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Fernando González Molina: “We couldn't put an actor with a wig in 2026”

He is that director whose films many people know, but not so many know his face. Now he dares with a new version of a Spanish classic, 'My dear lady'

Menstruation and perimenopause under the same roof: clash and complicity between mothers and daughters

More and more families are experiencing a generational coincidence marked by intense physical and emotional changes that can transform coexistence. Two stages that force you to learn new ways of relating

When the body of the trees speaks and tells its own story

Like the skin of people, the skin of woody plants also shows marks that reflect the passage of time and changes in the environment with a clarity that is impossible to hide.

Arbaso, a hotel in the center of San Sebastián to delve into Basque culture through the details

The San Sebastian accommodation, located in a privileged location next to the Buen Pastor Cathedral, reflects the essence of the roots of its environment thanks to the meticulously woven work of artisans, designers, artists and architects

El Comidista weekly menu (May 18 to 24)

Pasta with sobrasada, carrot and apricot cream, broad bean porra and spicy strawberry and mango salad: our weekly menu has all the colors of spring

Why the silver eel is not protected in Spain despite its critical situation

We close our eyes, we leave the decision for later, we postpone everything for tomorrow, that which we do not want to manage.

Insurers sharpen their investment products in the face of higher interest rates

Savers accumulate 214,000 million in a wide range of policies that offer fixed returns, defined benefits, annuities or long-term investment plans

How much is Coca-Cola worth? The difficulty of pricing a brand

The EU fights so that start-ups do not move to the US and can capitalize on the value of their intangibles

Cuba: between collapse and transition

The island plays with two strategies at the same time: resist the United States and negotiate with the United States. It wants to convey that it continues the legacy of the Revolution, but in the face of economic collapse, oil shortages, sanctions, mass exodus and protests, it is forced to use diplomacy to avoid a total collapse or direct intervention.

Spain is 'made' for fewer people: a country with burst seams

In these years the country will have to face population peaks of 150 million people, including tourists.

Cancer

We cannot bear that the yellow paws of misfortune hover so close to us. We are cowards

Sleeping with women, abandoning bourgeois life and losing custody of her son: the incredible story of Constance Debré comes to the cinema

'Love Me Tender' is the adaptation of the book by the French author, who at 40 decided to stop being a criminal lawyer to become a writer, came out of the closet and lost custody of her son

Bad Bunny establishes the new order in world music

The current king of pop is not American and he doesn't make pop either. He is a Puerto Rican who sings in Puerto Rican Spanish and uncompromisingly claims his land, his language and Latin sounds. This week, on Friday in Barcelona, ​​a tour begins with 12 concerts in Spain

Homeland and grievance in the Andalusian elections

An Andalusianism that operates as a transversal variable of society has been spreading in the community: today all parties “want to appear Andalusian”, since it does not expel anyone from the equation.

Maria Albero: “I left banking and the first thing I did was sign up for hospitality school.” Today he has more than 700,000 followers

Maria Albero (known as Saboreanda on social networks) pays tribute to home cooking in her latest book 'Casa. My mother's recipes', a self-publishing dedicated to the memory and cooking of childhood

MFS, the 'jellyfish' of private credit that stung Santander and threatens to cause a new global financial crisis

The entity chaired by Botín had an exposure to the firm of 300 million, according to sector calculations

Venezuela hands over Alex Saab, Maduro's front man, to the United States

The Colombian businessman fell into disgrace after the attack on January 3 and had been detained since February

Bulgaria beats Israel in Eurovision, which does not close the door to the return of Russia

Dara wins by surprise in the contest, with 516 points for his urban song 'Bangaranga'. The Israeli Noam Bettan achieves 343 points with 'Michelle', 220 of them coming from televoting. Canada is another of the candidate countries to join in the future

The story of the Spanish journalist who joined the coup ranks and portrayed Pinochet's prison camps

The documentary 'Diary of an Infiltrator' follows the steps of Miguel Herberg who befriended and interviewed the Chilean right before the 1973 coup, and then spoke with the dictator and entered two detention centers for political prisoners.

An unusual and fun winner against the umpteenth Israeli trompe-l'oeil at Eurovision

This edition did not leave any dazzling or incontestable songs, and it is likely that we will have all forgotten before our feet step on the beach sand this summer.

Jon Rahm goes hunting for the PGA Championship, the last great one in Spanish golf

The Basque, second two strokes behind Alex Smalley, pursues his third major this Sunday in Aronimink, the first since his departure to LIV

Barcelona lifts the Queen's Cup and aspires to close a perfect year

Barça beats Atlético with goals from Pina, Brugts and Salma to achieve its fifth national treble before fighting next Saturday with OL Lyonnes for the Champions League to culminate a season full of titles

A man dies after being shot on the street in Barcelona

The fatal attack occurred on Minería Street in Sants.

The elegance of Victoria Luengo, from Loewe, and Javier Bardem, from Zegna, on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival

The actors have presented 'The loved one', a film directed by the Spanish Rodrigo Sorogoyen

How Alcaraz's absence strips the present: Sinner, him and behind them... a lot

The number one completes the victory against Medvedev and meets in the final this Sunday with the Norwegian Ruud, who has not won a single set in four duels

The housing crisis raises overcrowding to record levels: “We are four in a room and with only one bed”

Spain is the second European country where residential overoccupancy has grown the most since 2019, only behind Ireland

Nothing is like before: this is how AI transforms our jobs and the labor market

This revolutionary technology causes hundreds of thousands of layoffs, forces companies to reconfigure numerous positions and generates the need for staff training

Ana Redondo, Minister of Equality: “Florentino should apologize, his anachronistic machismo reminds me of my grandfather”

“The ‘Ábalos case’ has done a lot of damage and has affected our credibility,” says the minister.

Israeli strike kills Hamas military leader in Gaza

The Jewish state justifies the attack, which has caused 8 deaths in the middle of the truce, alleging that the militiaman was “one of the architects” of the massacre of October 7

The bodies of a civil guard, his wife and his son were found in a barracks in Alicante, in an alleged case of sexist violence

The three bodies have gunshot wounds and were found this morning by another agent.

Lewandowski says goodbye to Barcelona: the scorer does not renew his contract

After four seasons and 119 goals, the Polish striker will not update his relationship with the Barça entity

Foreign Health authorizes the disembarkation in A Coruña of the cruise ship 'Ambition', with 21 people isolated due to gastroenteritis

The boat will depart around 8:00 p.m. towards Gijón, where it plans to arrive on Sunday, and then continue its journey to Bilbao

Sentenced to 34 years in prison for using his minor stepdaughter as a sexual and domestic slave in Mallorca

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands punishes a man who raped his wife's minor daughter daily for five years, whom he brought through a marriage of convenience from Nigeria under the promise of a better life

José Elías denies having leaked privileged information to Piqué and points to a former Audax director

The businessman explains that he met with the former soccer player at a lunch to talk about business, in which a manager who had the same information as him also participated.

The painter and engraver Manuel Alcorlo dies, drawing as tectonics and dynamics of Art

The musician was also 91 years old and died in Madrid. With a loose artistic personality, he was never abducted by any pictorial school.

Palestinians in Israel keep the memory of the Nakba alive despite the repression of the Netanyahu government

For the second consecutive year, the police prevent the traditional march to the remains of one of the villages destroyed almost eight decades ago.

Angelique Geray, journalist infiltrated among young German neo-Nazis: “What surprised me most is that they say things seriously”

In these right-wing extremist movements, adolescents between 14 and 17 years old speak of a “pure people,” relativize the Holocaust and hate immigrants.

story time

Large and small publishers today are betting on story books, a genre that leaves the margins to reach readers and enjoy greater recognition.

La Maroma: four routes to reach the highest peak in Malaga

Alhama de Granada, Canillas de Aceituno, Alcaucín and Sedella are starting points to reach 2,069 meters in height through an accessible but also treacherous mountain range, both due to its orography and changing climate.

Hunger suffocates children in Sudan: “I am grateful if we can drink a glass of tea a day”

In 2026, 4.2 million children will suffer from acute malnutrition in the country while local NGOs and organizations like Unicef ​​try to cover the most basic needs in the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe.

The Ayuso Executive tests a new public-private collaboration formula in which it pays social services according to the result

Madrid, which is protected by an agreement with the Government of Spain, is putting out to tender a contract that will depend on each step that users take to leave homelessness.

Emily Wood, the makeup artist sister of actress Aimee Lou Wood who succeeds in networks but avoids fame: “I don't want to work with celebrities”

The British woman has conquered thousands of followers with a colorful style, a way of working influenced by the women in her life and her dyslexia. “When you have a famous sister, you see a totally different side to the culture of stardom,” he says.

“I'll pay you later” or why lending money to a friend can ruin the relationship

Beyond managing one's own finances, emotions such as shame, anger, guilt and fear come into play when claiming a debt from a close person. “It remains like an open emotional account,” explains psychiatrist David López.

Always on your quest, Mrs. Theron

The professional career of this impressive lady and actress seems strange to me.

The meaning of life when death is expected lands in Cannes

The story of two women who meet by chance when one of them is hopeless gives rise to the Japanese Ryusuke Hamaguchi to talk about care, anti-capitalism and utopia

Cannes celebrates Argentina-England 40 years later: the match that combined epic, misery, hatred, politics and some football

The documentary 'The Match' analyzes the mythical match of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the one with the “best goal of the century” and the one scored with “the hand of God”

Warsh's arrival at the Fed: three great challenges, little margin and a lot of uncertainty

The rise in inflation, the reduction of the balance sheet and governance will mark a mandate that started yesterday

The hibernation of the Meirás manor: prohibited rooms waiting for a consensus plan that does not arrive

The commission for the public management of the Towers, created in 2021, has not met once in five years while visits to the garden by those 'nostalgic' of the regime grow.

The challenge of regularizing 'homeless' foreigners: "Your case is 'très' complicated, Mohamed"

The difficulty in providing documents and closely following the process puts homeless immigrants at a disadvantage to be beneficiaries of the measure.

The encrypted chats of drug traffickers in the port of Valencia: “We control all police units”

The members of a network that stored 4.5 tons of cocaine boasted of their infiltration into the Security Forces. The organization paid 120,000 euros per operation to each truck driver. “If you pay too much, they get rich and stop working,” warned a leader