For the Valencian sociologist Rafael Xambó, the media coverage and judicial investigation of the assassination of the independentist militant Guillem Agulló were entirely tendentious. 33 years after the crime, the also specialist in media, publishes L'assassinat de Guillem (Rebel, 2026), with a prologue by the writer Núria Cadenes and an epilogue by the former CUP leader David Fernández. An extensive work in which he analyzes why only Pedro Cuevas was convicted and the other four far-right militants who accompanied him were acquitted. The book will be presented this April 23rd at the Ateneu del Pallars in Tremp, on the 24th at the Ateneu La Baula in Lleida, on the 28th at the Casal Popular Tio Cuc in Alacant, on the 29th at the Casal Jaume I in Elx, and on May 5th at the Ona bookstore in Barcelona.

That in practice the new baccalaureate curriculum is not so decisive and that the veto on Catalan and island authors is partially neutralized. This is what Valencian universities are counting on: they hope that their ability to design the entrance exams (PAU), added to a broad interpretation of some articles of the new educational decree, will allow them to avoid the sidelining of Balearic and Principality writers promoted by the Valencian Ministry of Education. This is how members of the Catalan philology departments explained it to el ARA after the recent meeting with the Director General of Educational Planning of the Generalitat, Ignacio Martínez Arrúe.

The Valencian Courts will host this Friday an event organized by the Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation (Denaes) and the parliamentary group of Vox —the party that presides over the autonomous chamber— which, under the title Valencian literature and Spanish tradition: from official Catalanism to silenced memory, seeks to denounce the supposed "instrumentalization of Valencian literature" carried out "by bipartisanship and nationalism". The conference will place the figures and work of the poet Vicent Andrés Estellés and the essayist Joan Fuster at the center of its target, whom they consider "central pillars of a literary and identity model" that would promote the implementation of a "process of cultural assimilation" and "symbolic colonization linked to Catalan nationalism".

Up to 205 Catalan departments in secondary schools across the Valencian Community have already signed a manifesto against the proposed changes to the high school curriculum decree, which aim to make the study of Catalan and Balearic Island writers optional. The teachers oppose the Education Ministry's intention to amend the sections of the current curriculum that refer to the unity of the Catalan language and establish the need to study its dialects and literary movements. Specifically, the Popular Party government, in agreement with Vox, intends to remove references to linguistic unity from the document and limit the subject matter to "the dialectal varieties of Valencian" and "the main Valencian authors." This is a key element, given that this document forms the basis from which universities must develop entrance exams for higher education and determine the works that students must know to pass them, a circumstance that, in practice, dictates what is studied in high school.

The mayoress of Valencia, María José Catalá, explained that, despite the ruling of the Valencian Language Academy (AVL) known on Saturday, which defends that the unique form with the open accent of the toponym of the city must be maintained, the consistory will move forward with the request to modify the denomination to include a bilingual version with Valencia in Castilian and a secessionist Valencian formula, Valéncia.

The Aragonese elections have revealed a rapprochement between the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, and at least one mayor from the Aragonese Party (PAR), Horacio Palacio, the mayor of Fanlo. This rapprochement resulted in a promotional video In the midst of the election campaign and the victory of the far right in the municipality (nineteen votes and 36.5% of the vote, compared to just two in 2023, more than the regionalists obtained this time, who maintained one of the twenty votes they received three years ago). Although Vox's theoretical objective is to abolish the autonomous communities, it is not unusual for them to seek alliances with supposedly regionalist movements, including in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands. In all three territories, the common denominators are ideology and rabid anti-Catalanism, with rejection of the Catalan Countries and the Catalan language.

The Yelmo Campanar cinemas in Valencia refused to process a film reservation for a group of students because the teacher who requested the tickets addressed the company in Valencian and refused to switch languages, despite repeated requests from cinema staff. This was reported on January 28th by the school council of the Benicalap neighborhood high school in a statement, and the story was first reported by the newspaper on Thursday. Levant

The election campaign in Aragon has one main protagonist: Catalonia. As has happened before in several other regions of Spain, the elections are focused on stoking anti-Catalan sentiment from parties of different political leanings. The Aragonese president, Jorge Azcón of the People's Party, seized upon the issue of funding to put Catalonia in the eye of the storm, speaking of "privileges." This strategy is aimed at attacking the Socialist candidate, former government spokesperson Pilar Alegría, and is also being used by the Chunta Aragonesista party, which has been involved in several controversies regarding funding. And what is happening within the Socialist Party? Voters will have noticed a radical change with Alegría, who has distanced herself from the anti-Catalan style of Javier Lambán.

The president of the Valencian Academy of Language (AVL), Verónica Cantó, denounced this Friday that Valencian and the institution itself are experiencing "one of the most critical moments" in their "recent history" and, therefore, calls on society as a whole "not to internalize or normalize hate speech, but to combat it." She said this in a forceful speech during the opening of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Having passed the period in which Carlos Mazón was most questioned, the PP intends to make people forget the crisis over the management of the DANA (National Association of Autonomous Communities) by confronting the Spanish government and stoking anti-Catalan sentiment. The Valencian conservatives have brought their identity-based agenda out of the drawer and, now that they need Vox's support for the Generalitat's budget, are preparing another attack on the unity of the Catalan language: removing Catalan and island authors from the school curriculum.

More than 300 writers, such as Manel Baixauli, Martí Domínguez, Ferran Torrent, Mercedes Clemente and Rafa Lahuerta They sign a manifesto rejecting the politicization of the language, as in the case of change of nomenclature from Valencia to Valencia/ValenciaThe text also expresses support for the Valencian Academy of Language (AVL) as the sole regulatory body.

Castilianization and anti-Catalanism are advancing in the Valencian Community with the PP and Vox. Change the regional law to define the city as a Spanish-speaking areaNow the Valencia City Council has approved a request to the Generalitat Council - the body that assigns the official names of the municipalities - to admit as official "the bilingual denomination", That is, the forms Valencia (with a closed accent, to mark the usual pronunciation) and Valencia (without an accent, in Spanish) instead of the traditional form, Valencia, as established by the regulations. The PSPV-PSOE and Compromís have opposed it.

The muixerangues have suffered a severe blow: the Valencian Institute of Culture (ICV) has cut its budget for Valencian tradition by half for 2025. The Coordinating Federation of Muixerangues considers it "a clear political decision against Valencian popular culture and everything it represents," according to a statement of complaint.

Vox achieved its objective, and Alicante City Council approved an institutional declaration this Thursday asking Parliament to modify the law on the use and teaching of Valencian and define the city as a Spanish-speaking territory. The request was approved with the votes of the far-right party and the Popular Party, which has not changed its position one iota despite the protests against the measure today.

Heated debates on social media, letters of complaint from former students, and some criticism. The PP and Vox have managed to get the promotion of the dual bilingual name of the city of Valencia has generated a new controversy between the different sensibilities of political Valencianism and, in passing, reinforce the theses of the popular ones who accuse the universities and the Valencian Academy of Language (AVL) of promoting a language model far removed from what citizens use.

If they give it to him in Catalonia, they should give it to everyone. If they give it to him in Catalonia but it is governed by the separatists, they should not give him anything. And if others govern, neither, because with Catalonia you never know.

In view of the more or less imminent appointment of a new bishop for the diocese of Girona, the Fòrum Alsina has recalled that, in the Spanish state, we come from a tradition of many years, and under different regimes, of appointing bishops in order to denaturalise our country.