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Eduardo Álvarez Aznar, elite rider: “Sometimes you have no choice but to sell a horse to be able to continue competing”

The Olympic horseman has been one of the great attractions of the Longines Global Champions Tour held this weekend in Madrid. “It is very difficult to live off prizes in this sport,” he acknowledges.

The authority of the worst

Those who receive attention and rewards for ideas that are not theirs reinforce their power, because they are validated even when they do something wrong.

El Roto: paper and pencil

Vignette from May 18, 2026

Excuses for a defeat

It is true that Montero was not a good candidate and that her campaign was clumsy. But it is difficult to continue pretending that the PSOE's problem is limited to that

The museum, today

These cultural gadgets do not fit into contemporary times because their nature goes against the vagaries of the times. They are antagonistic to our epidermal and accelerated world

Curiosities in the Eurovision 2026 scores: the jury, the public and yes, there are countries that vote among themselves

The televoting rewarded the nations that returned to the contest and the bets failed less than it seems. Greece and Cyprus continue to give each other 24 points

An 1873 cannon used by Clint Eastwood in the filming of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' found in Cartagena

The Burgos association Sad Hill, where the work was recorded, has located it in the Military Historical Museum of Cartagena.

A Pope in the Madrid of the forgotten: Leo XIV will visit one of the most conflictive streets of the capital on a trip with a record police device

The Pontiff's appointment at the Cáritas de Lucero center sets the tone for a trip that represents a logistical challenge for the city, with a mass with more than a million faithful

The famous Madrid

We are one of the very few major cities in the West that allow ourselves to be governed by the stupid right. Could it be that we are more foolish?

John Travolta makes his directorial debut at Cannes: “I'm exhausted by so much vital cynicism”

The star presents 'Come fly with me' at the festival, the story of a boy who is an aviation fanatic and crosses the United States on a flight with stops in 1962, with an almost fairy-tale tone and timing.

The University as a bastion of democracy and coexistence

There are two potential threats: the attack on university autonomy and the growing “utilitarianization of teaching”

They ask me to be a scientist, but my day to day life is that of a manager

The author denounces the growing weight of bureaucracy in his daily life as a researcher. Scientific societies report that up to 44% of the day is spent on administrative tasks

When fiction anticipates reality

Readers write about the European Commission's invitation to an Afghan delegation, the situation in Cuba and the legacy of Soledad Gallego-Díaz

I test four cabin suitcases and choose the best one for traveling by plane

These four compact-sized models are designed to carry essential luggage comfortably and safely on short trips.

Why do we stop being our children's superheroes? From magical thinking to critical thinking

That a minor begins to question or point out their parents' behavior is a sign of adequate development and brain maturity of the minor. Stopping being their idols is the sacrifice that adults must make to allow their children to live their lives.

Centennial wooden churches and the cheerful cemetery of Săpânța in the most secret Romania

The Maramureş region, in the north of the country and far from the busiest tourist routes, guards a surprising heritage in its small towns

A fresh salad in five minutes that works as a single dish

Cucumber, corn, onion, tuna or another protein source and a creamy yogurt-based sauce that brings it all together

'Mixtape': the magic of 'indie' shines again on the screen

The new game published by Annapurna embraces nineties nostalgia in an adventure focused on music and sprinkled with controversy

'Seen for sentence': judicial offensive from the right

From the ERE to the complaints against Ada Colau, José Antonio Martín Pallín analyzes the deformation of the principles of law to judge left-wing and nationalist politicians

Unknown Spanish theater actor beats Robert de Niro: 1976, the year Spain swept Cannes

When we celebrate the very high Spanish presence at the 2026 Cannes Festival, it marks half a century since that year in which 'Cría Cuervos' and the actor José Luis Gómez triumphed before the jury

Jordi Pons (Toni Pons): “My last getaway was to Krakow and Prague”

The head of the family footwear company believes that disconnecting is not always possible

Technical profiles are rising: “VET is an important talent pool”

Listed companies cover difficult positions by expanding their Dual Vocational Training agreements, which extend to degrees

Is 2008 coming back? Energy, credit and rates set off (some) alarms in the markets

The rise in oil, tensions in private credit and public debt facilitate, with rising rates, parallels with the financial crisis. The consensus cools fears and rules out a systemic scenario despite the sum of risks

Vincent Delecroix: “Europe no longer hears the cries of those drowning at its borders”

The French philosopher publishes in Spanish 'Naufragio', a novel based on a real sinking in the English Channel in which 27 migrants died, with which he reflects on European indifference to the drama of migration

Andalusia stops the entry of hazardous waste from other communities in its tracks and alters the waste map

Factories in the Valencian Community, Madrid and the Canary Islands must now treat or bury their toxic waste in other regions further north

Lena Dunham, the millennial icon who changed the way we show the body and sex

The director, screenwriter and actress, author of the successful series 'Girls', publishes her third book, 'Famesick', turns 40 and enters adulthood

The Metro

With people, hospital waiting rooms, school doors, politics and poetry get on and off the car.

Those citizens who vote twice

More and more voters seem to have the need to express their preferences online before going to the polls.

The secret of the fake Arabic cake: the recipe that a mother created for her five children and today is a success at weddings and restaurants

Ana Besandon spontaneously prepared a brick dough dessert that triumphs in celebrations under an identity that does not belong to it

Filipa Fino, former assistant of Anna Wintour: "Everything bad you want to say about her you could say about me. If she is a bitch, then so am I"

The former 'senior' accessories editor of the US edition of 'Vogue' publishes 'Best Dressed' in June, a book in which she tells anecdotes and what the fashion industry was like in the nineties. “The moment they entered social networks, our power and exclusivity disappeared,” he says.

Sara Mederos, the Madrid neuroscientist who seeks to decipher how the brain converts fear and anxiety into decisions

The researcher has just been awarded the 'For Women in Science' award, a L'Oréal and UNESCO program that recognizes female scientific talent.

The universities add 3,700 new teachers and will open positions for 1,900 more thanks to an unprecedented agreement between the State and the communities

The María Goyri program is co-financed with 1,500 million: almost 100% of the places paid by the ministry and 14.5% of the regional ones have already been covered. The deadline runs out in two courses

Doctors begin their fourth week of strike with no signs of a solution to the conflict with Health

In the three weeks since the last strike, with the hantavirus crisis in the middle, the parties have not even sat down to negotiate again

What has happened in Andalusia? The elections in seven graphics

The PP is left without an absolute majority and the right takes a step back, but Andalusia remains right-wing

Kamiku, the bar in Madrid where you can try the multi-award-winning artisan cheeses made by a Navarrese family

Located next to the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá, in this cheese bar you can buy and taste its products, made with raw milk and native molds from Bertiz, along with a menu based on traditional Navarrese gastronomy.

Iberostar is choking on Los Cabos, the Mexican refuge for American millionaires

The Mallorcan hotel company cannot move forward with its hotel project due to the conflict with the neighbors

The results of the elections in Andalusia, street by street

Consult the data from this Sunday's elections in each census section

Aaron Rai, the two-glove golfer, wins the PGA Championship and Jon Rahm is second

The Englishman, a modest player, wins his first major and the Spaniard achieves his best result in a 'major' since his move to LIV

Death penalty breaks record in 2025 due to executions in Iran

Amnesty International records 2,707 people executed last year in 17 countries, 80% in the Islamic Republic

From Moreno's “outstanding” to “national priority!” from Vox: Andalusia's election night, in four headlines

The reactions of all the candidates on the night in which the PP has lost its absolute majority and the PSOE has registered its worst historical result

The moment of truth

The loss of the absolute majority of the PP in Andalusia tests Moreno Bonilla's message of moderation

Guatemala's new prosecutor takes office and announces review of exile cases

Gabriel García Luna, the new attorney general and head of the Public Ministry (MP), announces the creation of a special commission to review one by one the files of those politically persecuted

“We achieved it,” proclaims Abascal in the face of the loss of the absolute majority of the PP

Abascal's party rises one seat and achieves 80,000 more votes than in 2022

Moreno puts Andalusia in the mess of Vox and the national campaign

“It is not the same for those at Vox to talk about you as it is about you”

Insufficient majority, incontestable victory

The game of expectations conditions all the readings in an election in which Moreno scores 19 points over the PSOE and Vox stagnates, but regains the ability to put pressure on Moreno

The Camp Nou shakes to say goodbye to Lewandowski in Barça's victory against Betis

The blaugranas complete the total of victories at home this season after beating the green and white with a double from Raphinha and a goal from Cancelo

The PSOE trusts the general elections to the useful vote of the left

The socialists deepen the disconnection with the voters in the autonomous communities

Montero worsens the worst historical result of the PSOE in Andalusia

No socialist leader foresees other internal crises until Sánchez calls the general elections

From 'super Sunday' to taking to the mountains

Andalusia has closed an electoral cycle that confirms Spain's turn to the right

The PP drops five deputies and gets into “the mess” against which the entire campaign has warned

With 53 seats and a greater number of votes, the PP remains in the hands of Vox to govern in Andalusia