News from El Punt Avui

ICELAND

WowAir cancels all flights and goes bust

Icelandic low-cost airline WowAir announced that it was cancelling all flights, leaving some passengers stranded, after it failed to agree new deals with investors and venture capitalists to sustain its...

SOCIETY

Brunei punishes homosexuality with death

As of next week when the new penal code in Brunei will come in to effect, homosexuality, which was already illegal in the small Asian monarchy, will be punishable whipping, or even death, as will adultery...

Facebook to ban white supremacist content

Facebook has announced it will take action against white supremacists and their content on the social media platform. This comes weeks after a terrorist with white-supremacist connections shot and killed...

POINT MADE

29-M: a day few understand

Britons will take away some mixed, and mixed-up feelings from today. Some will be disappointed, as the Brexit dream seems to not have materialised on the day it was supposed to, for others, a feeling of...

Borrell lowers tone, again

The Rosas company’s Achterland makes a comeback

No end to the repression

spain

Sánchez wrapped in Spanish and European flags

spain

Casado’s election promise adds fuel to the fire

PP leader Pablo Casado promised yesterday to commemorate the 5th centenary of the conquest of Mexico if he wins the election. Casado did this in response to statements made by Mexican president, Andrés...

france

Attacks on Roma people over false rumors

False rumors about Roma people kidnapping girls in Paris appear to have sparked a series of attacks against members of this community in the cities of Clichy-sous-Bois and Bobigny, on the outskirts of...