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On the morning of October 30, 2021, a cyclist was hit by a car driven by a drunk young man on the GIV-6703 road that goes up to the Sanctuary of Angels, near Girona. The impact was of such magnitude that, after hitting the windshield and shattering it, the woman was thrown, over the road fence and left lying on an embankment, while the bicycle was left hanging from the branches of a tree. The driver, DCV, who was accompanied by a friend, did not stop to help the woman, who ended up dying at the Josep Trueta Hospital. This…
A few decades after the founding of the USA, the civil war tore the country apart. Northern General William T. Sherman systematically destroyed Georgia and South Carolina. A war crime? Or a strategy that saved lives?
The Generalitat Valenciana recently launched the “tourism that sustains” campaign. The axis, as can be intuited, is the well-worn sustainabilitya hollow word today after its systemic emptying of meaning for decades. It was already used as a tourist slogan in 2024, when the Mazón government proclaimed that “our attitude makes us sustainable”… while foaming at the mouth at the mere mention of the tourist tax. Continue reading
A spectator of the Carreño Rallysprint, held in Asturias, died this Saturday after being run over by one of the cars participating in the sports event, whose driver and co-driver were injured, the Civil Guard reported. Continue reading
Public with a mosaic of neighbors, gossips, pedal freaks and tourists. Barcelona is this Saturday the world capital of cycling. The Tour de France has started in the city with a team time trial and tremendous heat. A seen and not seen, the passage of the cyclists, which for once many have not seen on TV on the couch at home, but live and next to their home. The route, almost twenty kilometers long, is a showcase of the city, and passes through points that Barcelona likes to boast about: the beaches, the Eixample grid, the Sagrada Familia, or Casa…
The fire that broke out this Friday in La Bisbal d’Empordà, in Girona, and that burns the protected natural area of Les Gavarres, has already reached houses in an urbanization, Cabanyes de Calonge, where one has burned and another 12 have affected gardens and fences, report the firefighters and the City Council. A farmhouse has also burned. The night has been very nervous in a fire whipped by the wind of Tramuntana first and then Marinada, in which 400 firefighters are working, all those available on duty and also 100 from the Military Unit of the Army (UME) and which…
The Generalitat will promote a technological project to speed up the processing of construction licenses and environmental authorizations. The Government has launched a system based on BIM technology (Building Information Modeling), with an investment of close to 3 million euros, which will automate part of the technical checks and reduce processing times for some administrative procedures by up to 50%. The plan is to replace PDF plans and technical reports with three-dimensional (3D) digital models. Albert Tort, Secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation, pointed out during the presentation this Friday that the initiative is a way to “simplify and facilitate…
From August 1st, Dr. Sandra Garbade will head the Federal Institute for Vocational Training as President. The Federal Cabinet decided this today. This will be the first time that a woman will run the facility. Garbade takes over the position from Professor Friedrich Hubert Esser, who headed the BIBB for more than 15 years. Federal Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) said that with Garbade, an “experienced and proven leader” would take over the management of the federal institute. She has extensive expertise in vocational training policy and many years of experience in management positions. Prien further explained: “Strong vocational training…
The La Bisbal d’Empordà (Baix Empordà) fire, which burns 2,300 hectares and has forced the confinement of some 10,000 people, began with the spark of a radio that quickly ignited the forest that crosses the road that connects La Bisbal with Calonge. The flames have found a real powder keg at the gates of the Costa Brava. The Firefighters describe a particularly dangerous scenario: a forest that had not suffered a major fire for decades, with an enormous accumulation of plant fuel and subjected to extreme behavior due to the combination of north winds and marinade winds.Continue reading
The Turkish government wants to present Ankara in the best light at the NATO summit. Residents are surprised at the road damage that has suddenly been repaired. Taxi drivers want to score points with sweets. Government critics are unwelcome.