The Court of Auditors notes deficiencies in the money laundering control systems in Spain and urges the Government to launch a national strategy and provide more resources to the body responsible for this activity, Sepblac.
The European Commission gave the green light this Friday for Spain to implement a multi-million euro anti-blackout mechanism to strengthen the electricity supply and prevent episodes like the one in April last year, when much of the Iberian Peninsula was left in the dark. The figures are enormous: the system approved under the EU state aid rules will have a cost of 900 million annually, that is, 9 billion for the 10 years it is expected to last.
El Govern has expanded this Friday the scope of its loan program for young people aimed at financing the down payment for the purchase of a home. Support to break one of the critical points in access to real estate, which grants financing of up to 50,000 euros without interest, a long grace period, and now extends to new types of property.
In its new review of pension sustainability, Airef reaffirmed this morning the opinion it gave last year: the spending rule is being met and, therefore, the Government will not have to raise contributions, but it criticizes the analysis mechanism that has been established and warns that sustainability is not guaranteed.
The package of measures adopted to address the Iran war continues to have an effect on containing prices. In the third month of the conflict, in May, inflation remained at the same level as in April, 3.2%, according to the preliminary data provided by the INE this morning. This containment is due to three factors: the aid package approved by the Government, still in effect; the fact that food prices have not risen, having moderated when they increased in May of last year; and the weight of renewables, which has allowed the containment of electricity prices.
Catalunya extends the age limit from 35 to 40 years to access the public loan program of up to 50,000 euros to finance the purchase of a home among young people. This was announced by the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at an event in Barcelona this Friday. The change, effective since June 1, shows the difficulty young people have in accessing the real estate market, which forces them to postpone the purchase of their first home more and more. “We want to reach people who have a life project ahead, who have not had time to generate savings,” Illa stated.
The expert hired by the defense in the Andic case, Francisco Marco, from the Método 3 agency, has defended on El Món on Rac1 that the case against Jonathan Andic for the death of Isak Andic is flawed due to the insistence of a Mossos d’Esquadra agent in presenting evidence that Marco considers fabricated. Before Jordi Basté, he provided data that refutes the evidence made public so far: the footprint on the mountain, the manner of the fall, the relationship between Isak Andic and his son, or the loss of the phone in Quito.
On February 20, 2024, ten months before dying after falling on the Camí de les Feixades de Montserrat, Isak Andic stumbled in the lobby of the Mutua Universal Barcelona headquarters, on Tibidabo Avenue. That fall, stopped by the intervention of a second person, who prevented the founder of Mango from hitting the ground face first, was recorded by the entity’s security cameras.
The Donald Trump Administration is promoting the circulation of a new $250 bill featuring the image of the current U.S. president, according to The Washington Post. If so, it would be the first time since the 19th century that a living person appears on an official United States currency after it was prohibited in 1866.
Chargers that cause burns, toys with toxic chemicals for children, or even jewelry harmful to health. The European Commission imposed a fine of 200 million euros on the Chinese giant Temu this Thursday for critical failures in its security system when preventing the sale of illegal items to European consumers that can be potentially dangerous, with the intention that the platform increases its controls while it sweeps across the continent. Temu alone reached an average of 115 million monthly users in the community bloc last year.