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Guillem Ramírez Chico
@guillemrc.bsky.social
Politòleg. Barcelona. Urban policy, public administration and human rights. Working for European cities at Eurocities.
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This headline sums up the exhaustion in Spain, where the nationwide blackout comes in the same five year span that has included a pandemic, massive snowstorms, prolonged droughts, deadly floods, a war in Europe, etc. etc. etc.:

"Here we are, living through yet another historic moment..."
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was in Florence last week to deliver a training on internationalisation policies for cities - and we ended up talking politics and European culture.

Some thoughts from Florence - on tourism, cities, and why local politics still matter.

guillemramirezchico.substack.com/p/florence-r...
April 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Esta es una buenísima noticia: más frutas y verduras en los comedores escolares, más legumbres y cereales integrales, menos fritos y precocinados, y vendings y cafeterías con comida saludable. 👏👏👏 elpais.com/educacion/20...
Adiós a los 1.200 comedores escolares sin pescado y a la bollería industrial: el Gobierno aprueba cinco comidas saludables a la semana
Los centros educativos deberán ofrecer menús veganos. Se exigirán alternativas alimentarias por motivos éticos o religiosos, como ya ocurría con las alergias e intolerancias
elpais.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while also writing essays that made him one of the most influential political commentators in the Spanish-speaking world, died in Lima.
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders o...
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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📢 Barcelona promou una aliança de grans ciutats per l’habitatge.

Amb París, Roma, Lisboa, Amsterdam, Budapest, Milà, Lió, Bolonya i Leipzig formem un grup excepcional per exigir més pes de les ciutats en el disseny i regulació de polítiques d’habitatge!

elpais.com/espana/catal...
Barcelona y otras nueve ciudades europeas exigen a Bruselas medidas para afrontar la crisis de la vivienda
La carta piden a Ursula von der Leyen acabar con la cifra récord de personas sin hogar que malviven en los municipios del continente
elpais.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Urban policy and science are still too far away from each other. The City Science Initiative was born 5 years ago to bridge these two worlds.

We met in Amsterdam to step up our capacity-building efforts for evidence-based decision-making in cities. Happy to be involved as @eurocities.bsky.social 🙌
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
“Under the model of mass tourism, we’ve seen two things fundamentally harmed: the right of access to housing, because housing is used for economic activity, and coexistence among neighbours, particularly in areas that have more tourist apartments”

amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Barcelona mayor defends ban on tourist flats saying ‘drastic’ action needed to cut housing costs | Barcelona | The Guardian
Jaume Collboni determined to follow through with plan that he says will return 10,000 properties to city’s residents
amp.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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Happy to participate with @guillemrc.bsky.social in the workshop organised by the City Science Initiative in Amsterdam to discuss how academia and cities can jointly create practical impact in cities and strengthen evidence-based policy-making.
November 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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No borréis vuestra cuenta de X, sinos queréis ir, ponedle candado y dejadla de usar.

A los 30 días de borrarla alguien os podría suplantar. El robo de cuentas y la suplantación es un negocio en auge entre los estafadores, y un clásico entre los trolls fachas.
November 17, 2024 at 11:40 AM