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Races to get a place in the migrant camp at the port of Ceuta

Poland says Russia is planning missile attacks against NATO countries

Núria Vila Masclans

Putin seeks to legitimize himself in elections without guarantees

Albert Sort

The UN accuses the US of committing war crimes in Iran

ARA

'El Trompas', suspected killer of Spanish student, arrested in Mexico

ARA

The major trial against Ballesteros, the PSC, and the shadow of corruption in the Tarragona City Council is about to begin.

Jordi Mumbrú

What is Santiago Abascal seeking in Catalonia?

Roger Palós

The Earth is running out of water

Xavi Segura

The lawyers in the Roger Español case were forced to speak in Spanish because two interpreters could not understand them in Catalan.

Jordi Pujol sponsors a foundation that wants to revive Catalan nationalism

Roger Palós

Music promoter Guim Cifré dies at age 34

Xavier Cervantes

The list that makes Hansi Flick smile the most

Albert Nadal

"By following the protocols, we lose the joy of living."

Carla Turró

Periodisme lliure i compromès

17/09/2026

It is necessary to toughen the penalties for carrying illegal weapons

Antoni Bassas analysis

When emptying an eye is an “absolutely perfect” action

Miniature column

Weather

The weather does not quite clear up at the gates of the weekend

Image of a rainbow in Manlleu, in Osona.

Global periscope

The country where economic self-sufficiency is paid for in hectares of tropical forest

Josep Solano

Ten days to fall in love with the book in Catalan

Jordi Nopca

Content in catalan

The illustrator of emotions for the 'New York Times' exhibiting in Gràcia

Xavi Serra

"Attractive people get better jobs, earn more money, and if they commit a crime, the penalties are lower."

Alejandra Palés

"I love cava and I'm a 'bubbly' person: when I'm happy, I burst with happiness."

Elena García Dalmau

Whooping cough, hepatitis B and polio: childhood vaccination rates decline

Cristina Sáez

The UB takes the leap to China: it will be the first Catalan university to open a campus

Diana Silva

The Mossos 'post-Trapero': proximity, decentralized organized crime and youth gangs

Cesc Maideu

Albares supports Von der Leyen and defends alliances outside the United States

Nazaret Romero González

Ayuso's luxury penthouse receives no purchase offers: the auction is unsuccessful

Andrea Zamorano

A National Police chief on October 1st: "It was like a Champions League final"

Laia Galià

Spain seeks support in Europe to tax the profits of oil and gas companies

Núria Sala Ventura

The oil crisis may boost investment

The Economist

Content in catalan

The price increases caused by the war force the Spanish government to maintain aid.

Núria Rius

Morocco and Israel strengthen ties amid the crisis in Ceuta

Catherine Carey Arribas

Canada's proposal to cooperate with the EU

Núria Sala Ventura

Sweden's prime minister resigns after overseas votes confirm left-wing victory

ARA

Troba els plans que vols fer a Barcelona

Misc

Sebastià Alzamora, interviewed by Jordi Nopca, live

The journalist and writer Sebastià Alzamora.

Monday at 6pm

Sebastià Alzamora, interviewed by Jordi Nopca, live

Send us the summer postcard and you will participate in a raffle

'A summer of postcards', the ARA's new initiative to reconnect with paper

Reader's Advocate

Journalistic alerts about climate change

Opinió

Towards a Catalonia of 9 million?

Miquel Àngel of popular culture: more than 40 years making giants from Vallès

Four books to get to know Concha Alós, much more than just Baltasar Porcel's ex.

Alba Tarragó

Find the Nube de La Semana magazine

September, time to return

"Execute these traitors": death threats against the directors of the documentary 'Naza'

ARA

From Los Amigos de las Artes to Queralt Lahoz: all the concerts at Ferias de Girona 2026

ARA

Guitarricadelafuente, Mushka, Rusowsky and Yung Beef: the standout names of the B Festival 2026

Biel Roura Amat

Toni Sala's work comes to the theater for the first time.

Núria Juanico Llumà

Sofia, a classic that evokes wisdom and elegance

Mar Domènech

Charles III, in open war against his former brother-in-law, who accuses him of having said that Diana would be "soon forgotten"

A.Palés

Jordi Basté denounces censorship by TV3, which opens an internal investigation

Alejandra Palés

Florentino Pérez will visit Ceuta this Friday, three days after the controversy over the shirts

ARA

"It was a lawless city": Quique Cárcel's years as Girona's sporting director at Cádiz

Jordi Bofill

Joan Garcia is doubtful for the match at Sevilla's stadium.

The most exuberant Barça dances in the rain

Toni Padilla

A new form of active retirement comes into effect: here's how it might affect you

Núria Orriols

This is how Alianza acts in plenary sessions where it does not have councilors

Xavi Tedó

School cafeterias: a puzzle of 16 different menus

Bàrbara Julbe

"The price of grapes is an agreement between producers and winegrowers; we cannot interfere."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Foreigners make up almost half of the Catalan population in some age groups

Cesc Maideu

Magazines

Rias of Galicia

"It is false that the Rías de Galicia in Barcelona is for sale for more than two million euros"

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The fisherman Oriol Serra, on top of his boat, the Fila, one of the two that remain active in the Port d'Aiguadolç of Sitges

Oriol Serra, the penultimate fisherman of Sitges: "I feel free, I don't have schedules, I am alone and I don't depend on either trains or cars"

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The Trumfes restaurant team

The gastronomic benchmark of the Cerdanya looks to the future with strength and talent

Ivan Díez , Carles Domènech and Adrià Albets

From left to right: Laura, Joan Carles, Joan, Lucía and Cristina, from Bar Joan at the Santa Caterina Market.

The unbeatable market bar that has been feeding a whole neighborhood for more than 40 years

Rosa Rodon

Neither do they cause cholesterol nor do they fatten: peanuts help to maintain cardiovascular health

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

A terrace in Barceloneta

Half a croquette and half a glass of wine: the solution to be able to keep eating out

Rosa Rodon

Family activities

Books in Catalan, new film releases, and stargazing: what to do with children this week

Mar Domènech

4th year ESO students taking an exam in an educational center in Barcelona. The PISA report fails the students of the State.

Reading comprehension in the time of AI

Xavier Gual

Two brothers, with quite a few years of difference

Siblings with a large age gap: how to build the relationship?

Esther Escolán

The writer and scientific popularizer Sònia Fernández-Vidal

Sònia Fernández-Vidal:

"Many anti-vaxxers were teenagers, and now the time has come for the flat-earthers"

Sergi Llanas

A family geolocates their underage daughter using the Google application installed on her mobile phone

The dangers of geolocating children

Paula Mateu

Marta Marco

"Why do you not look at each other in the eyes?"

Francesc Orteu

Ada Castells: "Who has benefited from literature becoming mere entertainment?"

Sílvia Marimon

Mariaelena Roqué photographed at her exhibition at the Rocío Santa Cruz gallery

Mariaelena Roqué: "They have treated me like a prostitute for being a free woman who defends her own language"

Antoni Ribas Tur

José Luis Rebordinos is the director of the San Sebastian Festival.

José Luis Rebordinos:

“We made a mistake by not letting them ask Jennifer Lawrence questions about Gaza”

Xavi Serra

Austin Abrams in 'Resident evil'.

An agile, tense and fun horror rollercoaster

Víctor Navarro Remesal

Ramon Solsona, this September in Barcelona

"I feel like an expired yogurt"

Jordi Nopca

'Non concerto', the inaugural show of the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic 2026.

Bewilderment and daring at the Live Music Market

Xavier Cervantes

Los Javis: the film that made them famous almost separated them

Kyle Buchanan / The New York Times

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Content in catalan

Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian Wilson and the robot DESI 84, protagonists of the Desigual BORN TO DISOBEY campaign

Unequal and Elon Musk's disobedient daughter

Sílvia Rosés

A person rests next to the beach, in an archive image

Why do we stop being ourselves in September?

Sílvia Rosés

A scene of the U.S. Open tennis at Flushing Meadows, New York, United States.

An Open too open

Mònica Planas Callol

The writer Laura Freixas.

"I have always placed myself on the left with doubts and criticisms, but on the left"

Pilar Gómez Rodríguez / La Maleta de Portbou

Magda the fairy (2)

Magda the fairy (2)

Chema Peral

It's still exciting to receive a trophy or a medal

Toni Vall

EUREKA Moleskine WEB

How to turn a notebook into a pop icon: the Moleskine business

Marc Amat

William Andrew Clark Sr.

The copper magnate who became rich thanks to the gold seekers

David Valero-Carreras

Image of the beach of Lloret de Mar, one of those that are in this municipality of the Costa Brava, where the cycle of meetings on tourism will be closed.

A former secretary of state and a vice president of Barça, the most notable appointments of the week

Leandre Ibar Penaba

ECB President Christine Lagarde at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt this Thursday.

How does the interest rate increase to 2.5% affect us?

Andrei Boar

Publication on the official account of the Danone subsidiary in North America where consumers are encouraged to leave opinions about the discontinued product.

Danone says goodbye to the coffee-flavored yogurt that drives Americans crazy

Albert Cadanet Vilà

The Seat Arona and the Seat Ibiza, in a promotional image.

All the models and brands that Volkswagen will eliminate in its readjustment plan

Ferran Vital

Electric car

These are the most reliable electric car brands on the market according to the OCU

Ferran Vital

This is the new Volkswagen Golf 2024

Volkswagen backs down and brings back diesel engines in the Golf

Ferran Vital

Workers are working on the assembly of a large tent at the Poniente dock of the port of Ceuta to accommodate up to a thousand migrants.

The National Court finally authorizes the immigrant camp at the port of Ceuta

"When we emigrated to Tossa it seemed like I hadn't moved from the 'pueblo'"

Carlos Parry: "We lobbyists must be the only sector that wants to be regulated and in the end it does not happen"

Members of the National Police escort several migrants during the transfer from Loma Colmenar towards the tent area in the Los Rosales area, in Ceuta.

"Ceuta has been invaded": the European Parliament positions itself against Sánchez's version

Turkey tightens the siege on the LGBTI community with dozens detained

Von der Leyen swears love to the man of the moment in Europe

Users of Gavà station waiting for one of the three trains that pass every hour on the R2 Sur

Delays at Renfe: six copper thefts in ten days at the Estació de França

The EU plan for TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to be safe for minors

Pilar Malla dies, first ombudswoman of Barcelona and a benchmark in the social struggle

Trump this Wednesday at a rally in North Carolina

Trump threatens to "cut off trade relations" with the EU if it associates with Canada

Spanish public debt falls below 100% of GDP for the first time since the pandemic

Innovation and start-ups: money is fleeing towards defense

The writers Lluís Llort and Lluís Riera

"Why do we children end up doing what we hate most about our parents?"

In defense of Western civilization

Rosalía, nominated for seven Latin Grammys

Joan Laporta, during the investiture speech

The Barça of the 1,000 millions

Real Madrid shows its public support to Ceuta in an institutional visit

You have to love him like this...: the hot notes of the Barça-Racing

Florentino Pérez hugging Kylian Mbappé at his presentation.

'El Confidencial' shoots with a bullet against Florentino Pérez

One year later, the new 'Telenotícies' are already old

Francesc Cano replaces Eulàlia Carbonell at the head of RAC1

First stories

What can you do this weekend? Stories, cinema, cider and other proposals

Not everything you hear is true: the brain also needs time to think

The best dresses of the 2026 Emmys: from Zendaya's sexy design to Megan Stalter's outlandish costume

Princess Leonor begins her studies at the Carlos III University of Madrid, on September 7, 2026

Leonor is already a university student: how has her first day been?

Shakira: "Here I have spent the most important years of my life"

The Catalan Peter Vives will star in Woody Allen's Madrid film

Science and Technology

Students in an anatomy class.

The scientific shipwreck of the Catalan school

The diplodocus also lived in Europe: they find in Teruel the first specimen

When science opens letters closed centuries ago