Football is the best way to unite territories. Barça, in particular, is more than just a club; it's a bridge between Catalan nations. The book Principality of BlaugranaThe book by Andorran journalist Àlex Terés presents, through anecdotes, an investigation that confirms myths surrounding the Barcelona club and the Principality, from the players' stays there to the largest fan clubs abroad. The National Archives of Andorra confirm that the first documented presence of Barça players in the Pyrenean country dates back to 1949, when four footballers—Joan and Mariano Gonzalvo Falcón, Josep Seguer, and Josep Canal—reinforced FC Andorra in a friendly match during the Escaldes-Engordany festival. An unthinkable image today, where Barça players proudly wore the tricolor kit.

No one could have written his story. A spy, a gigolo, a con man, a charlatan who was the monarch of Andorra in 1934, for little more than a week. If thousands of documents didn't exist to prove it, Boris Skossyreff's life would seem like a delirious fiction, a spy novel written under the influence of morphine during the height of modernism. For twelve days in the summer of 1934, a Russian-born con man with ties to the Nazi regime proclaimed himself King of Andorra and placed the small Pyrenean principality at the center of international attention.

Snow is universally appealing: it delights both snow sports enthusiasts and those who simply enjoy admiring it. For both groups, Andorra is a must-visit destination because this year there's snow, lots of snow, and perhaps even too much, as some Andorrans say. If you're heading to Andorra (Grandvalira is one of the most sought-after ski resorts), make a note of Borda del Pi, located at kilometer 5.5 on the Montaup-Canillo road, for lunch or dinner. If you arrive feeling chilly, you can sit in front of the fireplace in the center of the restaurant and start with appetizers. You'll soon feel safe and sheltered from everything happening outside. While enjoying the appetizers—vermouth, a platter of Andorran cured meats with coca bread dipped in tomato and extra virgin olive oil—you can admire the dessert on a nearby counter. They're all homemade: tarts of various flavors and preparations, among which the apple Tatin stands out. And where there's an apple Tatin, the world can stop.

Andorra is a unique case worldwide when it comes to vehicle sales. Most people are already used to seeing expensive, high-performance models with Andorran license plates, but the ranking of best-selling vehicles for 2025 crowns the Pyrenean country as a rare elderly In the automotive world, the Porsche 911 has established itself as the best-selling car of the year, while BMW and Mercedes lead the ranking of best-selling brands.

When Andorra recognized the Palestinian state a few days ago, it did so partially and jointly with several countries, including France, within the framework of the United Nations Assembly held in New York. The head of government, Xavier Espot, explained to X that recognition would not have "full diplomatic effect" until Hamas released the hostages and handed over its weapons. It would also not have to take effect until a Palestinian government was created outside the Islamist group. In her address to the UN, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Imma Tor, stressed that, in this way, Andorra remained "faithful" to "more than seven centuries of peace" and to the country's "active neutrality" in the face of international conflicts. What does this mean? What is the country's position on Palestine? We try to unravel it.

The Andorran Government will present a draft reform of labor legislation this fall that should facilitate the creation of works councils in the private sector. The Andorran Government announced this Tuesday in an official statement following a meeting of the Economic and Social Council (CES).

"Andorra is a country that uses the word a lot diversify Because we used to have a magic formula, and it's been dismantled. The commercial sector is robust, but people tell you that prices aren't what they used to be. "Snow is a huge draw, but there's less and less of it, and resorts are working to stay open in the summer," food journalist Josep Lluís Trabal explains. This is the reason why the Andorran government has made gastronomy a key focus for the past four years, putting a lot of effort into it.

What if you could bathe in a high mountain lake without leaving the city? Caldea, Andorra's largest thermal leisure center, offers you the chance to enjoy this unique experience thanks to its new outdoor lagoon, which opened on August 1st. A true high mountain lake in the center of Andorra that redefines urban relaxation. Experience Andorra closer than ever, now also with every dip.

Last year, the Spanish courts blocked the Andorran judicial investigation into Operation Catalunya by closing the letter rogatory. The World The case seeking the indictment of former Spanish President Mariano Rajoy and former Interior and Finance Ministers Jorge Fernández Díaz and Cristóbal Montoro has now been reactivated, according to information obtained by ARA. Judge Stéphanie Garcia has again issued letters rogatory in Spain to the competent judicial authority to summon the political and judicial leaders of the Andorran branch of this alleged anti-independence plot.

It all started with Joaquín Purito Rodríguez. He was one of the first cyclists who understood, some 20 years ago, that spending long periods in Andorra might be a good idea. And not just because of the tax benefits. "Here you leave home and immediately find a mountain pass. There are more than 20 well-marked and maintained ones. You train at altitude, it's ideal. People like Purito, Xavier Florencio, and Ángel Vicioso were the first professionals to form a core group in Andorra, at a time when people said the weather said the weather said the weather said training," says Carlos Verona (San Lorenzo del Escorial, 1992). The Madrid-born rider from the Lidl-Trek team has been in Andorra for 10 years now and has become the star of the inaugural Andorra MoraBanc Clásica, the first professional cycling race in the Principality.

It held resin, wood, gold, coal, wool, ham, wine, oil... It wasn't exactly a land of passage. But, deep in the mountains, it was a coveted land. Since time immemorial. It is still today one of the Catalan territories with the highest density of megalithic monuments. The Romans also claimed this distant and difficult-to-access territory as their own. To get there from the coast, the most popular route was the Salt Road, used for centuries by muleteers from Cardona, the enclave of the white mountain: towards Solsona, passing through Sant Llorenç de Morunys, jumping over the Coll de Port, crossing the Vansa valley and from there, skirting the Cadí mountain range, to the present-day Seu de Urgell, at the confluence of the Segre and Valira rivers, and from where it connected with the strata Ceretana, the one that led through the plain of Cerdanya to Iulia Libica, that is, Llívia, founded in the time of Emperor Augustus. There are those who venture to say that Hannibal, with his elephants, had followed the Salt Road in 218 BC. Perhaps so.

I was educated successively in a school run by nuns, one run by priests, and one run by the Opus Dei. In other words, I was educated in the principles of the Catholic religion. The result of so many years of Catholic education was a self-possessed atheism that revealed itself in me while I was still sharing a desk at the school run by the "work of God." And I remain so more than 50 years later.

"Nothing in my life can be harder than the sadness I felt, and that comforts me in the midst of chaos," Mark Bruce, a Scotsman who has been working as a music teacher at a Glasgow secondary school for 34 years, tells ARA. "I was a very overweight person. I weighed up to 105 kilos, I was unhappy with an addiction problem," he recalls. "In September 2022 I thought I would lose my life to alcohol and depression. But at that moment I made the decision to fight for myself."

Catalan tourists who want to go up to Andorra during Easter have a legal way to do it. The Procicat has authorized that those people who stay in the Alt Urgell region can benefit from the assimilation in terms of mobility that exists between the two territories. Thus, as confirmed to Ara Pirineus by the president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Alt Urgell, Miquel Àngel Sànchez, establishments will be able to issue accreditation documents so that their guests can enter Andorra. The Generalitat does not authorize free circulation towards Andorra except for people residing in the Alt Urgell region, arguing that there is perimetral lockdown in Catalonia.