Piera, Sant Boi, Capellades, Òrrius, Gisclareny, Barruera... and so on up to fifteen fires of varying intensity across the territory, adding to the wear and tear caused by the fire that has been burning since Friday in Les Gavarres, in Empordà. That's why the Firefighters, who received more than 100 calls, issued a warning for the coming days, as long as the new heatwave that arrived yesterday, Sunday, in Catalonia lasts and is expected to continue until the end of the week. "We are entering a week in which we could have fires with speeds that exceed extinction capacity throughout the country," warned the Firefighters.

The fire that broke out on Saturday in the town of Trevillac in Northern Catalonia forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. The fire has already burned more than 2,000 hectares, mainly forest, about 35 kilometers from Perpignan, and seriously injured a firefighter and a civilian. French authorities assured this Sunday afternoon that the situation is "very complicated", a consequence of the high temperatures that have been plaguing France these days and the gusts of tramontana wind that are hindering the firefighters' work. As a result, the third stage of the Tour de France, which will start from Granollers this Monday, will be affected by the fire: there will be no public or caravan. More than 750 firefighters have been working throughout the day, with the support of a dozen aerial means, to try to prevent the fire from advancing towards the Aspres massif.

The countdown to save the Ágora Juan Andrés Benítez in Raval continues. On May 14, the eviction of this self-managed space, which is key to the neighborhood's social network, was suspended. The Barcelona City Council and Sareb – owner of the land – were given 60 days to try to find a solution. A period that, combined with the August holidays, allowed for three months to seek a way out. But the weeks are passing without, for now, the Government and the so-called "}bad bank of the State have reached an agreement.

"We saw that they were finishing ESO without the title because they were very far from what the curriculum requires, and of course, they left with one hand in front and another behind," explains Loles Resa, head of secondary studies at the Sant Josep de Gràcia school. She speaks about what some students at the center had experienced, but it is not an isolated situation. According to the Equitat.org yearbook released this week, after many years of increasing or remaining stable, in the last five academic years the rate of ESO graduates has fallen consecutively. Despite being high, the percentage has gone from 93% to 86% in the 2024-2025 academic year, the lowest ESO graduation rate in fifteen years.

The most critical point of the Les Gavarres fire is the right flank, as, if it breaks loose over Puig d'Arques, it could cover thousands of hectares of forest land all the way to Girona. Where the most tense moments have been experienced, however, has been on the left flank, close to the urban areas of Calonge and Santa Cristina d'Aro. On Friday afternoon and night, the flames, pushed by the sea breeze, descended to the edge of the houses and the residents spent hours in authentic terror. In the urbanizations of Cabanyes and Mas Toi, residents fled in their cars, spent the night in the open, and the fire burned a house, gateways, gardens, and fences.

He passes a few meters from the construction of the new Sants station, but the scene seems more like something from another time. From another city. Sitting in the electric wheelchair he uses to get around, Ramon Bruño is easy to see on many mornings. He might seem like just an elderly man enjoying the fresh air on Riego street, but Ramon is waiting for clients. At 89 years old, he is still at the helm of his small barbershop in Sants. And he is, for sure, the oldest barber in Barcelona.

When Lluís Pascual started cycling, he says he was practically the only one and had to cycle 100 kilometers to meet another cyclist. That's why now that he's 75 years old, he's so excited to see that the Catalan roads and paths are packed with bicycles, one of his great hobbies which he also shares with his brother Francesc. Together they have cycled every inch of the Pyrenees, the Alps, and have done the Taradell-Rome excursion three times, one every 25 years, the last one in 2025. Every year they eagerly await the celebration of the Tour de France, which they have seen pass through La Seu d'Urgell, Sort, and, when they were younger, Tona. But they would never have imagined it would pass through their town, and when they found out, they didn't hesitate to sign up as volunteers. "We've been assigned a stretch of street that we'll have to watch. We're responsible for a part of the Tour," says Lluís excitedly.

Since arriving in Barcelona, Silvia has been living with administrative irregularity. At twelve years old, she followed in the footsteps of her mother, Angela, who the summer of the pandemic emigrated from Honduras trusting that she could soon regularize her situation. Seeing that it would not be easy, she paid for the girl's plane ticket and almost two years later she landed here, unaware that sharing a bed in a rented room awaited her. She doesn't remember how many apartments she's been through, but she does remember the day she realized she would be "different", when the school planned a trip abroad and she didn't have a passport.

The strategies of lawyers to convince popular juries, with judges who are in contact with the courts for the first time, do not only take into account how to choose the profile of the person who suits them best in each case. In large trials, they also have advisors who advise them on which evidence can best support their defense and how to present it to the jury. Sometimes they also surround themselves with investigators who work in parallel with the police so that the defense can anticipate the evidence that will be against the accused. Although the jurists consulted agree that this model is becoming increasingly widespread, it is by no means common and is used in a very small part of judicial proceedings in Catalonia. In large part, because it entails a much higher cost than a defense with a single lawyer, or a free one by appointment. "The defense in a trial works one way if you have money; if not, it works another way," summarizes the specialist in legal and forensic psychology Miquel Àngel Soria.

Just over 12 hours ago, emergency services were attending to the teenager who ended up dying from a gunshot wound to the stomach, now nothing would suggest it is the scene of a murder. As described by Loli, who has lived in the neighborhood for 50 years, Parc de la Pegaso is "an institution" of La Sagrera. Her children used to have their carnival parades in the park, "when there were boats and fish in the lake." Now, she and her neighbor Àngels – who has also lived here for five decades – comment that last night a group of young people opened fire on others in this very park, near the sports courts.

Catalonia faces a much better water scenario this summer than in previous years, but this does not mean the risk of fires is lower. Abundant rains, especially during the winter, have allowed water reserves and the territory's water status to recover. Reservoirs have filled up, forests have been recovering from the historic drought, and vegetation has grown strongly after months of generous rainfall.

The fire in the Gavarres massif, in Empordà, is stabilized after burning more than 2,300 hectares, mostly forest mass. The Generalitat Firefighters, as President Salvador Illa has announced, have finished stabilizing the fire this Saturday night, around 10 p.m. The right flank of the flames, which was the one that worried the Firefighters the most because it was 30,000 potential hectares in the direction of Girona, had already been completely stabilized in the evening, while the left flank was "two-thirds" stabilized. A few minutes past 10 p.m., the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, gave the expected news: the entire fire was stabilized, on both flanks. Therefore, a less "complicated" night is expected than the last one, when many neighbors lived in fear of the possibility that the flames would burn their homes.

The big question that the judicial investigation into the death of Isak Andic is trying to answer is whether he fell accidentally or if someone pushed him. The only person with whom he was that day in Collbató was his son, Jonathan Andic, currently the only one investigated for the death of the founder of Mango. The case, however, must also analyze what motivations could lead a son to kill his father. And, if we talk about motive, the economic issue is a fundamental part of the case: the judge of Martorell insists that Jonathan Andic had an "obsession with money," that he wanted his father to give him an inheritance while he was alive, and that at the time of the events Isak Andic was making arrangements to create a foundation with his inheritance.

Her name is Gaia, she is already over a year old and is a normal, everyday sheep, which makes her extraordinary due to the way she came into the world. When she was still a fetus, they removed her from her mother's womb, even though she was not developed enough to survive outside and her organs were not mature enough to perform basic functions like breathing or digesting. The people who did it, however, had a plan: to deceive nature.

The Generalitat is considering reintroducing barriers on the AP-7 to limit access and reduce the volume of vehicles that this major artery supports, especially since the tolls were eliminated, five years ago. This was confirmed this Friday by the Minister of Territory, Sílvia Paneque, after the debate on the reintroduction of tolls has been strongly reopened in Catalonia over the last two days.

A 51-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter were murdered this Thursday in the Canyada del Fenollar area of Alicante, presumably at the hands of the father of the family, aged 53. The man has been arrested by the Civil Guard for these events, which are being investigated as a possible case of gender-based violence.

A teenager died on Thursday night in Barcelona after being shot, bringing the total number of shooting deaths in Catalonia to seven in just four months. According to the latest count by the USPAC police union, as of June 1, there have been 28 shootings in the country, 45% more than the previous year, most of them in the city of Barcelona. The Mossos d'Esquadra say that the first six shooting murders are related to organized crime and drug trafficking, and suggest a gang confrontation as a possible cause for the latest incident. These are all the cases so far:

Every year, after Saint John's Day, at the beginning of summer, a group of about twenty adolescents between 12 and 16 years old spend a week in the mountains, in Alta Garrotxa, accompanied by a team of monitors specialized in adventure sports. They go to the Ribelles camps, near the Sant Aniol river, about a three-hour walk from the Sadernes parking lot. During all these days, they do a lot of outdoor activities and live completely isolated, disconnected from their mobile phones, in tents, eating under a tent and without showers or toilets. This 2026, the camps celebrate their 40th anniversary and on July 4th they will organize a big party with a popular rice dish and live music for over 70 guests.

"The PP proved that it is interested in power and not in the victims", summarizes Enric Chulio. On July 3, 2006, he lost his wife in the tragic Valencia metro accident, the largest in Spain and the second in Europe. 43 people died and another 47 were injured. To the suffering of the absence of loved ones, the relatives had to add the pain of indifferent courts, passive media, and an indifferent citizenry. Also for a Valencian government that belittled them to the point that the then president of the Generalitat, Francisco Camps, refused to receive them. Two decades after the tragedy, the balance is less painful. "After a bitter period of many years, the support of the people and a conviction sentence arrived, which relieved us", summarizes Chulio, who has been one of the three presidents of the association of relatives.

A minor has died after being shot this Thursday night in Barcelona. The events took place after 10:45 PM in Parc de la Pegaso, in the Sant Andreu district of the Catalan capital. Sources consulted by this newspaper explain that several witnesses heard between two and three shots and later saw some youths fleeing. A group of young people, some with their faces covered, approached another group and opened fire on them. The victim was 15 years old. When emergency services arrived, they found an adolescent with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Despite resuscitation efforts, the boy eventually died. The Mossos d'Esquadra have already opened an investigation and were able to arrest an adult man this Friday to Saturday night as the alleged perpetrator of the minor's death. This is the tenth crime of the year in Barcelona – nine occurred last year – and the seventh with a firearm in the country.