We are talking about a professional
When Josep Maria Espinàs began writing his column for Avui, with the appearance of this newspaper in April 1976, he was 49 years old....
A hotel is not a home
Sleeping in a hotel has its time. Like the joy when you were invited to a wedding and you were eighteen years old. Or...
A tea with Catherine Deneuve
My writer friends often hear a phrase that journalists and taxi travelers are also sometimes told: "I would give my life for a book."And...
The time machine goes to the workshop
The newspaper library of La Vanguardia, which turned 142 years old on February 1, is not only an invaluable heritage for this newspaper, but...
Juan Carlos I returns to the palace
The French press has highlighted two things about Mario Vargas Llosa's entry into the French Academy: his magnificent speech in which he praised above...
The vocations of being a spy grow after 'The Infiltrator'
In these times when vocations for anything short of becoming mega-rich (and quickly) are scarce, one profession stands out among those that are likely...
Biden and the State of the Union
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, delivered the annual address on the State of the Union last week, before the Capitol, in...
the virgin of the cave
Today's world is so fluid that even tongue twisters change. The Catalan classic “Plou poc, però pel poc que plou, (no) plou prou” incorporates...
We have to get out of our maze
Throughout its brief history, Catalanism has tried four ways to create the nation, in response to Spanish centralism, as described by Borja de Riquer...
Guardians and the fisherman's costume
For some reason that defies logic and common sense, it has become fashionable among moms who drive their children to and from school to...
Chariots of fire in Ukraine
Riding chariots of fire and winged horses, the Valkyries cross the sky to retrieve the bodies and weapons of fallen warriors. They take them...
The father in the orange jacket
When a child discovers that people die, they let their adults know that they don't want anyone else to do it. It doesn't matter...
we are not so bad
In recent days in Barcelona, ??only the city has been talked about, which is the favorite theme of the people of Barcelona. The reason...
What is the engine of society?
It is usually considered that the main engine of society is the economy; In other words, that work and money are the main factors...
Here the carnival is censored…
The Penedès regions can add another merit to the land of good cavas, wines and castles: “Where carnivals are censored”. The Penedès thus opens...
"Goya ETA" and Franco in bed
If Fermín Muguruza is a candidate for a Goya, "Goya ETA". If Edu Madina and María Jáuregui, victims of ETA, wish them luck, they...
Óscar Vela (Areas): "Returning the venue to Barcelona was a natural process"
Óscar Vela (Badalona, ??1967) spends half his life on a plane. The CEO of Areas, the Catalan multinational dedicated to en route catering, takes...
'The Kremlin', the abandoned cellars in Alboraia that confront neighbors with a developer
The renowned architect Juan Herreros explains that the Vinival wineries have a "privileged enclave", located as they are between the northern orchard of Valencia...
Five practical tips for your children to learn to save
At what age a child is capable of receiving, handling and administering money is a question shared by many parents. How is he taught...
Banks struggle to manage the construction pension fund
The large Spanish banks compete with other firms in the country for one of the largest financial contracts of the year, that of managing...
The Catalan Health Service claims 526 million euros from the cartel of diaper manufacturers
The Servei Català de la Salut claims 526 million euros from the German multinational Hartmann and the Swedish company Essity for having inflated the...
The rent cap fiasco: higher rents and worse apartments
The law that limited rents in Catalonia had a very different effect from that intended by its promoters, and mainly favored households with greater...
The Generalitat once again entrusts Agtic with the audit of the elections to the...
The Generalitat has once again entrusted Agtic Consulting with the audit of future elections to the Catalan chambers of commerce, which have not yet...
These are the most profitable bank deposits to combat inflation
The rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) has brought hope to savers. After years surrounded by products with ridiculous returns, many are...
Mapfre earns 16% less due to inflation, traffic accidents and drought
Mapfre earned 642 million euros in 2022, 16% less, in a particular year for the insurer, in which high inflation in the markets in...
Technological innovation drives the agricultural sector
The Parc Agrobiotech de Lleida hosted this week a special day of Meetings in La Vanguardia organized in collaboration with AgroBank and under the...
Guindos opens the door to more rate hikes after the one in March
Just a week ago the European Central Bank (ECB) brought interest rates to 3% with a new rise of 0.50 points. The president of...
Garamendi is no longer self-employed and will have an employment contract with the CEOE
Antonio Garamendi clearly won his re-election as president of the CEOE in November and from that moment he began to take measures to restructure...
Google is punished in the stock market for the fiasco of its artificial intelligence
An error in a presentation this Wednesday in Paris of the new features of Bard, a chatbot based on artificial intelligence unveiled by Google,...
17% of the food affected by the VAT reduction has risen in price, denounces...
16.8% of the basic foods affected by the VAT reduction have not lowered their price. On the contrary, they have risen, according to the...
Mapfre warns of a general price increase in car insurance
The Spanish leader in car insurance, Mapfre, warns of a general increase in the policies of this activity after in 2022 there has been...
Barcelona is left without subsidized housing: only 52 started in the last five years
The obligation to allocate 30% of the floors of the new developments in Barcelona to social housing has paralyzed the construction of new construction...
Barcelona beats the average price per hotel room
Twelve euros more than average per room. This is the increase registered by hotels in Barcelona during the past year. The Gremi d'Hotels has...
Can products with CBS be sold in vending machines?
The All Day CBD company, which belongs to the Equipo Unico group, has ceased its work activity in Spain about ten days ago, after...
The EU, divided before the plan of France and Germany to allow more state...
The European leaders took positions this Thursday in one of the most far-reaching economic debates of the moment, how to respond to the competitiveness...
Inditex agrees a minimum salary of 18,000 euros for the workers of all its...
Inditex has closed an agreement this Thursday to equalize the salary conditions for the employees of all its stores in Spain. The agreement establishes...
Alternative proposals to expand El Prat collide with technical analysis
The budget agreement between the ERC and the PSC in Catalonia has put on the table the different alternatives for the expansion of the...
Alternatives: from the watch with Omega movement to the legacy of McQueen
Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming was responsible for choosing 007's watch for GoldenEye. “I was convinced that Commander Bond, a sailor, a submariner and...
Sacyr: the goal is to reduce debt to zero
A recurring complaint among large Spanish companies is their low stock market valuation. The markets, they say, do not reflect value and that makes...
How to make a budget for your next vacation and avoid debts
The first months of 2023 become elementary to start planning future vacations. No matter what type of trip it is, you will always have...