Without the persistence of the editor Maria Carme Dalmau, we would surely be missing many reference works on the history and heritage of Catalonia today. She worked a great deal, even during the greyness and repression of Francoism, to publicize and make accessible to the public books that explained the country's past, geography, and traditions. And she did so by overcoming very significant legal and economic obstacles. She circumvented censorship by devising a thousand and one stratagems. Born in Barcelona in 1930, the editor died this Thursday at the age of 96.

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The commuter rail service started this morning with disruptions causing delays on up to seven lines of the network. Seven. And that's with only four days left (Monday) until the service is supposed to return to "normal," according to promises from both the government and Renfe.

President Illa remains hospitalized and, therefore, today it was the Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, who answered the questions put to the president in the control session.