everything much more boring."

Joan Burdeus

Periodisme lliure i compromès

29/09/2026

How to respond to the Russian threat

Antoni Bassas analysis

Leo XIV also exclaims for Maricarmen. It is the market, friend!

Miniature column

The weather

Warning for torrential downpours in many regions today

"I couldn't even go down stairs and now I go to rock concerts"

Albert Diumenjó Segalà

The 12 must-see titles of an October packed with series

Alejandra Palés

Laura Escanes: "I have a very low profile, I can't give myself too much importance or comment on current events"

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AI in schools: what really happens in classrooms

Judit Monclús

The dumping ground of global 'fast fashion'

Sergi Reboredo

Why is Josep Lluís Sert not as famous as Gaudí if he was a world-class architect?

Antoni Ribas Tur

The Government issues a new ES-Alert for torrential rains in the Baix Empordà

Cesc Maideu

Evicted with a child and two people with disabilities in Mataró: "I can't stay on the street"

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Health officials warn of an increase in attacks by bats that can transmit rabies

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Spain is in the top 5 OECD countries with the most secondary school teachers without permanent contracts

Diana Silva

The king asks Macron for the EU to take responsibility for the border with Ceuta

Núria Orriols and Núria Rius

The judge refuses to remove the jewelry store that must re-appraise Zapatero's jewelry.

The Commons are considering legal action against the Vox councillor who made a shooting gesture towards a party worker.

Julián García Vargas, Minister of Health and Defense under Felipe González, dies

The Spanish government limits the regulated gas tariff in response to soaring prices

Núria Rius

Gasoline prices continue to rise, driving up inflation in September

Leandre Ibar Penaba

The AMB ratifies the water concession in eight municipalities to Veolia for more than 1 billion

Agustí Sala

Anthropic warns before going public that AI could pose "existential risks to humanity"

Albert Cadanet Vilà

Not 8 or 10 euros: the price of olive oil will plummet

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Andy Burnham is selling hope and asking for ten years to change the course of the United Kingdom

Quim Aranda

Rutte says NATO can respond to hybrid attacks, even if it doesn't do so "publicly."

Núria Sala Ventura

The US insists on a "foreign" plot after the alleged attempted attack on a British military base

Quim Aranda

Misc

The ARA Premium Club moves to the Barcelona of the late 19th century

Daniel Venteo, on the walk of Picasso's Barcelona for the Club Prèmim.

Troba els plans que vols fer a Barcelona

Premium Club

The ARA Premium Club moves to Barcelona at the end of the 19th century

Reader's Advocate

Accounting. Annual balance sheet.

Opinió

Towards a Catalonia of 9 million?

The skyscraper in Esplugues with luxury suites that has revolutionized the metropolitan skyline

Ibiza's housing problem is four times worse than Mallorca's: the deficit exceeds 43%.

ARA Balears

Musical battle in honor of Folch and Camarasa

September, time to return

Enrique Vila-Matas is once again among the favorites for the Nobel Prize in Literature

Jordi Nopca

La Perla 29 will adapt 'The House of Bernarda Alba' with Nora Navas

Núria Juanico Llumà

A historic integral in Sant Felip Neri

Xavier Cervantes

When rock'n'roll and radio were 'queer'

Joan Pons

Zucchini invention, Ada Parellada's recipe

Ada Parellada

Dancer and choreographer Igor Yebra announces that he suffers from multiple sclerosis

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How to capture the spirit of a river

Marina Espasa

Basketball - EuroLeague

The coach who left because he was suffering too much defeats Barça

Àlex Gozalbo

Barceloneta's ambitious plan to reign in Europe

Toni Padilla

The way to avoid the dispute that angered Hansi Flick

Albert Nadal

Daniela de Francisco:

"Disability is a filter for idiots"

Carla Turró

Catalan hotels gain stars: a change of model?

Laura Casserres Capdevila

The future of the welfare state: more workers aged 55 to 64 are needed

Agustí Sala

Living in Barcelona's most iconic public housing block: "We've hit the jackpot"

Gerard Pruna

"Deep down, I think I could have done more, as a father, lover, partner, director, actor, and citizen."

Laura Serra

Magazines

A choral discipline

Clàudia Rius

Elon Musk and Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House, in a file image

News from the dark side of the force

Jaume Claret

The Orfeó Català and the Vallès Symphony Orchestra during the tribute concert to Pau Casals at the Palau de la Música.

The giant shadow of Pau Casals continues to be long and very effective

Jaume Radigales

Anna Alarcón and Llàtzer Garcia at the presentation of 'Grans bardisses'

A show about life after an unexpected death

Núria Juanico Llumà

Marta Marco, Erol Ileri and Gemma Martínez in the show 'No miris'.

To love or not to love monsters

Santi Fondevila

The Palestinian writer Adania Shibli photographed in Barcelona

"Being born Palestinian already entails that you are punished in every possible way"

Núria Juanico Llumà

German unions fight to maintain the 35-hour workweek

The Economist

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Passport photograph of the one who was British intelligence chief Sir William Stephenson.

The businessman who inspired the James Bond character

David Valero-Carreras

Facade of the Royal Custom House of Madrid, headquarters of the Ministry of Finance.

Losing money with the debt of states

Andrei Boar

Entrance to the Seat plant in Martorell.

Two changes in the Volkswagen group leadership, and other notable appointments of the week

Pol Casaponsa Sarabia

Approach in front of one of the modernist windows of the headquarters of the college

"Between now and next year, the companies required to be audited will decrease"

Agustí Sala

A protest against the eviction of Maricarmen.

Housing: when a basic right is evicted

Agustí Sala

Empty the house so it can come back to life

Cristina Ros

The uniforms of the movie 'Starship Troopers'.

Trump: uniforms for a war that does not yet exist

Sílvia Rosés

thaw

3 cm: the rise in sea level caused by the melting of Greenland and Antarctica

Eduard Forroll and Sònia Sánchez

PHOTO MONICA PLANAS

The investigation that exposes Robert Capa

Mònica Planas Callol

The Rat sailing in L'Escala.

The centenary sailboat that sails the Mediterranean thanks to an old telephone pole

Daniel Romaní

Magda the Fairy ( 4)

Magda the fairy (4)

Chema Peral

Augustine Sedgewick:

"In a child you can see both the past and the future."

Francesc Orteu

Family portrait made with AI that uses the aesthetics of the eighties

The school of the eighties and 'farming aura'

Magda Minguet

Students from a school in Vallvidrera using the school car.

The brake on school trips threatens the cultural and leisure sector

Mar Domènech

Giants during the Merced Festival.

The most familiar Mercè, festivals and art: what to do with children this week

Mar Domènech

The actress Sara Diego, in an image provided

Sara Diego: “My parents have instilled in me to take things with a sense of humor”

Bea Cabezas

A woman reading in a park

Reading for pleasure makes the grey matter of the brain grow

Raquel Villanueva

The definitive guide to correctly interpreting food labels

Albert Diumenjó Segalà

The chef Francesc Rovira, in the sessions organized by Radicea-Field Lab, that took place in Gombrèn from September 18 to 20

Entrevista Francesc Rovira:

"When my sister died, I dedicated a menu to her, and now it is feeling her alive; every day there is someone who asks me for the Dolors Rovira menu"

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

An Urgèlia cheese.

What are traces of crustaceans doing in a cheese made in the Pyrenees?

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Virgilio Martínez, chef of the Central restaurant.

Entrevista Virgilio Martínez:

"When you manage to have worldwide recognition and admiration you realize that it was not what you were looking for"

Rosa Rodon

The lobster from Cala Bona that they serve for breakfast.

Lobster, cava and xuixo for breakfast at the first beach of the Costa Brava

Aniol Costa-Pau

The actress and singer Júlia Bonjoch.

Entrevista Júlia Bonjoch:

After a while of drinking wine I start to sneeze

Elena García Dalmau

Volkswagen Tiguan

These are the Volkswagen, Audi and Seat affected by the problems with the steering

Ferran Vital

An electric car plugged in while charging

Electric car sales in France skyrocket spurred by the price of oil

Ferran Vital

Bentley Torcal

The centenary and luxurious brand Bentley presents its first electric car

Ferran Vital

The former Minister of Emergencies and Interior Salomé Pradas during her second appearance at the Congress of Deputies.

Pradas and Mompó return to protect Mazón

The Puerta del Sol encampment resists a third night: "Either you are on the side of the tenants, or on the side of the vulture funds"

The extension of rents strains the negotiation of the housing decree

A police officer guards a road closure on the outskirts of the perimeter of the RAF Fairford air base, after the police declared a serious incident at the base following the arrest, this Sunday, of five men suspected of a possible terrorist attack.

They release the five detainees for the alleged attempted attack against a British military base

Russia bombs the center of Kyiv in broad daylight and attacks the country's main research center

Submarines, shipyards and reindustrialization: Burnham makes defense an economic engine

"We took Paula at least a hundred times to the emergency room before she committed suicide"

"We took Paula at least a hundred times to the emergency room before she committed suicide"

Thousands of people pressure Sánchez in Barcelona

Urbagestión reaches an agreement so that Maricarmen Abascal returns to her home

Peptomyc Laboratory.

Peptomyc closes a round of 5.7 million with the entry of the ICF into its capital

"We will depend on Madrid": Catalan farmers, worried about the new European budget

OpenAI halts the launch of the latest version of ChatGPT for "security problems"

Honoré de Balzac

Underline Balzac

The public humiliation that ignited the fury of Joan Miró

Nathacha Appanah: "These women were murdered because they wanted to leave, because they had made a decision"

Dolors Ribalta, director responsible for women's football at Espanyol

The three basic pillars that make the "great ship" of Espanyol women's football work

The white and blue treasure that hides in a small village of the Garraf

The beautiful gesture of Lamine Yamal with the son of an England player

Todd Blanche, Attorney General of the United States.

Is it a privilege? Yes, but also a right

The influencers and the presenters of more than 60

Pellicer and the debutant's nerves

“Humans are like wolf dogs: half domesticated, half wild”

"Oh, no, another fallen idol": can one be a feminist and opt for surrogacy?

A historic LP and a very timely documentary: what you cannot miss this week

The American actress Sharon Stone during the closing day of the World Nobel Prize Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War in Rome.

Sharon Stone accuses ex-husband of sending her to operating room without her authorization

"I have returned": Julian Assange reappears on X after more than two years and announces that he will have another child

The 43-year-old actor who dies upon undergoing euthanasia

Science and Technology

Jane Goodall in Barcelona.

Jane Goodall, the pioneer who shook our idea of what it is to be human

Humans do not come from monkeys, but from... rocks?

A Catalan AI detects the traces of aging in blood stem cells