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La estación de Murcia stopped operating in 1974, in 1992 a land transfer agreement was approved, and in 2026 the tracks are still there. On April 13, the residents of Alicante woke up expectant because the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, was in the city to present, together with the mayor Luis Barcala and the president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, the long-awaited Central Park project. Days later, Puente himself announced the tendering of a contract to advance another key project: the Torrellano variant.

While the Mediterranean corridor is being built, Madrid’s strength remains intact. The destination that all territories long to connect with and which, in the case of Castellón, is only possible by bus or car and takes more than 4 hours of travel. That is why the Generalitat Valenciana announced yesterday that the Castellón Airport (Aerocas) will “soon” put out to tender the drafting by a company of a technical report justifying the declaration of the Castellón-Madrid route as a Public Service Obligation (PSO).

It is not easy in any business to reach half a century, especially in the book sector and with a firm commitment to literature and production in Valencian. An anniversary that Xàtiva will celebrate next weekend as part of the Música i Lletra (MiL) Festival program with a grand tribute event to Llibreria La Costera, a benchmark of critical and Valencianist thought that has become over the last 50 years a driving force of cultural life beyond the borders of its region.

The last campaign of the municipal elections, in May 2023, was immediately followed by another, the general elections that Pedro Sánchez unexpectedly called the day after the vote. In that second electoral race, with the election of the mayors already decided and the baton of the Catalan capital in the hands of the socialist Jaume Collboni, the name of Josep Rius was already circulating as a possible candidate for Junts in the next contest. Three years later, that scenario that was being drawn up in the gossip circles of the post-convergent is closer to becoming a reality.

Two weeks ago, the owner of the historic Soriano flower shop on Gaudí Avenue received the latest offer to leave and make way for another store crowded with souvenirs. His gladioli enjoy privileged views of the Sagrada Família temple. “And this time it really was a good offer – admits Xavier Soriano himself –. The truth is that I have been holding on for a few years because of my father and my grandfather, because my father and grandfather dedicated their lives to this flower shop, because my family has been here since 1940. But it has been a long time since I made a living with other businesses, because selling flowers here makes very little sense, because on this avenue there are only problems… I would have accepted this offer, I admit it, and let them start selling souvenirs, but…”.

The National Police have carried out the expulsion from Spain, in application of the Immigration Law, of 21 foreign citizens with numerous police and judicial records for various serious crimes against property and persons.

The streams of Maresme face a critical future. The Master Plan for Actions for the Integrated Management of the Streams, funded with European Next Generation funds, was approved in February 2026 by the county council and outlines a critical scenario, both due to the number of people exposed to flood risk – about 104,000 residents – and the losses, which could exceed 3.4 billion in cases of extreme events.

That Mónica Oltra’s landing in València was hopeful for the left was never in doubt. Nor was it that her arrival could provoke some internal reluctance. At the first opportunity, the seams of the coalition have already been strained. The virtual candidate for the Mayor of València (something that no one denies despite everything) ultimately did not attend the extraordinary executive meeting of Compromís in the city that had invited her this Wednesday to talk about her candidacy.

Rosa Peral, the media-savvy inmate protagonist of the Urban Guard crime, allegedly devised a plan to assault one of the prison officials who guarded her module, according to Diari de Tarragona and confirmed by La Vanguardia.

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, presented this Monday her 40-40 Residential Plan, which foresees the construction of 40 new residences and 40 day centers in the region, which will have 8,000 new places, nursery schools and 300 supported homes integrated into at least five plots and more technology “to better care” for residents and users. Given the high demand for public places, Ayuso has announced this plan, which she has called “very ambitious”.