News from El Punt Avui

VENEZUELA

Opposition remains open to armed option

During the hangover from the most violent day so far in the stalemate between incumbent Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, and the antichavista, Juan Guaidó, recognised as president by many world leaders,...

FRANCE

Protesters confront Sánchez in France

Hundreds of pro-Catalan Independence protestors confronted Spanish president Pedro Sánchez in Collioure, in France, where he was visiting the tomb of poet Antonio Machado, one of the hundreds of thousands...

MWC full of talk about 5G, but it won’t be here til late 2020

POINT MADE

Big scary Omnium Cultural

Isn’t it great that the Spanish prosecutors have Omnium Cultural in their sights. Used to dealing with machine-gun and C4-wielding terrorists of the worst kind, like the poet Celaya, know that “poetry...

politics

Arrimadas joins Rivera “to get rid of Sánchez”

business

Nostrum meal company to go into receivership

The ready-made meal company, Nostrum, has announced it will go into receivership and will remove Quirze Salomó as president and CEO. Salomó will be temporarily substituted by board member, Guillem Junyent....

society

Fines for incorrect rubbish disposal in Terrassa up 217%

Fines issued for incorrectly disposing of rubbish in Terrassa went up 217% in 2018. In all, some 596 fines were issued for a value of 182,000 euros. Some 66% of the fines issued were for the incorrect...

Educació 360 aims for education beyond school

All children have their education guaranteed. Yet, access to educational complementary activities is not in everyone’s reach, and it is no trivial matter. The ExpandED Schools project in the US concluded...

‘The Favourite’ vs ‘Roma’

health

Free medical attention for homeless in BCN

All homeless people wanting free medical attention all week and until tomorrow can see odontologists, ophthalmologists, dermatologists, gynecologists and podologists in the hospital set up by the Hospital...