Summary of the most important news that eitb.eus will publish today.
These are the topics that will be central top headlines from this Monday, August 12, 2024:
– End of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: The Paris 2024 Olympic Games concluded last night with their closing ceremony, held at the Stade de France in Paris in the presence of 9,000 athletes and 71,500 spectators in the stands. The French capital thus passes the baton to Los Angeles, which will host the 2028 Games. American actor Tom Cruise descended to the podium on a cable, picked up the Olympic rings flag and left with it on a motorbike.
– New government: The new president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, will lead the institutional inauguration ceremony of the councillors of the new Catalan government, after coming to power this weekend and concluding his efforts to appoint his team. The event, which starts at 11:00, will take place in the Sant Jordi Hall of the Generalitat Palace.
– Approach in the Big Week: From 9:30, hundreds of pirates will start preparing their rafts in the port of San Sebastian and then sail across the bay from 17:00. It will undoubtedly be the main activity of the day in the Semana Grande of San Sebastian.
Source: EITB
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