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News published by the Pressenza bureau in Barcelona, Spain

NATO’s internal gold war: Brexit negotiations still inconclusive

Brexitology has largely focused on the UK’s fish, but has completely ignored the EU’s gigantic gold reserves, supposedly still held in safe custody at the Bank of England. To make matters worse, a no-deal divorce between the UK and the…

War in Europe again

Unfortunately, we are once again at war in Europe. What a culture we have that does not know how to resolve its conflicts peacefully! What a terrible history of wars we have in our culture! By Juan Espinosa I have…

Winners

One day she dreamed that the United States had won and no longer had any enemies, that no one remained to oppose them. There was excitement, some revelry, some ephemeral celebrations… but in a few days, the Government and its citizens…

Rafael Poch: “In Ukraine, the West is to blame”.

Interview with the journalist, former correspondent in Russia, very critical of the Western position in Ukraine. By Andreu Barnils for Vila Web Journalist Rafael Poch (1956) is one of the best informed people on Russia, where he was a correspondent…

Phishing: what is it and what can we do if we fall victim to it?

We call phishing the illegal practices of hackers to appropriate personal data and bank passwords with the intention of impersonating our personality and attacking our assets. This is a phenomenon of growing incidence and we must be aware of our…

Political decisions must include women’s voices to be sustainable

Participants in a debate at the UN security body recognise the key role of women in peace processes and in all areas of public and social life. Michelle Bachelet denounces abuses against women in Afghanistan. A new fund will support…

New year, but old lies… To the point of revulsion

I open the Twitter feed of some newspaper editor or other and I read nothing but lies; I check the Instagram of unprejudiced reporters and see how their hooligans applaud every hoax they reproduce; I look at the Facebook or…

A New Spiritual Horizon

El pasado fin de semana, del 7 al 9 de enero, se celebró, como todos los años, el encuentro mundial en torno a El Mensaje de Silo, de nuevo en formato virtual (dada la situación mundial que limita los desplazamientos),…

Cuban vaccine could save millions of lives

BRANKO MARCETIC TRANSLATION: VALENTÍN HUARTE The biotechnology sector and the government’s commitment to public health now make Cuba the only low-income country to have made its own vaccine. But the island’s doctors are not content with having saved the Cuban…

Barcelona becomes the epicentre of the housing policy debate

Between today and tomorrow, the FHAR (Forum on Housing and Rehabilitation) brings together a dozen round tables with the participation of local and international members from cities such as Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Bologna, as well as academia, social organisations…

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