The ARA celebrates its first 15 years of journalism

BarcelonaThe ARA has experienced fifteen exciting years and will celebrate with its readers this Thursday evening at the Palau de la Música, in a night dedicated to championing free and committed journalism. The evening will feature many prominent figures and a few surprises. Among the awards already announced by the newspaper is the new Diari ARA International Prize, which will be awarded to the Swedish writer of Greek origin, Theodor Kallifatides, who will be present and address the audience. Also in attendance will be the winners of the Carles Capdevila (Care for People) Award, the Tatiana Sisquella (Social Commitment) Award, and the Ignasi Pujol (Entrepreneurial Initiative) Award. The evening, presented by Antoni Bassas and Carla Turró, will feature live music specially composed by composer and performer Cristina López (Taller de Músics), videos with journalists covering the Gaza conflict (Amira Hass and Iyad Alasttal), including Ferran Rodés from ARA and the newspaper's director, Esther Vera. From the political and institutional sphere, the country's main authorities will also be present at the anniversary celebration of the most widely read and influential Catalan-language newspaper. To mark its 15th anniversary, the newspaper has published a special supplement summarizing the key events of the past fifteen years in Catalonia and around the world. This supplement, distributed in print last Sunday to kick off the celebrations, will also be given to attendees at the Palau, where entry will be by invitation only. The evening will feature videos summarizing ARA's fifteen years of journalism and a moving final surprise in memory of Dr. Moisès Broggi, who graced the newspaper's first front page. Following the event, which will last just over an hour, those with reserved tickets can attend the ARA's 15th anniversary concert at the Palau de la Música, performed by the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, with a program dedicated to Verdi.