Real Madrid achieved an impressive milestone by becoming the first sports institution to reach 50 million followers on the social network X. In comparison, Barcelona has 21.6 million followers and Atlético Madrid with 5.5 million.

To celebrate this round figure, the white club shared a design on its official X Spanish account, featuring Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal and Rodrygo Goes.

🙌 ¡Somos el primer equipo deportivo en conseguir 5️⃣0️⃣ MILLONES de seguidores en una cuenta de @X! 🔝
We are the first sports team to reach 5️⃣0️⃣ MILLION followers on a single @X account! 🔝 pic.twitter.com/4xZM1f2Bop

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) February 14, 2024

In Spain, Real Madrid far surpasses their pursuer, Barcelona (50 million against 21.6 million). At a considerable distance are Atlético de Madrid (5.5 million), Valencia (1.3 million), Sevilla (1.1 million), Betis and Athletic Club (1 million each), and Real Sociedad (763,000 followers).

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Shakira made a deposit of 6.6 million euros before a court, responding to accusations of tax fraud in 2018. This case marks the second case opened against the artist for alleged crimes against the Spanish Treasury.

Legal sources reported that the Colombian singer handed over the aforementioned sum last August in an investigative court located in Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona (Spain). While she waits for the magistrate’s summons to declare herself as under investigation in this second instance, the deposit made could allow her to benefit from a mitigating circumstance for reparation of damage in the event of being convicted again for tax fraud.

El Periódico de Catalunya announced that this mitigating circumstance was key in the agreement reached by the artist last Monday with the Prosecutor’s Office and the private accusations. This agreement prevented her from going to prison in the first trial for tax fraud in Spain, committing to pay a million-dollar fine. In said trial, Shakira accepted a fine of close to 7.8 million euros and acknowledged having defrauded the Treasury of 14.5 million between 2012 and 2014. Despite the three-year prison sentence for six tax crimes, she will not have to fulfill it thanks to the payment agreement.

It should be noted that, even before the Prosecutor’s Office filed her complaint, Shakira had already returned the 14.5 million defrauded to the Treasury, although this gesture did not stop the criminal actions taken by the public ministry.

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The singer Shakira assured “having always acted in accordance with the law and under the advice of the best tax experts” after learning that the Investigating Court 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) opened a second case against the artist for two alleged crimes against the Treasury for personal income tax and the 2018 Wealth Tax as a result of a complaint by the Prosecutor’s Office.

In a statement, her defense indicated that for now she has not received formal notification of the complaint, but rather that she was known before by the media, which in her opinion shows “the media and reputational pressure to which she is subjected.”

In the same sense, she recalled that “as is publicly known, and as the Spanish Treasury was officially notified, Shakira has been living in Miami for a few months, so she must be notified personally at her new address.”

The singer’s defense has stated that Shakira is “focused on her artistic life in Miami and is calm and confident in the favorable resolution of her tax issues.” The singer has already been tax investigated and is awaiting trial, scheduled for November 20, for allegedly defrauding 14.5 million euros from the Treasury between 2012 and 2014.

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Perseverance is one of the qualities that describes Venezuelans who undertake from their nation or anywhere in the world. Many dare to pursue their dreams and some manage to achieve them, materialize them. This is the story of Graciana Laplana, who runs “Party Makers“ a creative event agency that has been successful and has a great receptivity in Spain.

In an interview for the group El Sumario, the Venezuelan shares with us that this initiative and company was born after a business opportunity -important and interesting- detected in the Spanish market, which were the “crazy hours”.

Laplana indicated that this was something that characterized Latinos more than Europeans, especially Venezuelans. But in marketing terms, it could mean a niche. “In Latin America, the crazy hour is very common in any event, be it a wedding, graduation, Christmas, baptisms, among others,” she said.

The Venezuelan continued to build the initiative, in a personalized way and managing it with the experience she gained in previous years.

“Almost all the people who are part of the Party Makers team are Venezuelans,” says Graciana, at the time she details that the company seeks to offer a different service at events, of quality, that stands out, in addition to providing also, of course, it is worth supporting or helping other Venezuelan migrants in Spain.

Party Makers: from Venezuela to Spain and from Spain to other parts of the world

Graciana Laplana, is from Caracas, was born on May 14, 1987. She studied graphic design at the Caracas Design Institute. By 2011 she obtained a master’s degree in Advertising, Marketing and Communication in Spain. And at that time, she did not consider the option of staying in the Spanish nation.

In those days, the young woman worked in the health area, in the operational part of an outpatient clinic called “Somos Salud”, she was director of operations and was in charge of a multidisciplinary work team.

While in Venezuela, she had started a children’s event agency with which she did very well; In addition to that, she started a service provider company called “Dental Plan” where they were in charge of planning and offering professional dental care in the country.

The Venezuelan entrepreneur makes the decision to emigrate and in 2016 she lands on Spanish soil. Thanks to the fact that she had the European nationality of her father and grandparents, as well as the aforementioned master’s degree in Advertising, Marketing and Communication in Spain, Graciana had certain aspirations to enter the labor field and this was a destination where she felt comfortable.

Laplana had the vision to save and get a job in her area of ​​knowledge or expertise. However, like everything, it was difficult at first, but she kept hoping to achieve her goals. She acquired new knowledge and during this path she was presented with several job opportunities in the operational and marketing area.

The Creole applied her skills in this area, she focused on quality management while she developed; She commented that it is something that she is passionate about, in addition to the operational or operational issue. She tried to transfer the concept or theme of children’s parties to Spain, but she tells us that her results did not convince her.

“The experience of undertaking in the Spanish nation is not easy and in fact it is somewhat slow,” admits the interviewee. However, Laplana had another experience and results, something for which she is grateful to God, since “a niche that is moving too much in events, especially weddings,” has been consolidated.

The going high, the coming up or turning on the party

Due to cultural differences, the businesswoman had to adapt to Spanish ceremonies and look for the moment of “high” or “come up”, which is when people activate after eating to dance and enjoy the party. This is where Party Makers intervenes and turns the atmosphere into a top, fun and ideal one for the hosts and guests.

The Venezuelan found a good market where she has had to be strategic, create a business structure from scratch, find and train an ideal team from the operations and management side, which is her strength.

Laplana recognizes and thanks today for her success and great receptivity in the Spanish community, it was not easy, but now she strives to repay her and her team with a well-cared service, in terms of entertainment and fun.

It is clear that the process of entrepreneurship is about “trying and trying” having a good approach, having an adequate investment in advertising, trying to offer something different from the rest, having solid comparative advantages, and “above all, something of quality and eager to do things well”.

The influencers Willyrex and Cristiurbi

Among the most outstanding works of Party Makers, the wedding of Willyrex and Cristiurbi, a couple of well-known influencers in Spain, stands out. The company was part of the special celebration of these public figures and both were satisfied with the company’s service.

Currently, the firm is present in almost all of Spain, it has alternate teams in Asturias, Madrid, Valencia, Malaga, Barcelona and Seville. In her future plans, the businesswoman is committed to international expansion with all services, such as team building, corporate events, weddings, fifteen years, more birthdays, among others.

They will soon start with events in the Dominican Republic. They also want to try to have their team and offices in Panama, in Miami and especially in Venezuela, which they aspire to be the first establishment outside Europe. “In the medium term, as a corporation we hope to expand our activities, both geographically and at the level of the portfolio of products and services,” said the entrepreneur.

To be the spirit of the party, “you have to be clear that dreams are not made from the comfort zone”

If you want to know and see the services, you can follow them on their social networks @PartyMakers.es, also make contact through their website or attention via WhatsApp, where they explain the services and recommend personalized packs that adapt to each celebration.

Before ending the conversation, and as a way of closing, Graciana Laplana wanted to share a message for Venezuelans who want to undertake in the country or any other part of the world: “Let them put their heart into it, let them do it (…) there are many hours of effort and perseverance, which end up producing results and satisfaction”. It is essential to focus, be strategic, “get rid of fear” and dare, since dreams are not realized from the comfort zone.

Taken from El Sumario – Written by María Gabriela Moncada

Through personal conversation and information from Party Makers and social networks

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The 1st International Meeting on Democratic Digital Education and Open Tech EdTech is being held in Barcelona, Spain, until next July 14. It is ​​an event in which different open presentations on rights, culture and technological education will be held.

Those interested will attend until July 14 to the different talks that make up its program, which will take place in the Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona.

The 1st International Meeting on Democratic Digital Education and Open EdTech, organized by Xnet, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), is focused on different objectives to understand the problems imposed by the current context of digitization, to propose digital strategies center from an innovative perspective and propose concrete solutions to these problems.

Other participants are the CEO and founder of the Iteam innovation agency and the open citizen movement Öppna Skolplattformen, Christian Landgren; and the person in charge of ‘software’ projects and open educational resources of the Department of Digital Education of the Ministry of Education of France, Alexis Kauffma.

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FC Barcelona confirmed an agreement with the company Spotify to rename its stadium from next season, in addition to including the name of the Swedish platform on the front of the Blaugrana club’s shirts for four campaigns.

“The long-term strategic alliance in sports and entertainment, the inclusion of the brand on the men’s and women’s team jerseys and training kits,” the Catalan team said in a statement.

In addition, “for the first time, the global audio streaming platform becomes a regular partner of the stadium, which will be renamed Spotify Camp Nou“, the club said in a statement.

“Spotify and FC Barcelona will work together to create opportunities for the iconic shirt to become a space that can celebrate artists from around the world. As part of the collaboration, for the first time in the club’s history, the Stadium will be converted to be called Spotify Camp Nou,” the statement added.

However, the agreement “approved and signed by the Board of Directors of FC Barcelona“, “is subject to the ratification of the Extraordinary Assembly of Delegate Partners that will take place on April 3 through an electronic voting procedure.”

Within the framework of this new long-term alliance for the property rights of the stadium, which begins in July 2022, it will continue with “the ambitious remodeling of the Camp Nou site, as part of the Espai Barça project that will transform the facilities and the environment of the club in a new integrated Barça entertainment experience open to the city”, said the entity.

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Zariot, the digital security brand, in association with The @ Company, presented a new data protection system based on the SIM card. This method will use encryption to ensure privacy in the Internet of Things (IoT).

In this sense, it was learned that both US firms made the announcement while waiting for the Mobile World Congress to be held from today until March 3 in Barcelona. During this event, Zariot will be present and will show the technology to the general public.

In a statement, the companies explained that this system is based on the Kigen protocol. In addition, it uses the subscriber identification modules (SIM, for its acronym in English), eSIM or iSIM to achieve end-to-end encryption. So you don’t need virtual private networks like VPN, portals or additional hardware.

“This flexible long-term solution reduces the costs of entry operation, but also those that occur throughout the life of the business. Something that companies often do not take into account when launching a new product”, said the CEO of Zariot, Dawood Ghalaieny.

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The World Mobile Telephony Congress will take place in the city of Barcelona from February 28 to March 3, with the participation of  60,000 visitors. John Hoffman, CEO of the association of telecommunications (GSMA) noted: “We expect between 40,000 and 60,000 people and more than 1,500 exhibitors from 150 countries“.

The telecommunications association is responsible for organizing the 16th edition of the world mobile phone show (MWC) and its main objective is to become the return of “the entire ecosystem” of mobile telephony. According to Hoffman, “seven of the eight pavilions of the Gran Vía Fair in Barcelona will be occupied this year.”

The show was cancelled in 2020 due to the global pandemic of Covid-19, while in 2021 it was held in June, but with a hybrid format due to health restrictions. Only 20,000 participants attended. compared to the 100,000 who attended before the pandemic.

Returning to normality

The General Director of the GSMA, Mats Granryd, considers that the return to normality is of great importance for the mobile telephony sector, which is why this year 95 % of the 1,000 speakers scheduled for the congress will be physically present.

Among the organizations that have already confirmed their presence at the show, the following stand out: Samsung, world leader in smartphones, Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon, Google, Qualcomm, Cisco or Huawei. Companies like Fujitsu and LG will be attending the event for the first time. Sony will not be present, while Lenovo confirmed its participation virtually.

The 16th edition of the WMC will be held in the midst of the decline of the sixth wave of Covid-19 in Spain and after the authorities of that country have lifted some restrictions such as the use of the mask in outdoor spaces.

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The Mobile World Congress will be held from today in Barcelona, Spain, with the combination of virtual conferences and some exhibitions in the conference center of the city.

The most important companies in the sector such as Samsung, Nokia, Google and Facebook will have a virtual participation, due to covid-19. But Huawei, which is sanctioned in the United States, which has caused a sharp drop in its sales, is the main company that will have a physical presence at the event.

In the annual mobile phone congress, unlike past editions, there will be no launches of new models or equipment by the main manufacturers in the sector. However, some small Chinese and European companies will take advantage of the event to expose their novelties.

The general director of the association of telecommunication operators GSMA, which organizes the show in Barcelona, ​​Mats Granryd, explains that obviously “the event will be very different compared to previous years”. This year the event will have three rooms out of the eight it normally occupied.

The organizers estimate a maximum of 50,000 visitors, but they really believe that 35,000 will attend. The organizations in the sector will send, for the most part, their senior managers, reducing the number of employees that they normally transfer.

Granryd also stressed that to enter the room, attendees must present a negative covid test with less than 72 hours of completion, wear high protection FFP2 masks and follow the direction of circulation set in the corridors.

It was known trah Elon Musk will present on Tuesday his Starlink satellite Internet project, which aims to offer high-speed access throughout the planet. The rest of the conferences will analyze topics such as the global deployment of ultra-fast 5G Internet networks, the increase in demand for connected objects and telemedicine.

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Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona will be held between June 28 and July 1st, with a hybrid format, but Google will not attend the technological event.

Google decided “not to exhibit at Mobile World Congress this year” following its current travel restrictions and protocols due to Covid-19. As they explain in a statement sent to the media, they will maintain collaboration with both the GSMA, the MWC organizer, as with partners “through virtual opportunities.”

The tech giant is the latest firm to join a list of companies that have announced their withdrawal from the Barcelona event. The firts companies to do so were Nokia, Ericsson, Sony and Oracle.

GMSA announced its plans to hold a hybrid MWC, with a health plan that will guarantee the safety of the attendees, who must take a valid negative rapid test to access the venue and will have to repeat it every 72 hours.

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