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1 week ago | 
en.ara.cat | Gerard Fageda |Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Carla Turró |Antoni Bassas
BarcelonaAfter weeks of skirmishes, India has launched a missile attack on at least nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Under the nameOperation Sindoor, Delhi's armed forces have launched an offensive against "terrorist infrastructure" where "terrorist attacks against India" were being planned, according to a statement from the Indian government. "Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalational. No Pakistani military installation has been attacked.
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1 week ago | 
en.ara.cat | Gerard Fageda |Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Carla Turró |Joan Fàbregas
German reliability and predictability have long been a cliché, but the truth is that no one expected what happened this morning in the Bundestag, where chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz obtained only 310 votes out of the 328 votes for the Grand Coalition between the CDU and the SPD, failing to secure the majority needed to be elected. Dismay gripped German politics, as no one clarified who the dissident MPs were who refused to follow their party's slogan or their reasons for boycotting.
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1 week ago | 
en.ara.cat | Gerard Fageda |Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Carla Turró
BarcelonaThe Kosmos 482 probe, launched by the former Soviet Union in 1972 bound for Venus, never left Earth's orbit and, after half a century, is expected to fall back to planet Earth this week. The device's orbit is declining and it is expected to "re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime between May 7 and 13," NASA said on its website Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Cristina Mas |Josep Burgaya |Gregorio Luri
Saint Sadurní of AnoiaThe Vives family's Mas de la Basserola winery is leaving the Cava DO and joining the Corpinnat brand. The announcement of this fifteenth addition was made today, allowing the winery's owner, Guillem Vives (Pla de Manlleu, 1993), to become a member for the first time at the event held at the Recaredo winery in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Corpinnat hosted the delegation from the French Wine Academy, which arrived in Catalonia on Wednesday night and is touring the region.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Gemma Garrido Granger |Albert Llimós |Gerard Bagué
GironaMarta Cortizas Fernández (A Coruña, 1992) won the final of the Spanish Sommelier Championship, which took place today in Madrid. Other finalists included Anna Casabona from Vallecas, head of training at the Juvé & Camps winery, and Diego Tornel from the Canary Islands. However, it was Marta Cortizas, sommelier from El Celler de Can Roca, who emerged as the overall winner. Cortizas, as usual, was accompanied by sommelier Josep Roca, who was moved by the victory.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Judit Monclús |David Valero-Carreras |Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Laura Serra
' Greek Myths' (Inuk Books) The book Greek Myths. The Origin of Everything, by Meritxell Blay, is "a kind of encyclopedia of mythology," according to her. In this work, Blay has organized the genealogy of all the gods of Greek mythology, from beginning to end, and explained them without leaving any out. The book has a very educational and enlightening intention, accompanied by Jotaká's illustrations.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Iñigo Martínez |íñigo Alli Martínez |Xavi Navarro |David Valero-Carreras |Trinitat Gilbert Martínez
BarcelonaThe 1/1 salary cap rule, which allows professional football clubs to operate normally regarding signings and renewals, was a cause for celebration at Barça earlier this year. Barça CEO Joan Laporta, struggling with the signings of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, found a financial solution with the sale of 475 seats. VIP to two Arab companies in exchange for 100 million euros.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Rosa Rodon
Cheeses can also mature, like wines do. To put it simply, they can be young or aged. A matured cheese has recovered time, which can range from months, many months, or even years. Two years ago, Vila Viniteca unveiled and let people taste Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in Barcelona. which was twenty-three years old, and which he had acquired at a charity auction at the World Cheese Awards.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Marta Rodríguez Carrera |Guillem López Casasnovas |Ferran Sáez Mateu
Serrat de Ocata, Ametlla del VallèsI interview Josep Lluís Sabatés Ibáñez, known as Pep Salsetes (January 30, 1945), one Sunday morning at his farmhouse, located in the Ocata mountain range, on the outskirts of the Ametlla del Vallès area, on the way to the Sant Bartomeu hermitage, at an altitude of seven hundred meters. When I arrive, I find him at the exit, in front of the chicken coop, and he's very focused: he's planting seedlings of long lettuce from Can Güell de Serinyà, an ancient seed.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Trinitat Gilbert Martínez |Toni Padilla |J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip
BarcelonaI interview Carles Pérez de Rozas on a dull Wednesday at the Berbena restaurant (c. Minerva 6, Barcelona). He makes me a filter coffee and places the coffee pot on the solid, dark wood table. Today, the manufacturers confirmed to him when they will be bringing the marble for the new kitchen of the bar, which will open in April and is located twenty meters from where we are, on Sèneca Street.
