Vermuts Miró is the subject of the first volume in the Business History Library, a project launched by MaserGrup. The book, written by historian Isabel Martínez (Cambrils, 1973), traces the evolution of Vermuts Miró from its founding in 1914 to its acquisition by MaserGrup in 2020, placing the brand's trajectory within the broader history of wine production. The book will be presented on April 7th at Casa Navàs.

On March 26, 1938, a bomb dropped by Franco's air force fell in the heart of Reus, in the Plaça del Mercadal, damaging Casa Navàs. The projectile caused damage to the upper part of the building and toppled the turret that crowned one of Reus's most emblematic buildings, a Modernist jewel built at the beginning of the 20th century by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Fortunately, the main floor was not affected, and during the 1940s the upper part of the building was rebuilt, but not the turret. More than eighty years later, the current owner of Casa Navàs, Maser Grup, has decided to reconstruct this distinctive feature. Work on the building began last July, but much preparation was required before the first scaffolding was erected.

Nàstic's trajectory since the unexpected dismissal of Dani Vidal as first-team coach at the end of last season is more than worrying. Vidal was a coach who had connected with the fans, and the chances of fighting for promotion were still very much alive, but the club's board decided to fire him and bring back a historic coach, the architect of their promotion to La Liga, the Galician Luis César, with the sole objective of lifting the team out of the Primera Federación (Second Division). But Real Sociedad's reserve team dashed their hopes.

Marc Roca Banet has been the territorial secretary of Pimec Tarragona since September. With a business background in the electrical, gas, air conditioning, plumbing, and renewable energy sectors, as well as in the production of wood pellets and wood chips as an energy resource, he has served as manager of the Association for the Promotion of the Port of Tarragona (Apportt). He has also worked in public entities promoting energy sovereignty and local development projects in Rocafort de Queralt—where he was mayor for eight years—and in the Conca de Barberà region.

The mayor of Cunit, Jaume Casañas, wants the municipality to leave the Baix Penedès region and join the Garraf region, thus becoming part of the province of Barcelona. Casañas, who leads the Impulsem Cunit party, linked to Junts per Catalunya, is proposing a public referendum starting in 2027. Should the popular vote validate the proposal, approval would be required from the Catalan Parliament for the regional change and from the Spanish Congress for the provincial change. Casañas believes the referendum would garner a majority vote in favor: "90% of Cunit's current population has emotional ties to the province of Barcelona. On social media, we've detected that 80% of people are in favor of the regional and provincial change." The other parties represented on the council have not yet taken a position on the matter, but have not expressed opposition. Impulsamos a Cunit and the PSC have shared the local government since 2019 and have alternated in the mayoralty.

In a project like the supplement Tarragona countryside There's always an initial spark. In this case, it was Albert Solé, a friend, a fellow traveler from university, and at that time, head of the Society section of the newspaper, who suggested the possibility of following Girona's example and creating a supplement that, from the central pages of ARA, would cover the regions of southern Catalonia. My good friend Josep Escaño and I took the plunge, and in December 2015, the first issue of ARA was published. Tarragona countryside

These past ten years in the Tarragona petrochemical industry have been marked by progress in decarbonizing plants, with the goal of reaching zero emissions by 2050, as required by the European Union. However, the path to climate neutrality is still unclear, and while a few years ago green hydrogen was considered the great panacea, chemical companies are now urging the government to expedite regulations to enable the use of low-carbon hydrogen and the storage of CO₂ to ensure their competitiveness against countries with less stringent regulations. The electrification of Tarragona's chemical plants will mean doubling or tripling the energy consumption of the Tarragona petrochemical industry in the coming years, and the major challenge is improving the region's infrastructure, with more hectares of photovoltaic energy or more wind turbines. High-voltage power lines are also needed to carry Aragon's green energy.

Over the past ten years, several long-serving politicians from Tarragona have retired. In 2019, Josep Poblet, mayor of Vila-seca for 26 years (1993-2019), ended his long career in active politics, although he had been a councilor since 1987. He succeeded another historic but shorter-serving mayor, Joan Maria Pujals, and won a string of absolute majorities. He combined his last twelve years as mayor with the presidency of the Tarragona Provincial Council (2007-2019). He also served as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia for two short periods.

Two Wild West wagons, a Finnish sleigh over two centuries old that can be pulled by a reindeer or a horse, the carriage in which General Prim's mother traveled from Reus to the Vila-seca farmhouse, and a cart carrying 72 cases of Chartreuse bottles in their original packaging, ready to be opened. These are just some of the more than one hundred animal-drawn vehicles that make up the collection of carts, carriages, and wagons that Jordi Rovira Fortuny, from Torrent, has assembled over half a century of research and countless hours of restoration work. Rovira is certain that, with over one hundred vehicles, his is the leading collection of carts in Catalonia, and in the entire country, only a handful can be counted on one hand that can compare in some aspects. Most of the cars he collects are on display in a warehouse in the Francolí industrial park, and this November and the first week of December, they can be visited thanks to the Tarragona Cancer Association. The cost is 5 euros per person, and all proceeds will go to the association, which supports projects focused on support, research, and prevention in the fight against cancer. Those interested should send an email to tarragona@contraelcancer.es indicating the day, time, and number of people in their group, and an attempt will be made to arrange the groups.

The Camp de Tarragona region continues to grow and has an increasingly aging population requiring greater healthcare. The hospital system is adapting to these changes, expanding existing facilities and planning new infrastructure. The most notable is the new Joan XXIII Hospital in Tarragona, which represents a total investment of €250 million. There is also a new Pío Hospital in Valls and more beds in Santa Tecla and El Vendrell. And last week, a new private hospital, Viamed Tarragona, was inaugurated.

In September 2014, the Reus Tennis Taula Ganxets Club was founded with just seven federation licenses. Eleven years later, they have surpassed 190, and their first women's team, Miró Ganxets Reus, has qualified for the second round of the Champions League, the sport's top European competition. However, the Reus club is also a benchmark as a table tennis school and in the social arena.

The Gaudí Bookstore in Reus is celebrating its 60th anniversary. If you go inside, you'll find a collection of photos among the books that evoke the establishment's early years, with Isidre Fonts at the helm and controlled by Franco's police. Now his daughters are in charge, and the bookstore industry has changed dramatically. We spoke with Montsant Fonts.

June is graduation month. Fathers, mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers can accumulate several graduations during this final stretch of the academic year, depending on the offspring they have. The emphasis is on the second year of high school, especially on informational matters—and has mutated into the second year of high school, and bachelor's degrees have also passed away and become degrees. Primary, ESO, and baccalaureate degrees. And there will still be, if applicable, the university degree. Aren't we overdoing it? Possibly the result of being dazzled by audiovisual productions from the United States. Diplomas, speeches, tears, dances with long evening dresses for the girls and jackets and ties for the boys...

Radio Morell (98.3 FM) is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, doing so with vitality, adapting to changing times and attracting new collaborators. Journalist Jesús Sarmiento (Tarragona, 1992) has been leading the project for six years. A graduate in Communication from the UOC, he joined the Morellan radio station from Radio Ciutat de Tarragona.

Camp de Mart will once again be the stage for DO Tarragona opera this summer, thanks to the support of the Friends of the Tarragona Lyric Theatre Association. Specifically, one of Giacomo Puccini's greatest works will be performed, The BohemianIt will be on July 11 and 13, as part of the Tarragona Summer Festival.

Last December, philologist, museologist, and cultural manager Lluís-Xavier Flores Abat (Alicante, 1975) took over the reins of Litterarum, the Literary Fair of Móra d'Ebre, and the Ebrenc Book Fair. These events will run from Friday, May 23rd to Sunday, May 25th, with events and awards. We spoke with Flores about the changes he's introduced to the event, which is now in its 18th year and offers many new features as it comes of age.

A feeling of déjà vu It's been firmly embedded in my brain since last week. It seemed that the future Tarragona Metropolitan Area had been moving forward at a good pace for a few months, and then suddenly, it came to a screeching halt. The reef is the location of the intermodal railway station. There seemed to be consensus that this essential infrastructure for mobility in Camp de Tarragona should be located in the municipality of Vila-seca, but the mayor of Tarragona, Rubén Viñuales, moved it to the so-called Horta Gran, to the west of the city. His counterpart from Vila-seca, Pere Segura, reacted vehemently and abandoned the work around the metropolitan area, with Valls' support for his position. The mayor of Reus, Sandra Guaita, distances herself from her party colleague from Tarragona and continues to support Vila-seca.

In 1996, Jordi Ferré founded Cossetània Edicions in Valls, which over the course of three decades has carved out a niche in the Catalan publishing scene and become a benchmark in fields such as hiking, cooking, and nature essays. For several years now, he has formed a group with other publishing houses. Publisher. It publishes one hundred titles in Catalan and twenty in Spanish each year.

Reus Deportiu has won the Copa del Rey again, nineteen years later. On March 9th, at the Joan Ortoll Pavilion in Calafell, they defeated Lleida (4-5) in the final, in a match in which 29-year-old Martí Casas from Mataró scored all five goals, completing a record-breaking championship and confirming his status as one of the greatest roller hockey players of the moment.

Lourdes Olivé Bonet was born in L'Espluga de Francolí in 1973, but has been living in Barcelona for years, where she has developed her professional career – with stays in other countries – after graduating in economics and business sciences and training in coachingThe town of Conca de Barberà and his family have inspired him to write his first novel, The secret of harmony, published by La Musca.