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Before being New York, the great American metropolis was baptized by Dutch settlers as New Amsterdam. Three centuries later, that name crosses the Atlantic again, but to land in Barcelona. New Amsterdam Developments (NAD) is today one of the best-known – and at the same time most opaque – real estate companies for having threatened the homes of Barcelona tenants. Their business model, which, according to neighbors, consists of expelling tenants from their homes who pay still reasonable rents to create colivingshas angered the Catalan Government and Barcelona City Council. Especially when the company has only imported to the city…
The USA could reduce its troop presence in Germany more than previously announced. President Trump speaks about a proposal from Tehran. And: Washington approves arms exports to partners in the Iran war. The overview.
The campaign of the main candidates for the Junta de Andalucía is beginning to gain momentum while waiting for the first debate next Monday, which will force them to define the strategies for the following weeks until May 17. The candidates, this Saturday, have been fine-tuning their electoral tune. The regional president and candidate for reelection for the PP, Juan Manuel Moreno, has chosen to exploit the asset of citizen sympathy, with visits to popular festivals in the province of Córdoba and a rally against bullying; the leader of the PSOE of Andalusia, María Jesús Montero, has claimed the defense…
Alessandro Zanardi made it into Formula 1 from a humble background. He later lost both legs in an accident, almost his life, but not his love for the sport. He won gold four times on the handbike and received mail from the Pope.
When Juan Manuel Moreno presented himself as a candidate in the 2018 Andalusian elections, he already told his people that his aspiration was to turn Andalusia, one of the poorest regions in Western Europe, into the “Bavaria of Spain”, an idea that he reiterated four years later, shortly before achieving the absolute majority. Since he came to the Government, he has insisted that his community is becoming a “locomotive” of the country and that it is going to compete head-to-head with Madrid and Catalonia for leadership. During this time, some macroeconomic indicators – the community is growing at a faster…
This Saturday morning, a man fatally stabbed a woman in the middle of the street in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona). The events occurred after 11:30 a.m. on Joan Miró street, in a residential area near the Sant Joan de Déu hospital, very close to the entrance to Barcelona. According to various witnesses, the man also attacked two other witnesses. The motivations for the attack are unknown for now. After the event, the Mossos d’Esquadra arrested the man in the Les Corts neighborhood of Barcelona. An official spokesperson for the Catalan police has declined to confirm the incident for now pending…
David Robson has highlighted the health risks of loneliness, the body-shaping power of mindset, and the thinking errors common among high performers in a broad discussion on BEYOND with Aleksandra King. Robson — whose 18-year journalism career includes BBC Future, New Scientist, Wired, The Guardian, and The Atlantic — told host Aleksandra King that loneliness deserves public-health status alongside smoking and poor diet. He also explained the “liking gap” that stops people from reaching out to others, the “beautiful mess effect” that makes vulnerability attractive, and why self-compassion drives genuine behavioural change. Key Facts Loneliness and health: More…
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is trying to calm the debate about the withdrawal of US soldiers: the troops in Germany are important for both countries. But there is another development that could have greater consequences.
Changing the boot children of wrathby the poet Dámaso Alonso, Madrid is a city of thousands of tons of granite. There are, of course, no latest statistics. Daily contemplation is enough. Squares, sidewalks, walls, buildings, roundabouts, benches, curbs. Almost all the elements that build the “lego” of a city. In the times of Philip II and Philip IV the logic lay in the fact that it was the stone that was extracted from the nearby quarries of the Sierra del Guadarrama, and The Monastery of El Escorial was the architectural model of an empire.Continue reading
Despite the sometimes aggressive mood at demonstrations and street festivals, the Berlin police reported that the holiday was peaceful. Law enforcement officers only had to intervene at Görlitzer Park – but not because of violence.