Twelve years after the last edition, spoken dances return to the table. Not as a museum piece, but as a living practice that still occupies squares and popular festivals — and that now must face uncomfortable questions about gender, power, and colonial legacies.

Tarragona recovers a Congress that looks to the street

Why does this meeting matter to the locals?

Because spoken dances are part of the festive memory of the southern counties and the south of the Principality. In Tarragona, Reus, and Torredembarra, they are not only ancient texts: they are performances still linked to squares, groups, and a specific way of building community.

The congress, organized by the Department of Catalan Philology, will turn this tradition into an object of international debate. The proposal starts from a clear idea: what happens during a festival also explains who has a voice, who is left out, and what conflicts a society carries.

The Rovira i Virgili University will host the third edition after twelve years without a new call. The first meeting established the bases to categorize these expressions of popular theater; the second, held in 2014, expanded the comparison with similar expressions from other territories.

From festive recovery to university research

Spoken dances shaped a distinctive festival model in the southern counties. In some municipalities, they never disappeared; in others, they were revived with the restoration of democratic town councils from the late 1970s onward.

Research on ancient texts began in the Catalan Theater History course of the Catalan Philology degree, taught by Guillem-Jordi Graells until 1981 at the then Delegation of the University of Barcelona in Tarragona, the embryo of the future URV.

Later, Professor Montserrat Palau took over within the Department of Catalan Philology at the URV. This second stage culminated in the first congress, held in 1990 under the title “Els Balls Parlats a la Catalunya Nova. Catalan popular theater,” which helped establish a shared name and category.

Gender and anticolonial critique on stage

What inequalities will the Congress study?

The event will examine the role of women in spoken dances and how this role has been conditioned by the historical context. It will also analyze the language of the speeches, the presence of saints and the Virgin Mary, and the relationship of these figures with the communities where the performances take place.

The program focuses on three lines that change the usual reading of this popular theater: gender perspective, counter-hegemonic resistance, and anticolonial critique. Put plainly: it is not enough to preserve a tradition if one does not examine what it says, who says it, and what inequalities it may reproduce.

The communications will also address the updates of spoken dances in response to the visions, conflicts, and inequalities of the 21st century. This is the issue that gives local meaning to a meeting with participants from very diverse territories: conflict may change shape, but it continues to appear in the text, characters, and staging.

What presentations are part of the program?

The inaugural lecture will be given by Jordi Bertran, who will speak about “Humanism in the genesis of the new staging formula of spoken dances” on Thursday the 24th at 9:45 a.m. The closing lecture will be by Montserrat Palau, titled “Saints, martyrs, and punished transgressors. Misogyny and inertia,” scheduled for Tuesday the 25th at 6 p.m.

The program includes perspectives on various spaces and traditions:

• Oscar-Armando García Gutiérrez, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, will speak about dialogued dances in Latin America.
• Raül Sanchis Francès, member of the LaiREM/Iconodansa research groups at URV, will address the Moors and Christians festivals from a decolonial perspective.
• Patricia Heiniger-Casteret, from Pau University, will analyze the historical and linguistic context of pastorals performed in Basque and Occitan.

The diversity of origins is not decoration. It allows comparing forms of popular theater that have grown in different territories and seeing what they share, what they hide, and what they have been transforming over time.

Four Spoken Dances will return to Plaça de les Cols

When and where can the show be seen?

The spoken dances showcase will take place on Saturday, September 26 at 10:30 a.m. in Plaça de les Cols in Tarragona. For readers who want to see what lies behind the presentations, this will be the most direct part: the street will again be the space for exhibition, conversation, and participation.

The square will host four performances linked to Tarragona, Reus, and Torredembarra. These are specific proposals, with proper names and identifiable provenance:

• The Dance of Sebastiana from Castillo de Tarragona.
• The Dance of Malcasats from Torredembarra.
• The Dance of Rosaura from Reus.
• The Dance of Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law from Tarragona.

This selection shows the territorial continuity of the phenomenon. Tarragona contributes two performances, while Reus and Torredembarra add two more traditions from the nearby area. The research, therefore, does not remain closed inside the lecture hall: it goes out into the street and stands before the audience.

What explains that this tradition still endures?

The persistence of spoken dances relates to their ability to adapt to popular festivals and societal changes. Some municipalities have maintained them continuously; others have revived them after decades of disappearance, especially following the recovery of democratic town councils.

The congress proposes reading this continuity with a less complacent eye. A tradition is not immobile because it is old. Characters, speeches, and religious figures may be preserved, but the community that performs them can also discuss their meaning and propose new readings.

The connection between research and the square is the detail that makes the meeting relevant beyond the university. In Tarragona, debates about gender and anticolonial critique will not remain only academic events: on September 26 they will have voices, costumes, music, and audience in the city center.

Spoken dances remain alive because they can still tell a community’s story, but the Tarragona congress reminds us that telling it also means revising its shadows. Research, debate, and the showcase at Plaça de les Cols form a single story: a popular tradition that endures when it allows itself to be discussed, not when it merely repeats the usual script.

Article source: Rovira i Virgili University

What do handcuffs have to do with the flying buttresses of a Gothic cathedral? How much energy does a ten-story castle accumulate? And why is the children’s helmet made of expanded polystyrene? The answer lies in physics, architecture, mathematics, and many other areas.

14 Posters to See Castells with Different Eyes

What can be seen at the Central Market of Tarragona?

For the public of Tarragona, the proposal has a very specific advantage: it allows to see a scientific exhibition in the very everyday place where many people go shopping. There is no need to enter a laboratory or read a treatise; it is enough to stop in front of the posters and look at the castells as if they were a construction, a mathematical problem, or a social phenomenon.

The exhibition brings together the 14 illustrated posters created throughout the “Castells de ciència” project, promoted by the Science Communication and Dissemination Unit of the Rovira i Virgili University, with the collaboration of the URV Chair for the Study of the Casteller Phenomenon and the support of Repsol.

According to Rovira i Virgili University, the panels allow knowledge to be brought closer to non-specialized people through a cultural phenomenon deeply rooted in the territory. A simple formula, but with much substance: what seems to be a tradition can also be a scientific question.

The contents cover physics, chemistry, architecture, anthropology, sociology, history, mathematics, psychology, nursing, nutrition, geography, and Catalan philology. The variety is not decorative. Each discipline puts the focus on a different part of casteller activity.

• Physics: the potential energy accumulated in a 3 of 10.
• Architecture: the function of some structural elements, comparable to the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals.
• Mathematics: the use of algorithms to study the difficulty of the constructions.
• Chemistry and materials: the characteristics of the expanded polystyrene of the helmets.

How is the Information on the Panels Expanded?

Each illustration functions as a gateway to broader content. Through a QR code, the visitor can access a divulgative article that develops the issue raised on the poster.

This system allows the visit to have two rhythms. Those who only want a quick idea can stay with the image and main text; those who want to know how the energy of a 3 of 10 is calculated or how the difficulty of a castell is analyzed can continue reading on their mobile phone.

Science does not always come with a white lab coat. In this case, it comes with a waist sash, a helmet, and an entire team working at the same time. The result is an exhibition designed to make visible the mechanisms behind a construction that, viewed from the outside, may seem only a matter of balance and courage.

From the Children’s Helmet to the Heat of the Diades

What Human Issues Does the Exhibition Raise?

For the castellers and families who participate in the diades, this part is especially close: the posters do not talk only about the structure of the castell, but also about the people who make it possible. The exhibition addresses the social cohesion of the teams, psychological preparation, injury prevention, and emotional well-being.

It also features aspects related to nursing and nutrition. The scientific perspective thus serves to examine what happens before, during, and after a performance: how the body is prepared, how pressure is managed, and which conditions help reduce risks.

Another poster focuses on the helmet worn by the children and the expanded polystyrene it is made of. The initial question is very specific—why this material?—but it opens an explanation about protection and prevention within casteller activity.

The social dimension also occupies its own place. The teams are presented as spaces of cohesion, a reading that directly connects with the way the casteller phenomenon is organized and lived in the territory. It is not only about those who climb: it is the network of people who rehearse, accompany, prepare, and support the construction.

How Can Extreme Heat Affect Casteller Diades?

Rising temperatures may force rethinking the schedules, duration, and conditions of casteller diades. This is one of the most recent contents of the initiative and is based on data collected in casteller squares and on the perception of members from different teams.

The issue is of particular interest in a territory where outdoor performances are part of the cultural calendar. The exhibition does not present a single answer but a practical question: what will need to change if episodes of extreme heat become more common?

Schedules can be a protective factor. So can the duration of performances and the conditions in which they take place. The project puts these variables on the table and relates them to the participants’ health, without separating tradition from the physical conditions that make it possible.

The proposal finds here one of its most current points: to look at castells as a living activity, capable of adapting to the changes affecting the squares and teams. For the local reader, the question is not abstract. It has to do with when diades are held, how long they last, and how participants are protected.

Five Years Turning Castells into Scientific Dissemination

When Did the "Castells de Ciència" Project Start?

For Tarragona, the project is of interest because it connects two very nearby realities: research at Rovira i Virgili University and the casteller phenomenon. “Castells de ciència” was born in 2021 with the intention of bringing scientific concepts closer to a non-specialized audience using castells as a guiding thread.

Since the beginning, the initiative has incorporated new disciplines and formats. The posters are only part of a path that includes divulgative articles prepared by URV researchers, animated videos, talks, and various street activities.

This path explains why the current exhibition is not an isolated collection of panels. It is the visible result of a project that has gradually added questions and ways to explain them. First comes the image; then, the content that allows understanding it more calmly.

The initiative has also led to the first documentary about castells and science, premiered this spring. The project, therefore, is no longer limited to a single room or a single medium: it combines illustration, written dissemination, audiovisuals, and in-person activity.

Which Institutions Participate?

The Science Communication and Dissemination Unit of URV, ComCiència, promotes "Castells de ciència." The project counts on the collaboration of the URV Chair for the Study of the Casteller Phenomenon and the support of Repsol, which has accompanied it from the beginning.

This combination of agents allows connecting university knowledge with a cultural expression recognized in the territory. The editorial key of the project is clear: to explain science based on examples the public can identify with, instead of presenting it as a subject apart from daily life.

The exhibition can be visited until October 13 at the Central Market of Tarragona. The most interesting thing is that it does not ask the visitor to choose between popular culture and science: it shows that when you look closely at a castell, both are already there.

"Castells de ciència" puts 14 posters, many disciplines, and five years of project at the service of the same idea: castells can also be understood through physics, mathematics, health, and sociology. The visit to the Central Market of Tarragona offers a direct way to see what is behind a 3 of 10, a helmet or a diada subjected to heat. And it leaves a very alive question: how many other scientific stories are still hidden in the casteller squares?

Article source: Rovira i Virgili University

The stolen computer equipment is valued at 700,000 euros. The case affects companies in Catalonia, Aragon, and the Valencian Community, but the information released does not specify the municipalities of the burglaries, the identity of the detainees, or the exact location of the arrests.

More than 70 burglaries at companies

What are the confirmed facts of the operation?

The information published by the Mossos allows us to identify four main facts: there are four detainees, the group is linked to more than 70 burglaries, the victims are companies, and the stolen material is computer equipment. The reported value of this material reaches 700,000 euros.

These figures describe the scope of the investigation but do not specify how many burglaries correspond to each territory. The message mentions Catalonia, Aragon, and the Valencian Community as the affected areas, without distributing the cases or indicating if all incidents were committed using the same method.

The word “linked” also limits what can be stated. The Mossos do not indicate that the four individuals have been convicted nor do they provide, in the consulted message, a detailed description of the specific involvement of each. The communication reports a dismantling and arrests within a police investigation.

Why is the computer equipment the central economic data?

The computer equipment is the only type of object mentioned by the Mossos. The information does not list computers, servers, phones, or other devices, so it is not possible to specify what might have been stolen from each company or how the total value was calculated.

The 700,000 euros correspond to the total value of the equipment reported as stolen. It is also not stated whether this amount is an estimate, the purchase value of the equipment, or another valuation used during the investigation. The figure, however, allows understanding that this is not about a single isolated burglary, but a case with an accumulated economic dimension.

For the affected businesses, the available information does not specify which business sectors suffered the burglaries or if there was damage beyond the theft of equipment. It is unknown, for example, if the assaults caused damage to access points or interruptions to activity. Adding that would go beyond what the investigators have stated.

• More than 70: burglaries linked to the group.
• Four: people arrested.
• 700,000 euros: value of stolen computer equipment.
• Three territories: Catalonia, Aragon, and the Valencian Community.

A joint investigation between Mossos and Civil Guard

How has the investigation been made public?

The Mossos d’Esquadra released the information through their official account on X on September 12. The message identifies the DIC of the Mossos and the Civil Guard as the forces that carried out the investigation jointly.

This detail explains that the operation exceeds a single territorial police area. However, the message does not describe which part of the investigation each body assumed, nor how the more than 70 burglaries are connected to the four arrests.

The source also does not provide a timeline of events. It does not specify when the investigation started, how long the burglaries took place, or when the arrests were made. Therefore, the police communication can only be positioned at the date of publication: September 12.

What is still unknown about the detainees and the burglaries?

The communication from the Mossos does not provide the names or ages of the arrested individuals. It also does not specify whether they are men or women, if they have previous records, or if they have been brought before the court. These data are not part of the information released and cannot be completed with conjecture.

It is also pending to know the specific locations where the burglaries reportedly took place. The message cites three territories but does not indicate any street, industrial park, municipality, or company. This prevents linking the operation to a specific point in the Tarragona province or a particular locality in Catalonia.

The published information also does not say if the computer equipment has been recovered. It only states that the detainees had stolen equipment valued at 700,000 euros. There is no data on searches, vehicles, tools, company entries, or other investigation elements.

The case, as explained by the Mossos, is defined by the territorial scope and the number of burglaries linked. The rest — the method, the municipalities, the distribution of responsibilities, and the judicial status — does not appear in the official message. In a police report, this boundary is not paperwork: it is the difference between informing and inventing.

The confirmed information is, therefore, specific: the Mossos’ DIC and the Civil Guard have worked together to dismantle a group linked to more than 70 burglaries at companies; there are four people arrested; and the stolen computer equipment is valued at 700,000 euros. Catalonia, Aragon, and the Valencian Community are the territories mentioned.

Any updates about the affected municipalities, recovered material, or the detainees’ situation must come from a later communication or a judicial source. Until then, what can be reported is this: a joint investigation has connected dozens of business burglaries and put a very specific figure on the table. The rest is not yet here.

Source of the article: Mossos d'Esquadra

The situation began at 1:22 p.m. In an initial check, the Firefighters also found no one affected in the stairwell and continue to oversee the safety of the residents. The message published by the Generalitat Firefighters thus describes an ongoing operation in a building with many apartments.

What happened in the building on Pere Martell Street?

Where was the fire declared?

The fire broke out in an 11-story building located on Pere Martell Street, in Tarragona. The flames affect a room in an apartment, according to information released by the Generalitat Firefighters via X.

The reference to the number of floors situates the event in a multi-story residential building, but the official communication does not specify on which floor the affected apartment is located. Nor does it provide information about the condition of the other rooms on the floor.

The confirmed detail is concrete: one room is burning. That is all the statement specifies about the affected space. It does not specify how the fire started, what surface area was affected, nor whether smoke has spread to other parts of the building.

This lack of details does not allow for attributing any cause or anticipating how the intervention will end. The available information focuses on the fire’s location, the status of people, and the Firefighters’ monitoring work. Any explanation regarding the origin of the flames is outside what has been communicated.

Was anyone inside the apartment?

No one was inside the affected apartment when the Firefighters intervened. This is one of the main points of the message because it confirms that the apartment where the room is burning was empty at the time of the operation.

The Firefighters also indicated that they found no one affected in the stairwell. This inspection expands the information beyond the apartment with the flames and includes a common area of the building.

The stairwell is a passage point inside the building and part of the space the teams have checked. The message does not report any injured, trapped, or affected people in this location. The exact wording is that they found no one affected.

For this reason, the known data so far points to two absences: no one was in the affected apartment and no one affected was found in the stairwell. A slight difference in wording, but decisive when describing an emergency. The rest of the situation remains under supervision.

How do the Firefighters act while checking the building?

How many personnel are working there?

Seven fire crews are working. The deployment corresponds to the operational response communicated by the Firefighters themselves in relation to the fire on Pere Martell Street.

The message does not identify the vehicles involved in the operation nor detail how many firefighters are participating. It also does not specify if all crews are at the same point or what tasks each assumes.

This precision is relevant because a crew does not necessarily equal a single person or a single vehicle. Based on the available data, it can only be stated that seven crews are mobilized and working in an 11-story building in Tarragona.

The information does not set an end time for the operation. The only time communicated is the alert or start time indicated by the Firefighters: 1:22 p.m. From that moment, the teams are intervening in the fire and continue to inspect the building.

What is the residents’ situation?

The Firefighters continue to monitor the safety of the block’s residents. The official message does not announce any evacuation, transfer, or access restrictions, so it cannot be affirmed that any of these situations have occurred.

What is clear is that the teams are verifying safety conditions while the fire is still an ongoing operation. This task affects the entire residential complex, not just the room where the fire burns.

In an 11-story building, the information about the stairwell carries particular weight: it is the space connecting the different floors. The Firefighters have checked it and found no one affected. However, the statement does not describe whether there was smoke, if the stairwell was empty, or if the residents had left their homes.

For this reason, the situation of the neighbors must be described precisely. The residents are under safety supervision, but the message does not reveal how many there are, where they are located, or if they have received any specific instructions. The limit of information is clear: there is monitoring, but no data on additional measures.

The Firefighters’ statement allows ordering the facts in a brief sequence. First, a fire is located in an apartment on Pere Martell Street, inside an 11-story building. Then, it is confirmed that a room is burning and that the apartment is empty.

Meanwhile, teams check the stairwell and find no one affected. Finally, the seven crews continue supervising the residents’ safety. This sequence does not include any cause, damage assessment, or forecast about the intervention’s end, because these elements are not included in the published information.

The communication also allows differentiation between what is known and what has not yet been explained. The municipality, the street, building type, affected space, absence of people inside the apartment, the stairwell inspection, and number of crews are known. The fire’s origin, the exact extent of damage, and the operation’s duration are not.

This distinction prevents turning an intervention into a narrative with unconfirmed details. In a residential fire, every detail has a place: the location situates the events; presence of people indicates immediate risk; the stairwell inspection provides information on common areas; and the number of crews describes the response activated.

The reality communicated so far is therefore contained but significant: a fire burns a room of an empty apartment in Tarragona, seven crews are working, and the Firefighters check that there are no affected persons in the stairwell while protecting residents’ safety.

The fire on Pere Martell Street affects a room of an apartment with no people inside, in an 11-story building in Tarragona. The Firefighters have mobilized seven crews, found no affected persons in the stairwell, and continue supervising the residents. Until more official information is available, these are the confirmed facts and the exact point of the operation.

The message arrives at a particularly sensitive moment for people traveling by motorcycle. The statement does not specify where or how the accidents occurred, but it does focus on the vulnerability of this group and announces that the planned specific motorcycle controls will continue.

Traffic focuses on motorcyclists

Why do motorcycles require special attention?

People riding motorcycles are part of one of the most vulnerable groups on the road network. This is the central idea of the message published by Traffic: when there is an accident, the physical protection available is much lower than in other vehicles.

This means that every decision at the wheel or handlebar carries special weight. Respecting limits, maintaining cautious driving, and being attentive to other users are not decorative gestures; they are basic measures to reduce risk situations.

The official message does not attribute the three accidents to a specific cause. It also does not offer details about the victims, the affected roads, or the circumstances of each case. Therefore, no specific explanation about the cause of the accidents can be drawn from the statement.

What is established, however, is the data: three fatal victims during this long weekend of the Diada, two of whom were motorcyclists. The proportion explains why the call focuses especially on motorcycles.

What does the Catalan Traffic Service request?

Traffic asks that anyone riding a motorcycle, or any other vehicle, respect the rules and other users. The request is general and is not limited to a particular road, specific group, or time frame.

The message can be summarized in three simple guidelines:

• Respect traffic regulations.
• Act with caution, especially when sharing the road with motorcycles.
• Keep in mind that safety is a collective responsibility.

This last point is particularly relevant. Prevention does not rest solely on those who ride motorcycles: it also involves people driving cars, vans, or any other vehicle. An unexpected maneuver, a distraction, or a lack of respect for distances can affect a motorcyclist much more severely.

The road is shared. This is the practical reading of Traffic’s call. It is not about opposing motorcyclists and drivers but about remembering that the conduct of one user can directly influence the safety of another.

Specific controls and caution on the road

What is known about the motorcycle controls?

The Catalan Traffic Service maintains the specific motorcycle controls that were already planned. The published message does not specify the number of operations, the roads where they will take place, or their duration.

This lack of detail prevents attributing a specific figure to the controls or presenting them as a new action. The available information only confirms that the specific measures aimed at motorcycle circulation are being maintained.

For the driver, the practical consequence is clear: caution should not only appear when there is visible control. Safe driving depends on behavior throughout the entire journey, both in sections with surveillance and in those where none is announced.

The controls also have a preventive function. They make clear that motorcycle circulation is an area that requires attention and reinforce the reminder that rules are not optional. However, the statement does not specify which violations will be reviewed or which specific measures will be applied.

How can each road user act?

Traffic’s call allows turning a general message into everyday actions. Before starting a journey, the driver should prepare to share the space with vehicles of different sizes, speeds, and levels of protection.

In the case of motorcyclists, this means maintaining cautious driving and respecting the rules. For other drivers, it means looking carefully, avoiding sudden maneuvers, and remembering that a motorcycle can be more exposed to an error.

None of these recommendations alone explains the accidents of the long weekend, because Traffic has not provided their causes. However, they help to understand the purpose of the campaign: to reduce risky behaviors before an irreversible situation occurs.

A good rule is not to assume that the other user has seen us. It is necessary to check before changing direction, merging, or overtaking. It is also advisable to avoid rushing, because gaining a few moments is not worth putting a person at risk.

Traffic’s message is not complicated, but it is demanding: respect, caution, and shared responsibility. Three words that may sound familiar, although they only make sense when they turn into concrete decisions while driving.

The data of three fatal victims, with two motorcyclists, gives a concrete dimension to the warning from the Catalan Traffic Service. Caution, respect for the rules, and attention to other users are the tools highlighted in the statement. The road admits no distractions: every trip demands responsibility from everyone.

The City Council of Valls has announced the opening of the call through its official account on X. Interested entities can consult and submit the application via the municipal electronic headquarters, as stated in the communication published on September 12, 2026.

What does the Valls Call announce?

Who can submit the application?

The call is addressed to social associations and entities of Valls. The municipal message does not specify in the published information either the available amount, the evaluation criteria, or the documentation to be attached.

This means that each entity must review the complete conditions on the electronic headquarters before starting the procedure. A quick reading of the message may help detect the call, but it does not replace consulting the terms (the fine print, that great hobby of any administration).

• Recipients: social associations and entities of Valls.
• Deadline: until September 25, 2026.
• Channel: online submission.

Where is the procedure done?

Applications must be submitted electronically through the electronic headquarters of the City Council of Valls. The official communication includes a link to the municipal space where the call can be consulted and the procedure started.

The information published by the City Council of Valls can be consulted in this official notice on X. The same message reminds that the deadline is limited and that in-person submission is not accepted as the indicated channel for this call.

What should entities check before sending it?

What is the exact deadline?

The submission deadline ends on September 25, 2026. The municipal information does not specify the exact closing time of the registry, so entities should consult the terms and avoid waiting until the last day.

In electronic procedures, having the documentation ready does not always mean that the application has already been submitted. It is necessary to complete the sending and keep the corresponding receipt, if the headquarters generates one.

Which steps should be followed?

Before sending the request, entities can check four basic points:

1. Access the call from the electronic headquarters of Valls.
2. Review the complete conditions and required documentation.
3. Prepare the files and necessary data for the procedure.
4. Submit the application online before September 25, 2026.

The available publication does not offer more details about the amount of grants, the activities eligible for funding, or the resolution calendar. Therefore, any entity wishing to apply will have to refer to the full information on the municipal headquarters and follow the instructions that appear there.

For the social associations of Valls, the decisive fact is twofold: the call is already open and the procedure can only be done online. The calendar leaves little margin, so reviewing the terms and submitting the documentation in time is the safest way to avoid last-minute administrative problems.

Source of the article: City Council of Valls

The presentation took place at the Vila-seca Cellar, with the Culture councilor, Manuela Moya, before the media. The figure that best explains the expectation is another: the previous programming exceeded 9,000 attendees, with an average of more than 200 spectators per event at the Josep Carreras Auditorium and the Cellar.

Vila-seca concentrates a cultural Autumn with More than 70 proposals

For the residents, this means a season with activity spread across various spaces and formats, not a single isolated event. The Vila-seca Cellar, the Josep Carreras Auditorium, and the Vila-seca Castle once again serve as the three main points of an agenda that will extend until February.

The proposal arrives for the seventh time jointly. Plainly put: anyone looking for a cultural event in Vila-seca will have options of music, performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture within the same calendar.

Which facilities concentrate the Programming?

The Vila-seca Cellar, the Josep Carreras Auditorium, and the Vila-seca Castle are the three reference facilities of Vila-seca Culture. The programming is distributed among them with proposals aimed at all audiences.

The season includes cinema, theater, exhibitions, dance, popular culture, and lots of music. This variety prevents the agenda from being limited to a single type of audience (and that, in municipal programming, is already a clear statement of intent).

What figure best explains the public’s response?

The municipal cultural programming has exceeded 9,000 attendees and has recorded an average of more than 200 spectators per event at the facilities of the Josep Carreras Auditorium and the Cellar, according to the data presented during the presentation.

Manuela Moya has defined culture as “an essential infrastructure for our society and one of the pillars that structure the collective life of the municipality.” The phrase may sound institutional, but the figures ground it in reality: there is an audience and continuity.

Music gains weight and Tap de Suro returns to the Cellar

This part is especially interesting for those who choose the agenda by names and concerts: Vila-seca Culture concentrates 35 performances and maintains events that already have their own place in the local calendar. The musical programming does not appear as an addition but as one of its most visible axes.

Pep Solórzano has highlighted a season that gathers this total of concerts and emphasized the importance of being part of a broad and inclusive cultural project under the umbrella of Vila-seca Culture. The formula is clear: more grouped proposals, more chances to find a nearby appointment.

What does the season offer Beyond the concerts?

The lineup combines music with cinema, theater, exhibitions, dance, and popular culture. The intention is not to force the public to choose a single discipline but to maintain an agenda with different formats throughout the autumn and winter.

• Cinema and theater for diverse audiences.
• Exhibitions and dance proposals.
• Popular culture and musical activities.
• Events with a charitable component.

The result is programming that can fit both a family outing and a concert night or an activity linked to tradition. There is no need for impossible balancing acts: the calendar already puts the options side by side.

Why is Tap de Suro a different event?

Tap de Suro fuses art with a theme and adds a tasting of unique wines. The activity will return to the Cellar’s programming, thus recovering one of its most identifiable events.

The combination has a simple logic: it is not just about going to see an event but associating it with a concrete experience. Art, theme, and wine in a single proposal. A little less checking off the list and a little more remembering why you went.

The season also includes the 50th National Meeting of Catalonia’s Stick Dance. Vila-seca will host this event linked to Catalan popular culture, a date that adds heritage weight to an agenda where music has a very marked presence.

An agenda connected to the territory and with a charitable purpose

For Vila-seca spectators and nearby municipalities, territorial connection broadens options without taking away prominence from local facilities. The season incorporates shared projects with other municipalities and cultural entities, so the programming is not confined to a single municipal term.

The new season strengthens initiatives such as the Tarragona International Theater Festival, the Apropa Cultura program, the What do they say they do? South Catalonia Stages cycle, and the Autumn in Dance circuit. It also includes concerts by the Joan Manent Association and those of the Franz Schubert Philharmonia.

With which cultural projects does Vila-seca collaborate?

The programming counts on the Tarragona International Theater Festival, Apropa Cultura, What do they say they do? South Catalonia Stages, Autumn in Dance, the Joan Manent Association, and the Franz Schubert Philharmonia.

This network of collaborations has a practical consequence: it allows incorporating proposals and artists within a municipal calendar that aims to have a broader reach. Culture does not stop at the poster’s limit nor at the municipality’s limit.

The season began with “Lulú, first night,” a show presented within the Tarragona International Theater Festival. The proposal serves as the starting point of a program that will continue until February with very different formats.

Which activities have a charitable purpose?

The season includes the Gala Against Leukemia, this year starring Rodrigo Cuevas, and initiatives promoted with the PortAventura Foundation featuring Manu Guix.

There will also be the traditional concert organized by the AMPA of the Vila-seca Music Conservatory benefiting La Marató de TV3. These are cultural activities with a charitable collection or purpose associated, not just calendar events.

• Gala Against Leukemia with Rodrigo Cuevas.
• Initiatives with the PortAventura Foundation and Manu Guix.
• Concert by the AMPA of the Vila-seca Music Conservatory benefiting La Marató de TV3.
• 50th National Meeting of Catalonia’s Stick Dance.

The Vila-seca Culture programming receives support from the Tarragona Provincial Council and the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia. Tickets can be purchased on the Vila-seca Culture page, where the document with the entire programming can also be consulted.

Week after week, what remains on the table is an agenda with more than 70 proposals, 35 concerts, and three facilities as meeting points. Vila-seca adds shows, tradition, territorial collaborations, and charitable events; an autumn-winter season that aims to make culture a regular activity, not an exception in the calendar.

Article source: Vila-seca City Council

The morning had begun with a pillar of 4 in front of the Rafael de Casanova monument and an offering. Afterwards, the Colla Jove de Tarragona focused on Santa Tecla, while the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls and the Castellers de Vilafranca made their places in the order of the Competition public. All, with castells as the common thread.

La Jove signs a full Diada at Pla de la Seu

Five completed structures

The Colla Jove de Tarragona reported at 12/09/2026 10:12 UTC the result of their performance on Catalonia’s National Day. The record is precise: 4d9f, 3d9f, 4d8a, pd7f and vano de 5, all completed at Pla de la Seu.

The sequence combines three castells, one pillar and a final structure in the form of a vano. The 4d9f leads a performance that also includes the 3d9f and the 4d8a, while the pd7f completes the pillar part. The vano de 5 closes the list of the Tarragona team.

• 4d9f
• 3d9f
• 4d8a
• pd7f
• vano de 5

From Rafael de Casanova towards Santa Tecla

Before the performance, the Colla Jove de Tarragona had made an offering and a pillar of 4 in front of the Rafael de Casanova monument. The post, made at 12/09/2026 10:00 UTC, already pointed to the next stop: Santa Tecla.

The institutional gesture and the brief castell served as a prelude to the Pla de la Seu Diada. The group shared it with the hashtags #FemElPas and #castells, and credited the photo to albaestrem. A short scene, but with the usual symbolism of the casteller days: first the remembrance, then the square.

The draw places the teams before the Competition

The Joves de Valls will open group A

The Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls explained at 12/09/2026 10:07 UTC that they had attended the draw of the order of performance for Sunday’s session of the XXXth @concurscastells. This session will be held next October 4.

The result puts the Vall team in the first position among the teams of group A. The same entity describes itself as one of the seeds and accompanies it with the message Som-hi Joves!, along with #VenimPerQuedarNos and #castells.

The Greens will close the session

The Castellers de Vilafranca announced at 12/09/2026 12:52 UTC that they already had their place assigned at the Tarraco Arena for the Castells Competition on October 4. Their position will be the last of the entire session.

The team’s message asked that no one miss it and included the hashtags #castellers and #castells. The designation fits with the information published by the Castells Competition: the @CdBCN will be in charge of opening the plaza in Sunday’s session at the TAP if they attempt a castell equal to or higher than the 4de9f. The @Verds will close the round.

A session that connects plaza and calendar

The results already look towards the next appointment

The report of this diada has two speeds. On one hand, the Colla Jove de Tarragona completed at Pla de la Seu a performance with 4d9f, 3d9f, 4d8a, pd7f and vano de 5. On the other hand, the Competition draw fixed positions that already allow imagining the rhythm of Sunday’s session.

The connection requires no addition. The sources speak of Santa Tecla, the XXXth @concurscastells and October 4; they also specify who opens and who closes in the communicated scenarios. The plaza already has an order before the big day arrives.

Data published by the teams

The four posts come in a very concentrated time slot in the morning. The first corresponds to the Colla Jove de Tarragona, at 12/09/2026 10:00 UTC; the second, to the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls, at 12/09/2026 10:07 UTC; the third again from the Colla Jove de Tarragona, at 12/09/2026 10:12 UTC; and the fourth is from the Castellers de Vilafranca, at 12/09/2026 12:52 UTC.

The references of the posts are https://x.com/JoveDeTarragona/status/2098713238103830555, https://x.com/JovesValls/status/2098715064115028086, https://x.com/JoveDeTarragona/status/2098716247852490795, https://x.com/Verds/status/2098756596767560168 and https://x.com/concurscastells/status/2098469744667963729. The photo credit albaestrem also appears.

The diada leaves a clear image: La Jove has completed a performance of five completed structures, while the Castells Competition already has decisive pieces on the table, with the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls leading group A and the Castellers de Vilafranca closing the session. Between the pillar of 4, the 4d9f and the 4de9f, the casteller calendar begins to take shape.

The afternoon began with a very symbolic scene: the children of the Nens del Vendrell took part in the event held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the musician from El Vendrell. The gesture aims to recall Pau Casals’ role in the origin of the competition, which is now in its 30th edition. And yes, the draw already hints that each turn could carry a lot of weight.

A draw at El Vendrell that orders the three days

From the Pau Casals Auditorium to the Competition squares

The Tarragona City Council announced the order through a publication identified with the term CASTELLS. The message explained that the 30th Tarragona Castells Competition already knew the order of performance. The publication from the Tarragona City Council, from the @TGNAjuntament account, had 7 likes and 3 shares.

The information published by regio7.cat is signed by Jan Magarolas and places the news in Tarragona 11 SEP 2026 20:29, with the note Updated 11 SEP 2026 20:40. The first communication is dated as 2026-09-11T19:41:09.000Z.

The draw decided the position in the square and the turn of each team participating in the three days. The program will be divided between Sunday, September 27, Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4.

Torredembarra and Tarragona, venues of the performances

The September 27 session will take place at the Castell de Torredembarra square. The sessions on October 3 and 4 will be held at the Tarraco Arena Plaça in Tarragona.

Thus the calendar is configured: September 27; October 3 and 4. These are the dates of September 27 and October 3 and 4, the three days of the 2026 Tarragona Castells Competition. The draw also fixed the five maximum rounds allowed by the Competition.

The final day concentrates the top contenders

Vilafranca closes the Sunday turn

Sunday, October 4 will gather twelve teams. The order will start with Castellers de Barcelona and Castellers de Sants, and continue with Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls, Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia, and Xiquets de Tarragona.

• Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls
• Colla Castellera de Sant Pere i Sant Pau
• Moixiganguers d’Igualada
• Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona
• Xiquets de Reus
• Capgrossos de Mataró
• Castellers de Vilafranca

Castellers de Vilafranca will be the last team to perform. Among the four headline teams of the final day, the order will be Joves de Valls, Vella de Valls, Jove de Tarragona, and Castellers de Vilafranca. These are the four title contenders according to the draw information.

The position in the square and the order of performance will be strategic factors for the teams aiming to win any of the three days. In this session, the teams attempting a tower equal to or higher than a 4 of 9 with folre will perform solo; those attempting a lower tower will do so in a joint round.

The rounds’ criteria on the main day

The 4 of 9 with folre rule separates individual from joint performances. This is not a minor detail: the order conditions the moment each team presents their towers and how they share rounds with other participants.

The final day, therefore, combines twelve turns and a last performance under special watch. The name of Castellers de Vilafranca is at the end of the list, while Joves de Valls, Vella de Valls, and Jove de Tarragona appear earlier in the order of the main contenders.

The other two days already have complete lists

Saturday, October 3: eighteen teams

On Saturday, October 3, eighteen teams will perform. The day will open with Colla Jove de Castellers de Sitges, followed by Castellers de Terrassa, Tirallongues de Manresa, Xics de Granollers, Colla Castellera Jove de Barcelona, and Castellers de Lleida.

• Bordegassos de Vilanova
• Xicots de Vilafranca
• Marrecs de Salt
• Castellers d'Esplugues
• Castellers de la Sagrada Família
• Nois de la Torre
• Sagals d'Osona
• Xiquets del Serrallo
• Castellers de Sant Cugat
• Nens del Vendrell
• Castellers de Castelldefels
• Castellers de Sabadell

On this day, teams attempting a tower equal to or higher than a 3 of 8 will perform solo. Those attempting a lower tower will do so in a joint round. The threshold is different from that of the final day, giving each session its own competitive logic.

Sunday, September 27: twelve teams

The first day, Sunday, September 27, will have twelve teams. The order will start with Castellers de Badalona, Castellers de Mollet, Castellers de Berga, and Esperxats de l'Estany.

• Colla Castellera de l'Esquerra de l'Eixample
• Castellers de Cerdanyola
• Castellers de Sarrià
• Castellers d'Esparreguera
• Colla Castellera de Figueres
• Castellers del Poble Sec
• Castellers de Caldes de Montbui
• Xiquets de Cambrils

Teams attempting a tower equal to or higher than a 5 of 7 will perform solo. Those attempting a lower tower will participate in a joint round. Thus, the draw sets three different criteria: 5 of 7 on September 27, 3 of 8 on October 3, and 4 of 9 with folre on October 4.

The published list includes the 42 teams that will participate in the 30th Tarragona Castells Competition 2026. Between dates, venues, turns, and round criteria, the program is already mapped out: Castell de Torredembarra square will open the calendar, and Tarraco Arena Plaça in Tarragona will host the next two days.

The draw held at the Pau Casals Auditorium has turned a general expectation into a concrete order. The 42 teams now know when they will perform, the four title contenders have a defined sequence, and Castellers de Vilafranca will close the final day. The dates, the location, and the turn will be part of the strategy, but the real response will come when the towers are set up in the square.

Everything was explained from the square, round by round. First came the 2 of 8 with folre; then, the 3 of 8 and the 4 of 8. The round of pillars completed the performance before the vane of 5.

A performance built round by round

The first castle opens the event

The first message of the day carries the time 09/12/2026 16:32 UTC and corresponds to the publication by the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls. The tweet text presents it like this: "We’re already in Altafulla!", a direct entry that places the group in the square.

The first round ended with the castle announced by the formation: 2 of 8 with folre. The source describes it literally with the headline “We’re already in Altafulla! In the first round, we unloaded the 2 of 8 with folre. 📸 Roser Giner #castells” and with the text “We’re already in Altafulla! In the first round, we unloaded the 2 of 8 with folre.📸 Roser Giner #castells.”

The publication was spread from the account @JovesValls, with the timestamp Sep 12, 2026. It also features Roser Giner and the tag #castells. The location is repeated in the same report: Altafulla.

Continuity arrives at the second round

At 09/12/2026 17:52 UTC, the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls published a new update from https://x.com/JovesValls/status/2098832071611314344. The message reports the result of the second round at Altafulla.

The castle unloaded at this moment was the 3 of 8. The source phrases it as “In the second round, at Altafulla, we unloaded the 3 of 8. 📸 Roser Giner #castells”, while the published text shows “In the second round, at Altafulla, we unloaded the 3 of 8.📸 Roser Giner #castells.”

The change of castle does not break the thread of the event; it moves it forward. First, a 2 of 8 with folre. Then, a 3 of 8. The digital chronicle maintains the same scheme: round, castle, and confirmation of the unload.

The third castle and the round of pillars

The 4 of 8 closes the castle rounds

Twenty minutes after the previous communication, at 09/12/2026 18:12 UTC, the third update of the day arrived. The link to the source is https://x.com/JovesValls/status/2098837275064893470.

The Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls explains that in the third round, at Altafulla, it unloaded the 4 of 8. The headline reads “In the third round, at Altafulla, we unloaded the 4 of 8. 📸 Roser Giner #castells” and the message version is “In the third round, at Altafulla, we unloaded the 4 of 8.📸 Roser Giner #castells.”

Again, the photo is credited to Roser Giner and includes #castells. The phrasing is brief, almost telegraphic, but clearly states the sequence: the 4 of 8 was the castle of the third round at Altafulla.

The pillar adds another moment to the square

At 09/12/2026 18:14 UTC, only two minutes after the 4 of 8 communication, the group reported the round of pillars. The publication can be consulted at https://x.com/JovesValls/status/2098837620130250949.

The announced result was the pillar of 6. The source captures it with the headline “In the round of pillars, at Altafulla, we unloaded the pillar of 6. 📸 Montse Ruiz #castells” and with the text “In the round of pillars, at Altafulla, we unloaded the pillar of 6.📸 Montse Ruiz #castells.”

Here the name of the photo credit also changes: Montse Ruiz appears. The rest of the information remains anchored at the same point, Altafulla, and at the same account, @JovesValls. A short note, but with clear value within the chronicle: the pillar of 6 was part of the event.

The farewell of a shared event

The vane of 5 puts the final point

The last update carries the time 09/12/2026 18:20 UTC and the link https://x.com/JovesValls/status/2098839082394894722. The group announces the end of the day at Altafulla.

The message says “We close the event at Altafulla with a vane of 5. Many thanks hosts @CdAltafulla for the welcome! A pleasure to share the square @xiquets. See you soon 🫂 📸 Roser Giner #castells #VenimPerQuedarNos.” The published version is “We close the event at Altafulla with a vane of 5.Many thanks hosts @CdAltafulla for the welcome! A pleasure to share the square @xiquets. See you soon 🫂📸 Roser Giner #castells #VenimPerQuedarNos.”

The vane of 5 completes the casteller narrative. And the farewell incorporates two mentions: @CdAltafulla, thanking the hosts, and @xiquets, with whom the Colla Joves says it shared the square. The symbol 🫂 accompanies the message, just like the tags #castells and #VenimPerQuedarNos.

A chronicle made with brief messages

The day is explained in five communications from the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls. There is no long narrative or added evaluation: there are concrete results, specific times, and an easy-to-follow succession.

The journey goes from the first round to the second, from the third round to the round of pillars, and finally to the vane of 5. That clear. Each update adds a piece and all keep Altafulla as the shared setting.

The reality is that this event can be read as a continuous line: 2 of 8 with folre, 3 of 8, 4 of 8, pillar of 6, and vane of 5. The value of the chronicle is precisely this order, because it allows us to see how the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls communicated the performance as the afternoon progressed.

When a group explains an event round by round, the reader doesn’t receive only a list of castles: they receive the rhythm of the square, the waiting between messages, and the final gesture of thanks to the hosts. At Altafulla, the published sequence was closed with the vane of 5 and a farewell that leaves the door open to meet again soon.

The difference in numbers is not a minor detail: it explains two ways of viewing a mobilization that no longer has the crowds of previous years, but that still maintains militancy, speeches, and the capacity to convene. In Amposta, the message has been clear: language, public education, and independence, with resilience as the word of the day.

Two columns and the same route to the Hanging Bridge

For the residents of Amposta and the Terres de l’Ebre, the mobilization had a very concrete dimension: it occupied well-known streets and turned the city center into the setting of a political claim. It was not a static gathering, but a march with two routes that ended up converging.

What was the route of the demonstration?

The Present Column started at 4:30 p.m. on Sebastià Juan Arbó Street. From there it advanced towards Ràpita Avenue, passed through Sant Josep Street, and reached the N-340.

At this point, it met the Future Column. The two groups continued together to the Hanging Bridge of Amposta, where the final stage was set. The participants came from the Lleida and Tarragona counties, as well as from the Terres de l’Ebre.

• Start: Sebastià Juan Arbó Street.
• Pass through downtown: Ràpita Avenue and Sant Josep Street.
• Convergence: N-340.
• End: Hanging Bridge of Amposta.

How many people participated?

The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) estimated attendance at 6,000 people, while the police forces put it at 1,600. The gap between the two figures is large enough to make the count one of the central elements of the day.

The police figure amounts to just over a quarter of the ANC’s estimate. Beyond which number prevails in headlines and debates, the march had enough presence to travel through several streets of Amposta and fill the route to the river with pro-independence chants.

Resilience as a response to a smaller mobilization

The question that interests readers in the region is what remains when the demonstration no longer has the size of other years. In Amposta, the participants’ response has been to keep taking to the streets and claim that the movement has not disappeared, although it recognizes that the convocations are less massive.

What have the demonstrators defended?

Independence has been the main thread, but the arguments have expanded towards defending the Catalan language, public education, and the fight against fascism. The slogan of not renouncing the nation appeared in speeches and chants during the march.

Jordi Ferré, from Valls, explained that he participates for the same reasons as in 2016 and 2017: to fight for independence, to claim it, and to show that they are still there. He admitted that the mobilizations are not as massive but defended the need to resist.

“Things are not easy, we already knew that and we have to be resilient,” he said. Ferré added that it is necessary to remain mobilized and described the Diada as an “act of coexistence.”

Isabel Quadrat, a resident of Alcanar, expressed a similar hope. She said she participates because she hopes things will change and still believes in achieving a sovereign country. She also called on the pro-independence parties to listen to the citizens.

Why have people of different ages participated?

Among the attendees were young people from Cambrils and Morell, who explained that they demonstrate because many people do not see the importance of independence. Roger warned that part of the youth feels attracted to far-right discourses and Spanish nationalist referents.

His reading is especially significant because it places the political battle in a generation that, according to him, presents itself as apolitical, while the youth who do consider themselves political tend to be more polarized. The analysis is not a statistical fact, but the testimony of a participant who sees how the priorities of his peers are changing.

Roser Casanova, from Amposta, emphasized school. Since she teaches Catalan to newcomer mothers in educational centers, she participated to defend dignified and quality education for children.

“The least we can do is claim it,” she said. For Casanova, the Diada served to recharge the backpack before starting the school year and to defend that eventual independence would improve schools.

The ANC demands a pro-independence majority and rejects xenophobia

The final stretch of the demonstration brought the political dispute to the front of the Hanging Bridge. For the local reader, this is the point where the general message of the march became a concrete discussion about pro-independence parties, Catalan Alliance, and the role of the ANC.

What did Josep Franch request?

Josep Franch, member of the ANC and coordinator of the Present Column, defended the need to recover a majority of pro-independence parties in the Catalan Parliament. He also linked incidents such as the removal of an estelada from a young person during a football match with the reactivation of the movement.

Franch maintained that without independence there will be no improvements in education, language, health, or housing. In the case of Catalan, he denounced that, despite the perception that Terres de l’Ebre is an area with high use of the language, he observes that more and more people are leaving it aside.

The ANC leader defended that his organization does not accept xenophobia. At the same time, he stated that they will not set red lines for parties that define themselves as pro-independence, although he questioned whether Catalan Alliance truly talks about independence.

How did the Amposta event end?

When the two columns arrived at the stage, the demonstrators shouted “out fascists” after Catalan Alliance supporters displayed the party’s flags. The verbal tension was limited to the slogans raised during the event.

Then two human towers (pilars) of the Xiqüelos and Xiqüeles del Delta and the Castellers de Tortosa were raised. A manifesto was also read and speeches were made before ending the day with the Cant dels Segadors, the Virolai, and other Catalan anthems.

The Amposta demonstration thus leaves three facts that better explain the day: between 1,600 and 6,000 attendees depending on the source, two columns united at the N-340, and a movement that claims its continuity despite having lost volume. The political picture is less massive than at other times but still has streets, names, conflicts, and a concrete route to the Hanging Bridge.

Article source: Mar Rovira / Ariadna Escoda / Catalan News Agency

The fire has left the apartment uninhabitable and caused minor damage to two dwellings, as well as affecting the downspouts and shutters. The residents are fine and have been able to recover belongings with the accompaniment of the firefighters.

What happened at the building on Pere Martell Street?

How did the fire start?

For the neighbors of the building, the most relevant point is that the fire broke out in a dwelling where there was no one. The flames originated in the room of the apartment, located in an eleven-story block on Pere Martell Street in Tarragona.

The Firefighters received the alert at 1:22 p.m. The available information does not specify the origin of the fire, so it can only be stated that the flames started inside a room of the affected dwelling.

The intervention required taking measures to protect the rest of the residents. A total of 13 neighbors were confined, while 14 others self-evacuated the building.

The difference between the two situations describes how the residents responded in the presence of smoke or fire: some remained inside, and others left on their own. There is no record of injured persons among the affected neighbors.

Which areas suffered damage?

The apartment where the flames started has become uninhabitable. This is the most serious damage reported by the Firefighters and means that its residents cannot return to live there in the current state of the dwelling.

The fire also caused minor damage in two dwellings on the skylight side. In addition, common or exterior elements of the building were affected, specifically the downspouts and shutters.

The information provided does not indicate that the other apartments suffered damage of the same intensity. Therefore, the report clearly distinguishes between the dwelling that became uninhabitable and the minor damages detected in other parts of the block.

• Dwelling where the fire started: became uninhabitable.
• Two dwellings: suffered minor damage on the skylight side.
• Affected elements: downspouts and shutters.
• Confined neighbors: 13.
• Self-evacuated neighbors: 14.

How were the neighbors cared for?

Are the residents okay?

For the neighbors and families wanting to know what happened, the main message is clear: both the confined and the self-evacuated people are fine, according to the Firefighters.

This data places the emergency in the field of material damages and the protection of residents, with no injuries reported. The confinement of 13 people and the self-evacuation of 14 allowed the neighbors to be kept away from the affected apartment while emergency services acted.

The available information also does not indicate that there was anyone inside the dwelling when the fire started. This detail explains why the operation focused on controlling the flames and checking the damage to the building.

What did the Firefighters do after extinguishing the fire?

Once the situation was addressed, the Firefighters accompanied the residents of the affected apartment to collect their belongings. The accompaniment was done because the dwelling became uninhabitable and the neighbors cannot normally access it.

This step allows the recovery of personal items without letting the residents enter alone into a space that suffered the direct effects of the flames. For the reader, this data marks the difference between a temporary evacuation and the impossibility of returning to the affected apartment.

The known report is concentrated on four elements: the place where the fire started, the number of neighbors who had to be confined or leave, the damages to the dwellings, and the final state of the affected apartment.

The sequence communicated by the Firefighters is as follows:

1. The alert was received at 1:22 p.m.
2. The fire affected the room of an empty dwelling on Pere Martell Street.
3. 13 neighbors were confined and 14 self-evacuated.
4. Minor damages were detected in two dwellings, downspouts, and shutters.
5. The apartment where the flames began became uninhabitable.
6. The residents were accompanied to collect belongings.

The situation of the neighbors is, therefore, more favorable than that of the affected dwelling: the people are fine, but the apartment is out of use. An essential distinction to understand the real extent of the fire in Tarragona.

A fire that originated in a room has disrupted the normality of a block on Pere Martell Street, with 13 people confined, 14 self-evacuated, and an apartment that is no longer habitable. The minor damage in two apartments, the downspouts, and the shutters complete the reported balance, while the accompaniment from the Firefighters allowed the residents to safely recover their belongings. The main fact is that all affected neighbors are fine, but the burned apartment needs to remain out of use.

Source of the article: Editorial / Catalan News Agency

Imagine the marchers stopped by police charges as they tried to reach the Poblet monastery. That September 12, 1976, repression prevented the planned route from being completed, but it did not erase the meaning of the mobilization. Now, Montblanc recovers that scene and the role it played in the emergence of new peaceful citizen movements.

What did the March of Freedom represent?

For readers in the Conca de Barberà, the March is not a distant reference: Montblanc was its final scene and Poblet, the destination participants could not publicly reach. Its history explains how a peaceful initiative turned towns and cities into spaces of democratic revendication during the early years of the transition.

How was the mobilization organized?

The initiative was proposed in the summer of 1976 as a mobilization throughout the Catalan Countries. Participants were divided into six columns and traveled through nearly 300 towns in Catalonia, the Valencian Country, and the Balearic Islands.

The slogan was clear and direct: “Catalan people. Start walking.” It was not just about covering territory. The marchers spread the demands of the democratic movement and kept a political message alive at a time when Francoist authorities still imposed strict surveillance.

The mobilization mainly claimed three objectives:

• Freedom.
• Amnesty.
• Statute of Autonomy.

This combination of demands made the March one of the most outstanding expressions of the will of an important part of Catalan society to advance toward a democratic system. The route, moreover, allowed sharing these demands with many towns of the Principality.

Why does it continue to be a reference?

The strength of the March does not depend only on the number of towns visited nor on the duration of the route, which lasted more than two months. Its value lies in the way of organizing a collective protest without resorting to violence, despite the express prohibition by Francoist authorities.

That experience showed that citizens could coordinate, move, and transmit a democratic program under adverse circumstances. Walking could also be a form of standing up. This is one of the reasons why former participants claim their connection with later peaceful initiatives.

What happened in Montblanc and Poblet?

For the residents of Montblanc and the Conca de Barberà, this episode has a very specific territorial component: the county became the final point of a mobilization that had crossed a significant part of the country. Police charges prevented the march from reaching Poblet around the time of the National Day of Catalonia.

How did Francoist repression act?

The prohibition of the initiative did not stop the marchers. During the route, they had to face surveillance, numerous arrests, fines, and police repression, in an environment that made any public gathering with democratic demands difficult.

In Montblanc, repression materialized in charges against the participants. The goal was to reach Poblet, but police intervention prevented the mobilization from culminating openly. Only some participants were able to reach the monastery clandestinely.

The outcome explains why Montblanc occupies a central place in the memory of the March. It was not just another stop on the route, but the space where the mobilization directly clashed with Francoist repression and where its final objective was interrupted.

What significance does that episode have today?

The memory of the events allows understanding the contrast between the peaceful nature of the initiative and the authorities’ response. The marchers did not abandon the mobilization but had to adapt to surveillance, arrests, and imposed restrictions.

This tension helps explain the symbolism that participants attribute to that feat. The march expressed the will of a significant part of Catalan society to leave behind the Franco dictatorship, and Montblanc became associated with the resistance of that democratic project.

The commemoration thus recovers a local memory that at the same time has a national dimension. What happened between Montblanc and Poblet connects a concrete experience with a mobilization that had traveled through Catalonia, the Valencian Country, and the Balearic Islands.

How is the pacifist legacy claimed now?

For the reader who wants to approach the events, the commemoration offers two complementary ways: consulting documents in the exhibition and physically walking the section between L’Espluga de Francolí and Poblet. Memory is not locked in an archive; it is presented with materials and an activity open to the territory.

What can be seen at the Montblanc exhibition?

The exhibition “1976-2026. 50 years of the March of Freedom” can be visited at the Comarcal Archive of the Conca de Barberà, in Montblanc. The exhibit is itinerant and gathers materials from the period to reconstruct the events.

Among the documents found there are:

• Leaflets linked to the mobilization.
• Archival photographs.
• Press clippings from the era.

The selection allows seeing how the March was explained and which material testimonies have preserved its memory. The organizers’ intention is to convey democratic values to present and future generations, making the documents serve as a starting point to speak about freedom, amnesty, and self-government.

What is its relation to the mobilizations of the process?

Former members consider that the March helped demonstrate other ways of organizing through pacifism. Pilar Magrinyà has linked that experience with later independence mobilizations, especially the so-called marches for freedom.

According to her testimony, she also participated and thought that those marches were a continuation of the 1976 initiative, but without the repression they had suffered then. The comparison does not erase the differences between the two moments: Magrinyà herself admits that the situation had changed and that not everything they wanted had yet been achieved.

This nuance is key. The legacy is not presented as an exact copy nor as a finished response, but as an experience that left forms of organization and a culture of peaceful protest. Memory, when preserved with names, places, and documents, ceases to be an abstract slogan.

The commemoration includes a walk between L’Espluga de Francolí and Poblet, covering a little more than three kilometers. The activity takes place this afternoon, coinciding with the anniversary, and allows recalling the events on the very territory that connects the mobilization with its planned destination.

The walk is part of the official commemoration “1976. 50 years of democratic struggles.” Alongside the traveling exhibition, it offers a simple and visible way to keep present a mobilization that was banned, persecuted, and, despite all, sustained by its participants.

Fifty years later, Montblanc concentrates documents, testimonies, and a route that tell the same story: that of a citizenry that demanded freedom, amnesty, and Statute of Autonomy walking from town to town. The March of Freedom, the repression experienced in Montblanc, and its pacifist legacy continue forming a useful memory to understand how democratic struggles broke through.

Article source: Ariadna Escoda / Catalan News Agency

The alert was received by the Mossos d’Esquadra a few minutes before 10:30 p.m. on Friday. The deceased was a resident of l’Arboç, in Baix Penedès, and was driving one of the vehicles involved.

What happened on the N-340 at Altafulla

How did the accident happen?

According to information provided by the Catalan Traffic Service, the accident was a rear-end collision between three cars. The specific causes are still under investigation, so it has not been determined what caused the collision or exactly how it unfolded.

The incident occurred near Altafulla, a regular passage point for drivers traveling on the N-340. For local residents and anyone passing through, the essential detail is this: three vehicles were involved, and one of the drivers lost her life.

The victim was 27 years old and a resident of l’Arboç. The Catalan Traffic Service did not provide any additional personal details about the woman in the statement, nor did it specify the identities of the four injured persons.

How many people were injured?

Four other people were injured to varying degrees as a result of the rear-end collision. The available information does not specify the number of serious, minor, or very serious injuries, nor the medical centers to which the injured were taken.

This lack of detail is significant: in an accident involving three cars, the situation can vary greatly depending on the vehicle and the position of each person. At present, the confirmed fact is that there were four injured, in addition to the fatal victim.

• Vehicles involved: three cars.
• Fatalities: one 27-year-old woman.
• Injured persons: four, with varying degrees of injury.
• Location: N-340, near Altafulla.
• Victim's municipality of residence: l’Arboç.

Which services intervened and what is the death toll?

What emergency response was activated?

The emergency response mobilized seven Mossos d’Esquadra patrols, four teams from the Generalitat Firefighters, and seven units of the Medical Emergency System. The deployment shows the operational dimension of the incident, although the official information does not detail the duration of the intervention or the specific traffic impacts.

The Mossos received the alert shortly before 10:30 p.m. From that moment, the emergency services worked on attending to the people affected and carrying out the procedures proper to a fatal accident, while the causes of the rear-end collision remain under investigation.

For drivers on the N-340, the news leaves a very specific and unpleasant fact: a usual route ended with one fatal victim and four injured people. The road maintains its routine, but the affected families do not.

How many people have died this year on Catalan roads?

With this victim, the number of people who have died in accidents on Catalan roads this year rises to 91, according to provisional data from the Catalan Traffic Service. This figure places the Altafulla incident within an overall count, without turning it into an anonymous statistic: behind each number is a person and a family environment.

Of the total 91 fatalities, 35 were motorcyclists. Also included are nine pedestrians, six cyclists, four tractor drivers, and one person traveling on a scooter.

This count is provisional and corresponds to data communicated by the Catalan Traffic Service. The case in Altafulla adds a 27-year-old female driver and harshly reminds us that the numbers on the roads change after each fatal incident.

A collision between three cars on the N-340 at Altafulla has left a 27-year-old woman dead and four people injured. The investigation will have to clarify the causes of the rear-end collision, while emergency services have already recorded the activated deployment. The central fact is the loss of a resident of l’Arboç, within a provisional total reaching 91 deaths on Catalan roads this year.

Article source: Editorial / Catalan News Agency

The alleged person in charge was not at the property when the agents entered. The man, 45 years old and with two previous police records, showed up the next day at the police station and was arrested; this Thursday he appeared before the court in Valls.

An old farm converted into a Marijuana drying facility

What did the agents find?

The property under investigation is a former poultry farm located in the municipality of Cabra del Camp, in Alt Camp. Inside several buildings, the Mossos found marijuana buds at different stages of preparation.

The total amount reaches 620 kilograms. It was not all the same product nor at the same point in the process:

• 240 kilograms were already dry.
• 380 kilograms were still in the drying process.

This distribution explains why the police talk about a drying facility and not just a cultivation area. According to the investigation, the property operated as a place where the drug was prepared before presumably putting it on the illicit market.

The estimated value of the whole is close to one million euros on this market. This amount was calculated by investigators based on the volume seized, not money found on the property.

Why did the investigation last for months?

The investigation began in June, when agents became aware of the possible existence of a marijuana plantation on this poultry farm. The raid took place on Monday, after months of discreet surveillance around the property.

For the reader from Cabra del Camp, the relevant detail is the location: this is not a general search throughout the municipality, but an operation at a specific former poultry facility. The police waited to gather enough information before entering. Discretion in these cases makes little noise; that is precisely the idea.

When the agents entered, they did not find the alleged person in charge of the drying facility. The man appeared the next day at the police station and was arrested then, according to the information provided by the Mossos d’Esquadra.

Four Firearms and 140 Cartridges inside the property

What weapons were seized?

The seizure was not limited to marijuana. Inside the property, agents found three long firearms, a revolver, several bladed weapons, and 140 cartridges of different calibers.

The police count is as follows:

• 3 long firearms.
• 1 revolver.
• several bladed weapons.
• 140 cartridges of different calibers.

The four firearms result from adding the three long guns and the revolver. The bladed weapons and ammunition were part of the same seizure during the entry to the property.

Subsequent checks confirmed that the main suspect did not have a weapons license. This element adds to the drug investigation and explains why the arrested man is considered the alleged perpetrator of possession of weapons and explosives, in addition to the alleged drug trafficking crime.

What is the judicial situation of the arrested man?

The arrested man is 45 years old and has two previous police records. The police consider him the alleged person responsible for the drugs and weapons found at the former poultry farm.

This Thursday he appeared before the Court of Inquiry of the Instance Court of Valls. From that moment, the police investigation is subject to judicial control, and the procedure will have to clarify the respective responsibilities.

The key word is alleged. The arrest and presentation before the court do not amount to a conviction. What is confirmed in the operation is the seizure of 620 kilograms of buds, four firearms, bladed weapons, and cartridges.

The detail that makes the operation in Cabra del Camp unique

What differentiates this case from a conventional plantation?

The volume and condition of the marijuana are the two elements that define the operation. Of the 620 kilograms seized, 380 were still drying and 240 were already dry. This focuses on the preparation and storage phase, not only on possible production.

The property had several buildings, and the buds were distributed among them. This fact helps understand why the agents describe the space as a drying facility. The property does not appear in the information as an improvised installation in a dwelling, but as a former poultry farm converted for this alleged activity.

The combination is also significant: marijuana, firearms, ammunition, and bladed weapons in the same operation. No movie needs to be added. The facts already carry enough weight.

What are the main figures of the operation?

The summary of the operation allows seeing at a glance the scope of the case and separating confirmed data from police evaluations about the product’s value.

For the neighbors, the most concrete data is the location: a former poultry farm in the municipality of Cabra del Camp. For the investigation, the most relevant is the combination of factors and the volume seized. And for the court, now begins the less spectacular but decisive part: determining exactly what can be attributed to the arrested man.

The reality is that a property apparently outside the usual circuit of an urban center can end up concentrating a large-scale operation: 620 kilograms of marijuana, four firearms, and ammunition. The Cabra del Camp case leaves a very concrete image of how a former poultry farm can become the scene of an investigation for drug trafficking and possession of weapons, with a 45-year-old man before the court and many questions still pending answers.

Source of the article: Editorial / Catalan News Agency

The connection will operate until October 30, and tickets can be purchased from September 16. The route is not entirely new: the same company operated it between 2017 and 2019 and now returns after a period of absence.

What will the new Reus to Amsterdam Route offer?

Which Days will there be flights between Reus and Amsterdam?

The route will have three weekly frequencies: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The service will start on March 30 and continue until October 30, thus covering a good part of the tourist season.

For travelers from the area, the practical detail is this: there will be no need to wait for a daily connection to fly directly to Amsterdam. The offer concentrates operations on three specific days, a formula that allows the route to be restored without presenting it as a permanent service throughout the year.

Ticket sales will begin on September 16. Until then, the available information fixes the operating dates and flight days but does not specify schedules or fares.

• Origin: Reus airport.
• Destination: Amsterdam.
• Frequency: three flights per week.
• Days: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
• Period: from March 30 to October 30.
• Sales: starting September 16.

Why is this return more than just a Restored Route?

Because Transavia will return to have a presence at Reus airport after operating there between 2017 and 2019. It is a return with recent memory: the connection had already existed, was lost, and now reappears with three weekly frequencies.

The route was opened after negotiations between the company and the Strategic Table of Reus Airport. Said without the usual ritual of press releases: there have been talks, agreements, and a connection that returns to the schedule.

What does the Dutch market bring to Reus and the Costa Daurada?

How Many Dutch Visitors arrive in the area?

In 2025, the destination recorded nearly 258,000 Dutch visitors. This figure positions the Netherlands as a market of weight for the whole area and explains why a direct route between Reus and Amsterdam can be of interest beyond the summer.

Currently, the Dutch market is the fourth international market of the Costa Daurada and the third for the Terres de l’Ebre. For readers from Reus and the Camp, this translates a tourist figure into a concrete consequence: the airport recovers an entry point linked to a country that already provides a notable volume of visitors.

The connection, therefore, does not start from zero. The market is already there; what is restored is a direct air route to get there. And that, in aviation, is not insignificant.

Will the Route help reduce dependence on the summer months?

Yes, according to the data provided: 42% of Dutch arrivals in 2025 took place outside the months from June to September. This behavior is less seasonal than other international markets.

The route will start on March 30 and continue until October 30, thus including months before and after the peak of summer. This coincidence between the flight schedule and the visiting habits of the Dutch market is the most interesting point of the operation.

The connection is also framed within the objectives of desseasonalizing tourist activity. The word sounds like office jargon, yes, but the idea is simple: spreading arrivals over more months and not concentrating them all in the same period of the year.

The return of Transavia leaves a fairly clear picture: three weekly flights, a route that had already operated, and a market of nearly 258,000 visitors. Reus thus recovers the link with Amsterdam during the scheduled season, while tickets await their release date on September 16. The calendar is concrete; now it remains to see what response it will have among travelers and visitors.

Source of the article: Editorial / Catalan News Agency

It all begins with the stories of six elders from the maritime neighborhood of the Serrallo and continues with a mapping that surrounds the audience. The result is not a conventional visit: it is a direct entry into port memory, with technology acting as a guide (and without asking permission from the old custom).

What the audience will find at Ecos del Port

Six elders explaining the Serrallo from within

For the Tarragona reader, the proposal has a very specific value: it places voices from the Serrallo at the center of a cultural space on the very waterfront. It does not speak about the neighborhood from afar, but starts from the stories of people raised, born, and grown in the neighborhood, with a direct connection to the port.

Daviana Muñoz, director and curator of El Jardí Digital, defines them as “the wise of the sea, the wise of the Serrallo.” The phrase sums up the human core of the installation: before the projections and audiovisual architecture, there are people who have lived the daily relationship with the port.

This choice changes the way maritime heritage is presented. Instead of limiting it to objects, buildings, or dates, Ecos del Port builds it from voice and memory. The audience listens to stories from the maritime community while images and sounds expand on what has been told.

How does the audiovisual journey work?

The journey starts with projections of the six elders of the Serrallo and continues with immersive mapping. Then, an audiovisual architecture of sounds, light, and image surrounds the people entering, creating a sensory experience linked to the sea.

The installation has been set up inside an ephemeral architecture created especially for this project. According to Muñoz, these constructions allow for a journey through the sea and the development of the discourse of Ecos del Port.

The proposal also incorporates documentary references to the Serrallo and a young artistic perspective. The creation is by Eudald Serrano, just over 24 years old, who presents his vision of the sea and the maritime neighborhood. The contrast is interesting: the memory of a whole community passes through the filter of a young creator and digital tools.

• Projections: the stories of the six elders of the Serrallo open the journey.
• Mapping: the images transform the space and surround the audience.
• Sounds of the sea: the sound dimension connects the installation with port life.
• Digital creation: technology articulates a contemporary reading of maritime heritage.

Why this proposal also talks about the future of the Port

What is its relationship with climate change and biodiversity?

For those living in Tarragona, the issue is not confined to an exhibition room: the sea is part of identity, port activity, and life in the Serrallo. Ecos del Port uses this proximity to propose reflection on climate change and biodiversity.

The initiative puts history and innovation in dialogue through new artistic languages. The sounds of the sea and stories from the maritime community serve to rediscover the bond between the port, the sea, and the people who have written and protagonized its history.

There is no closed lesson nor a discourse with institutional megaphone voice. There is a sensory journey that asks the audience to come with an open mind. Muñoz has emphasized that it is a new experience, created between artificial intelligence and documentary references of the Serrallo.

Here appears the most singular point of the project: technology does not replace memory, but puts it into circulation in another way. The voice of a neighborhood elder can end up being part of a space of light, sound, and image without completely losing its local origin.

What does Eudald Serrano’s perspective contribute?

Eudald Serrano’s view offers a young artistic reading of an environment with a strongly marked maritime memory. The creator, just over 24 years old, observes the sea and the Serrallo through digital creation, projections, and mapping.

This combination prevents heritage from being presented as a motionless piece. The elders’ stories come from lived past, while Serrano’s tools bring them into a contemporary language. The result connects two ways of understanding the port: that of those who inhabited it and that of those who reinterpret it with technology.

The director and curator has expressed it as the goal of portraying technology from the creation of a young person. The proposal, therefore, is not limited to showing visual effects: it wants to show how a generation can read maritime heritage and turn it into a shared experience.

Where to visit and what will come next

When can Ecos del Port be seen in Tarragona?

The public can visit Ecos del Port until September 20 at Shelter 1 of the Moll de Costa in Tarragona. The initiative was inaugurated this Thursday and is part of the Now Fest programming, the digital creativity festival.

For neighbors and visitors, the location is part of the experience. The project was not installed in a neutral space, but in a facility at the Moll de Costa, close to the very port environment that gives meaning to the stories, sounds, and images.

Now Fest brings together artists, creators, and institutions to explore new forms of expression linked to technology and innovation. In this case, the festival frames a proposal that connects digital culture and maritime heritage without separating them with a conceptual wall (nor with three layers of bureaucracy).

• Proposal: Ecos del Port.
• Space: Shelter 1 at the Moll de Costa in Tarragona.
• Visiting period: until September 20.
• Framework: Now Fest programming.

What activities will continue at the Moll de Costa?

Ecos del Port is the starting point of a new cycle of activities promoted by El Jardí Digital. In the coming months, the Moll de Costa will host proposals linked to creativity, culture, and digital arts.

The next major event will arrive on November 27 and 28, with a new edition of NOW FEST. The source does not yet specify the program of these activities, but it does position the Moll de Costa as a space that will continue hosting projects related to artistic innovation.

The artistic project is co-financed by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), and has the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Provincial Council of Tarragona, and GALP Costa Daurada. The financing explains the institutional scale of the project, but its starting point continues to be much closer: six voices from the Serrallo and a young creator looking at the same sea from different places.

Ecos del Port gathers six elders from the Serrallo, a digital creation by Eudald Serrano, and an audiovisual journey at Shelter 1 of the Moll de Costa. The visit allows approaching maritime heritage through memory, sounds, and technology, while raising questions about biodiversity and climate change. Tarragona provides the space; the Serrallo, the voices; and the sea, the question that remains floating.

Source of the article: Mar Rovira / Catalan News Agency

It all started after a card game at a property in the Llet ravine on March 29, 2024. Hours later, the body ended up in the river with a stone weighing about 40 kilos tied to the leg; the convicted man’s brother-in-law, accused of concealment, is released due to the exemption provided by the Penal Code.

What has the Tarragona Court of Appeal ruled?

An 18-year murder sentence in Tortosa

For the readers of the Terres de l’Ebre region, the key fact is clear: the main defendant must serve 18 years in prison for the crime of murder. The jury declared him guilty and the presiding judge of the Fourth Section of the Tarragona Court of Appeal drafted the proven facts in accordance with that verdict.

The ruling considers it proven that the man struck the victim with an iron bar in several sensitive areas, including the head and neck. The judge sees treachery here, because the man was on the ground and under the influence of alcohol, without a real chance to defend himself.

The penalty falls within the range of 15 to 20 years provided for the crime under the circumstances found. The sentence also points out that the assault included approximately ten blows, some with great intensity, and that the victim suffered “intense” pain before dying from mechanical asphyxia by submersion.

Restraining order, probation, and civil liability

In addition to the prison sentence, the convicted man may not approach within 300 meters of the victim’s family members nor communicate with them for 20 years. Upon release, he must also serve seven years of probation.

The resolution sets compensation amounts for the mother, sister, and daughter of the victim. The indicated amounts are 40,000 euros for the mother, 30,000 for the sister, and 60,000 for the daughter; the sentence specifies that the convicted man will assume 80% of these amounts, while his brother-in-law will have to cover 20%.

• Mother: 40,000 euros.
• Sister: 30,000 euros.
• Daughter: 60,000 euros.
• Amount assigned to the main convicted: 104,000 euros.
• Amount assigned to the brother-in-law: 26,000 euros.

The sum of the individual compensations included in the ruling and the distribution of civil liability it contains present different figures; the judicial text sets, on the one hand, the amounts destined to the family members and, on the other, the percentage corresponding to each of the two defendants.

How did the events at the Ebre River occur?

From the card game at the Llet ravine to the assault

The property at the Llet ravine in Tortosa hosted a card game on March 29, 2024. Several people attended, including the two defendants and the man who would end up dying. Around two in the morning, there was a first argument because the victim did not want to leave the party as the other participants had done.

According to the proven facts, a second argument occurred hours later. The main defendant grabbed an iron bar and struck the victim several times. The other defendant did not participate in this assault, the Court expressly points out.

The judge considers that the victim’s state of alcohol intoxication prevented him from defending himself. The sentence also states that no prior conflict between the two men was proved beyond their presence in that card game.

Why did the body appear in the river weeks later?

The body was found on April 17, 2024, at 1:20 p.m., floating in the Ebre River and in an advanced state of decomposition. The cause of death was acute respiratory failure caused by mechanical asphyxia due to submersion.

After the assault, the two defendants wrapped the victim with tape from the company where one of them worked. Then they placed the body in the convicted man’s vehicle and tied a stone weighing about 40 kilos, taken from a trampoline on the property, to his leg.

Around 6:50 a.m., they headed to the Campredó neighborhood, to the area known as Font de Quinto. They accessed the river via a dirt path and threw the body in. The stone tied to the leg explains, according to the ruling, the method used to sink it.

What happens to the second defendant?

Convicted of concealment, but without prison sentence

The second man has been declared guilty of concealment because, according to the verdict, he helped transport the body to the Ebre River. The Court bases this on the fact that the victim was a stocky man and showed no injuries compatible with being dragged.

The Prosecutor’s Office requested 25 years in prison for both defendants and, subsidiarily, three years for the one investigated for concealment. The defenses requested acquittal. The jury, however, clearly distinguished between who carried out the assault and who helped conceal the crime.

Why is the brother-in-law released?

The brother-in-law is released because article 454 of the Penal Code exempts certain relatives who conceal a family member. The sentence considers it proven that both are brothers-in-law, that is, siblings by affinity, and applies this exemption clause.

Therefore, the judge convicts him of concealment but does not impose the three-year penalty. The Court orders his immediate release and lifts any other personal precautionary measures that were in effect.

The trial was held from July 7 to 10. During the sessions, the jury found the main defendant guilty of murder and his brother-in-law of concealment. The case leaves a strong legal difference: the same sequence of events, two criminal responsibilities, and a very different final consequence.

The Tortosa sentence sets 18 years in prison for the perpetrator of the murder, protection measures for the family, and civil liability shared between the two defendants. The brother-in-law, although convicted of concealment, is released due to the legal exemption applicable to relatives by affinity. The Ebre River was the final point of a crime that began at a property in the Llet ravine.

Source of the article: Mar Rovira / Catalan News Agency

The image is easy to understand: breakfast time arrives, several eggs need to be prepared, and the pan starts splattering everywhere. This technique offers a practical alternative to cook them with less oil, less mess, and a very specific texture—the white set and the yolk still creamy.

Why can the oven change fried eggs?

Why is it especially interesting for those cooking for several people?

The method is appealing because it allows preparing many eggs at once without having to use a pan for each batch. When breakfast is for a family, this detail reduces the work and prevents the kitchen from ending up full of oil stains.

Fried eggs are common in breakfasts and brunches, often accompanied by toast or completing the first meal of the day. The traditional preparation is simple but involves more fat and more splattering than cooking in an oven tray.

The proposal is not to complicate a basic recipe. Quite the opposite: it changes the container and heat control. **The pan is no longer essential**, while the oven allows working with several molds at the same time.

What changes in the final result?

The main change lies in the texture. The eggs cook inside wide molds, with a very small amount of oil, and keep the yolk runny when the indicated time and temperature are respected.

The water has a specific function: it is placed in an oven-safe container inside the tray to preserve humidity. This helps prevent the egg from becoming too dry during cooking.

The result moves away from classic frying but maintains what many people look for: the white set and the yolk ready to break over a toast. A small change in technique. And that’s it.

How to make fried eggs without a pan?

What ingredients and tools are needed?

The preparation requires few elements and does not ask for special equipment beyond the oven and an appropriate tray. The setup is as follows:

• Eggs, according to the number of people.
• A very small amount of oil for each mold.
• Salt or the seasoning you want to add at the end.
• An oven tray with wide molds.
• An oven-safe container with water.

We can adjust the number of molds to the amount of eggs needed, but the source of the method does not set an exact dose of oil or water. The key is that the oil is scarce and that the container with water stays inside the tray during cooking.

To choose a suitable base, these eggs can be served on toast or combined with other simple preparations. In this case, however, the yolk is the star.

What are the exact steps of the preparation?

The procedure must be followed in order because the time is short and the final texture depends directly on the cooking.

1. Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
2. Put a very small amount of oil in each wide mold of the tray.
3. Crack an egg into each mold, making sure it is well spread.
4. Place an oven-safe container with water inside the tray, which will help maintain humidity.
5. Put the tray in the oven and cook the eggs for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
6. Take them out, add salt or the chosen seasoning, and serve.

The time is not approximate in this method: the 2 minutes and 30 seconds are the indicated reference to achieve the runny yolk. If the tray is left longer, the heat will continue acting on the egg.

The technique requires some attention, especially during the first preparation. Afterwards, the process is summarized in a very short sequence: oil, egg, water, oven, and service. That simple.

How long do they last and when should they be eaten?

How long can they be kept with the runny yolk?

Oven-prepared eggs should preferably be eaten immediately, between **5 and 10 minutes** after come out of the oven. This margin allows serving them while still retaining the desired texture.

If kept warm, they can last up to half an hour. However, residual heat continues to set the yolk, so the result may change even if the egg is no longer in the oven.

This difference is decisive if the goal is to serve them with a creamy center. Cooking to eat immediately is not the same as preparing in advance to transport or store.

What happens if they are kept in the fridge?

Storing eggs in the fridge is possible, but reheating almost certainly changes the yolk’s texture. Therefore, this option solves storage but does not keep the initial result intact.

When they need to be eaten later, microwaved poached egg preparations offer an easier alternative to transport or store. This possibility does not replace the oven method but might fit better when the meal is not immediate.

It is also worth separating two issues: practicality and texture. The oven wins when you want to cook multiple eggs at once; preparations for later consumption require accepting that the yolk will no longer be as runny.

Therefore, those who want to control the result should plan serving before turning on the oven. If the eggs go straight to the table, the method offers speed and less mess. If they must wait, time works against the yolk.

The reality is this technique does not turn eggs into a complicated recipe nor demands extraordinary ingredients: it simply transfers cooking from the pan to the oven and uses humidity to protect the texture. **160 °C, 2 and a half minutes, and quick consumption** are the three facts that make the difference; the rest is preparing the toast and eating them before the heat does its job.

The recipe remains one of the most common in bars, family lunches, and summer appetizers, but its success depends on specific actions: properly draining the tuna, controlling the mayonnaise, and respecting the cooking of the potato and vegetables. This is where theory gives way to the fork.

Why does the tuna oil change the recipe so much?

What happens if it’s not drained well enough?

The oil left in the tuna incorporates into the mixture and alters the final texture. The mayonnaise ceases to be light, thickens too much, and can cause the whole to lose that fresh feeling that has made Russian salad a summer classic.

The problem is not adding tuna, but treating it as if it were an ingredient that can be poured directly from the can. The recommendation is clear: it must be drained very well, pressed with a fork, and crumbled before incorporating it into the rest.

This step also helps distribute the flavor better. When the tuna stays compact or retains too much oil, there are areas more intense and others almost without seasoning. And Russian salad is not a contest to find the strongest piece on the plate.

How should the tuna be incorporated?

First, the excess oil must be removed with gentle but effective pressure. Then, the tuna should be broken into small pieces so it distributes evenly among the potato, vegetables, and sauce.

It can also be integrated with the mayonnaise before adding it to the mixture. This option provides a more homogeneous blend and avoids finding large chunks that interfere with the texture. The tuna should accompany the recipe, not dominate it.

The desired result is a creamy mass, but not compact; flavorful, but not heavy. That’s why draining is no minor detail: it’s the point that separates a balanced Russian salad from a dense, tiresome preparation.

Mayonnaise makes the difference

What ingredients does homemade mayonnaise need?

Homemade mayonnaise starts from four usual ingredients: egg, vinegar, olive oil, and salt. Making it at home allows controlling its intensity and better adjusting it to the other components of the Russian salad.

The sauce should not completely cover the ingredients. The function of mayonnaise is to bind them and add creaminess, not to turn every spoonful into a white pool. An excessive proportion cancels out the flavors of the potato, vegetables, and tuna.

If you want to soften the taste, the preparation can be mixed with a bit of natural yogurt. This combination reduces the intensity of the mayonnaise and maintains a creamy texture without making the dish feel so heavy.

For those looking for a sauce with more character, the mixture can incorporate mustard. On another note, the tuna can be pureed with the mayonnaise before adding anchovies and a small amount of mustard. These are precise adjustments, not an invitation to empty the pantry into the bowl.

How do you achieve a light texture?

The key is to find the balance between sauce and solid ingredients. A well-made Russian salad maintains creaminess but allows identifying the components in each bite. If the mayonnaise dominates, the recipe loses definition and ends up offering a uniform sensation.

The tuna must also be correctly integrated. Adding it in large chunks makes it hard to distribute and alters the final texture. Crumbling it before joining the mixture avoids this problem and provides a more even result.

The proportion is not about decorating the bowl with sauce but about uniting the ingredients without hiding them. We can start with little mayonnaise and add more only if necessary. That way it’s easier to correct than to rescue an excessive mixture—and the kitchen doesn’t offer many miracles here.

• Too little sauce: the preparation is dry and unbound.
• Too much sauce: the flavors become muted and the texture turns heavy.
• Balanced sauce: the ingredients remain recognizable and the spoonful feels lighter.

Cooking and mixing also decide the result

Why is it important to respect cooking times?

The potato and vegetables must be perfectly done. If they’re hard, they break the harmony of the recipe; if overcooked, they disintegrate and turn the mixture into an indistinct mass.

This control is especially relevant because Russian salad combines ingredients with different textures. The potato adds body, the vegetables introduce contrast, and the tuna adds flavor. If one of the elements is off, the whole bite feels it.

Cooking, therefore, is not an automatic phase. It must be checked that each ingredient maintains enough consistency to mix with the mayonnaise without disappearing. Texture is built before adding the sauce.

What order helps mix better?

With the cooked and prepared ingredients, the mixture must be made carefully. The potato and vegetables must retain their shape, while the tuna should be distributed without forming clumps. Gentle movements avoid breaking the whole.

A practical order consists of first preparing the solid ingredients, draining and crumbling the tuna, making the mayonnaise, and joining everything little by little. This sequence allows controlling the consistency and adjusting the amount of sauce before it’s too late.

1. Cook the potato and vegetables until tender but firm.
2. Drain the tuna completely and press it with a fork.
3. Crumble the tuna into small, regular pieces.
4. Prepare the mayonnaise with egg, vinegar, olive oil, and salt.
5. Mix the sauce with natural yogurt if you want to soften its intensity.
6. Incorporate the mayonnaise little by little and stir without smashing the ingredients.

The final result should be fresh, creamy, and easy to eat, with well-distributed tuna and a sauce that accompanies without imposing. This same logic appears in other gastronomic debates in the media, such as those collecting the opinions of Valencian chefs on ingredient control: technique often begins by not adding what’s unnecessary.

Russian salad does not need a laboratory operation or an endless list of tricks. It needs well-drained tuna, measured mayonnaise, perfectly cooked ingredients, and mixing without rush. The secret is to remove the excess before it reaches the bowl.