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David Otero and Sofía Cristo DJ (May 9), a tribute to Extremoduro (May 11), Rubén Pozo, Miguel Ríos, Alejo Stivel, The Refrescos, Sole Giménez, Celtas Cortos, Amistades Peligrosas, Nena Daconte, Marilia from Ella Baila Sola and OBK (May 14), Nuria Fergó, Las Ketchup and Los Chunguitos (May 15), Fangoria, La Bien Querida and Triángulo de Amor Bizarro (May 16) will provide the soundtrack in San Isidro, which “will be ablaze with festivities from May 7 to 17,” affirmed the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, at the presentation of the celebrations for the capital’s patron saint festivities.

Several dozen people have gathered since early this Thursday in the Embajadores neighborhood, in the Centro district of the capital, to prevent the eviction of Mariano Ordaz, a 67-year-old retiree who has lived all his life in a home owned by the religious order of the Franciscans and who is facing his fifth eviction order.

The Ministry of Education of the Community of Madrid has the continuity of the language assistant program, especially English, for the next 2026-2027 school year up in the air, due to various court rulings and the investigations opened by the Ministry of Labor’s inspection in other autonomous communities that there may be irregularities in the hiring of said personnel.

The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, warned this Thursday that the Consell will not negotiate with the teachers’ unions if the indefinite strike announced by the teaching staff affects the development of the university entrance exams. “If they blackmail with that, there will be no negotiation on the part of the Generalitat,” he stated during the control session held in Les Corts Valencianes.

The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a man accused of rape following the victim’s identification, two months after the incident.

In Seville almost no one calls it the Centennial Bridge. For the Sevillians, it is Paquito. A nickname that was born decades ago because of its resemblance to the Golden Gate of San Francisco, but in miniature. Be that as it may, the truth is that, for the citizens, this infrastructure, a symbol of the city, has become a real headache for years. And now, moreover, the bridge has fully entered the Andalusian electoral campaign after the suspension of some works that depend directly on the Ministry of Transport.

The artist Lorenzo Quinn announced this Thursday in Castelldefels during the presentation of one of his sculptural installations a new project that will also be installed in the town: the sculptural set Gloria, which will recreate an iconic image of Ronaldinho and Messi, closely linked to the city, resulting from the first official goal of the Argentine star with the first blaugrana team.

A court in Toulouse has sentenced two passengers on a Ryanair flight to pay a fine of 10,000 euros for the brawl they caused on the journey between London and Ibiza. The altercation was of such magnitude that the plane had to divert to land at Toulouse airport, where the two passengers were forced to disembark from the aircraft. The court also sentences each of them to 10 months in prison, although they will not go to jail as the execution has been suspended.

The Valencian oceanographer Aitana Forcén-Vázquez is one of the fourteen Spanish people traveling on the cruise ship where a possible hantavirus outbreak has been declared, which has caused three deaths during its journey through the South Atlantic, according to sources close to her confirmed to EFE.

The National Police arrested a 26-year-old man this Monday in Valencia as the alleged perpetrator of a homicide, after allegedly fatally stabbing another man. Police sources explained that the events occurred around 2:00 p.m. when officers responded, after receiving a call, to a commercial establishment located in the Russafa district, where a man had suffered an attack with a bladed weapon, causing his death.