The work of Salvador Dalí is a treasure trove of surprises. His vast and extraordinary output is spread throughout Catalonia, primarily among the museums of Figueres, Portlligat, and Púbol. But, from time to time, these three locations... Dalinian triangle New pieces of great value continue to arrive, which the Catalan public can admire for the first time. This is the case with a fantastic folding screen or screen made with oriental motifs, created by the artist in his earliest period, when he was a teenager. It is now being presented for the first time at the Salvador Dalí Birthplace Museum in the center of Figueres, until September 13.

Chije Kang is an architect and cinematographer from Figueres with a distinguished international career. Born in Figueres in the 1990s to a Korean family, when Asian immigration was virtually nonexistent in the Empordà region, she has forged a talented and passionate creative path, working in both photography and filmmaking. After training in Barcelona, ​​she now lives in New York, where she combines prestigious architectural commissions, primarily focused on interior design, with audiovisual projects in independent film, advertising, and contemporary art. Two years ago, she participated in the film The room next door by Pedro AlmodóvarAs assistant to Barcelona-based cinematographer Edu Grau, with whom she won the Goya Award in 2025, Kang, perfectly integrated into the artistic and social bustle of New York City, maintains strong ties to Figueres and its surroundings, where her family and the Empordà landscape continue to inspire her in every project.

At a time when local businesses are struggling to survive against the pressure of large digital platforms and changing consumer habits, innovation has become a necessity rather than an option. In this context, initiatives like Komerz, planned by the Girona Chamber of Commerce for November 15th, emerge as a breath of fresh air for a sector seeking to reinvent itself. Komerz is a hackathon—an intensive event focused on innovation, learning, and collaborative work—organized by the Girona Chamber of Commerce with the support of the Directorate General of Commerce. Over a weekend, young talent, businesses, and professionals from the region come together to address real challenges facing local businesses, contributing both technological and non-technological ideas and solutions.

This course, the Department of Education The Catalan government will no longer employ 85 social educators who until now worked in highly complex schools and institutes across the country. This measure drastically affects municipalities such as Salt, one of the poorest in Catalonia, where 11 social educators worked in recent years, but have left their jobs since September. The same applies to Figueres, where two professionals in this field have not renewed their contracts at centers in highly segregated neighborhoods. The decision by the Generalitat (Catalan government) has inflamed the socio-educational community, which, supported by families and organizations, claims that the role of social educators is "fundamental" to addressing the needs of the most vulnerable students. On Tuesday, they will be in the Catalan Parliament to make their voices heard.

Historic concert ofFat Geese to the Acoustics of FigueresOn Saturday night, the Alto Empordà festival, which bids farewell to the summer holidays with dozens of open-air performances, opened a new venue on the outskirts of the city designed to host major events. And it did so in the best possible way: bringing together the most powerful and followed group on the Catalan music scene, which sold out up to 20,000 tickets. The concert was, without a doubt, one of the most crowded—if not the most—ever held in the Girona region. Absolutely crazy. 20,000 people is equivalent to almost half the entire population of Figueres. And it's more than just the Palau Sant Jordi.

Step forward by relocate the train station from the center of Figueres, where commuter and medium-distance trains arrive, to the current location of the high-speed line, on the border with Vilafant. This Monday, the Department of Territory and the Ministry of Transport, together with the city councils of Figueres and Vilafant and Adif, signed the protocol formalizing the agreement for the new infrastructure, which was already agreed upon last February within the framework of the State-Generalitat Bilateral Infrastructure Commission. The project envisions unifying high-speed, commuter, and medium-distance services into a single intermodal station, thus allowing for the dismantling of the tracks that currently cross the city center. The signed protocol is the preliminary step to formalizing the financing agreement and the tendering of the works, scheduled for this fall, with a total investment of over €150 million.

The Empordà Museum, located at the foot of the Rambla de Figueres, has just reopened its doors after four years of renovations that have completely transformed its image. In this new phase, the museum presents the pieces from its permanent collection with a groundbreaking idea: they are no longer displayed in the traditional way, grouped by criteria of chronological order, authorship, style, or genre. Instead, the new museography proposes a truly surprising and exciting artistic journey, displaying diverse works dating back more than 4,500 years in a single room. Like the painting Saint Narcissus (1962), by Salvador Dalí, exhibited together with the Saint Atilano (1690), by Vicente Berdusán, in a space where there is also a possible Demeter Greek statue from Empúries from the 3rd or 4th century BC, a surrealist pantocrator (1929) by Joan Massanet and a bronze bull (1975) by Emília Xargay.

The internal PP dispute in Figueres has all the ingredients of a full-blown conflict: a battle with the leadership after returning to the council, a corruption complaint filed with the courts that was dismissed, and, recently, a severe sanction against the rebel leader and only councilor, the previously Popular Party member Àngela Domènech. According to ARA, the party's state guarantees committee has suspended her from membership for five and a half years and barred her from holding office within the party or representing it for the same period. In a resolution dated April 8, the body at the headquarters on Génova Street in Madrid opted to "confirm in all its terms the resolution of the regional committee on rights and guarantees of Catalonia," which issued this same sanction on March 3, but which Domènech appealed.

First, it was said he was shot during a robbery. Later, it was reported that the minor himself was injured while handling a gun. Now, the family of the 17-year-old boy has told ACN that the young man was shot in the chest after an acquaintance played Russian roulette with him and a group of friends he was with. The incident occurred on Friday night in Figueres, and the minor ended up in the Doctor Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona after being shot. The boy remains in the ICU although he is stable and, according to sources from the Figueres city council, is recovering well.

Figueres has two train stations in its municipal area. The station where commuter and medium-distance trains arrive, close to the city centre, with the tracks visible next to the houses, and with several level crossings enabled for cars that want to cross it. And the high-speed station, to the west of the municipality, further out, next to Vilafant, where only fast trains arrive along a route that borders the urban area. They are two different destinations within the railway network and are not connected to each other. However, the City Council of the Empordà capital has been working for some time to unify them in a single intermodal station in Vilafant, which would unify high-speed and commuter trains in the same infrastructure. The change of location would also allow the train tracks to be removed from the centre of Figueres, a recurring demand of many Figueres residents.

The accused of having killed a man with a knife in the neck in the Rambla in Figueres on April 29, 2019 has recognized the murder in the trial with a popular jury. The confessed perpetrator has stated that he had been living on the street for five days, that he was angry because he was not given a flat, that he had stopped taking the medication he says he had prescribed for a mental disorder, that he suffered "hallucinations" and that he decided he wanted to kill "a Catalan and from Figueres". Before committing the crime, he bought a knife in a bazaar in the city and at half past eight at night attacked a man who was chatting quietly with two friends. The 63-year-old victim had started to enjoy his retirement.