News from El Punt Avui

Barcelona take on Sevilla with two ‘classics’ coming up

Real Madrid’s shock 2-1 home defeat to Girona last weekend may have given Barcelona a seven-point lead at the top of the table, but the Catalans face a tough test against Sevilla today at 4.15pm. What’s...

transport

Rail services resume on Manresa line

While railway infrastructure manager Adif continues to investigate the cause of the train collision two weeks ago on the line between Manresa and Terrassa, yesterday services resumed on the line between...

art

New collectors’ volume devoted to Catalan avant-garde art

Relatives ready for the worst in trial

Massive blaze in Dhaka kills 78 and injures 55

The flames from a fire which burned for over nine hours in the centre of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, have left at least 78 people dead, and hundreds more injured, with serious burns. The fire, in...

SOCIETY

Vatican holds 3 day summit on sex abuse

UNITED STATES

Coast guard neo-Nazi arrested for terrorism

A lieutenant in the United States coast guard, who identifies himself as a “white nationalist” has been arrested, and a small arsenal of weapons discovered in his house. Police state he was going to...

SPAIN

Prior remains firm on refusal to exhume Franco

The prior of the Valley of the Fallen, where the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco are buried, has reaffirmed his decision to ignore the bill passed by the Spanish Council of Ministers on the...

Catalonia at a standstill

POINT MADE

Social media to the rescue

The rebellion charge brought down by a tweet. The house of cards of the State prosecutor fell one by one as the various members of the former Catalan government made their declarations yesterday, doing...