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Moncho, the Catalan king of Bolero, dies, 78

Ramon Calabuch Bastida, known as “Moncho”, Catalonia’s most famous Bolero performer, has died, aged 78, in Mataró. He dedicated his life to the musical genre, only retiring when doctors told him...

EUROPE

Open Arms docks in Spain with 311 refugees from

The Open Arms arrived in Spain yesterday, at the Bay of Algeciras (Cadiz), with 311 refugees aboard, from nineteen countries, rescued a week ago in the Mediterranean. They have been interned at the temporary...

Trump threatens to close US border

POINT MADE

Citizens and their discontents

Macri’s 2015 victory in Argentina marked the beginning of a Latin American slide to the right. The triumph of the ultra-rightwing Bolsonaro in Brazil has completed the flip of a region which was a leftist...

1-O judicial anomaly: cases across 4 courts

The Supreme Court (SC) upheld its decision to keep hold of the 1-O trial, despite demands from defence teams to hold the trial in Barcelona. However, unpredictably, the court declined to try the six former...