The visit of Isabel Díaz Ayuso to Mexico continues to chain episodes of tension and verbal clashes with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has accused her of displaying “ignorance” and a lack of historical knowledge about the figure of Hernán Cortés in what is already the third clash between them in just three days.
Madrid will take to the streets this afternoon to celebrate Spain’s victory in the Football World Cup, with the second star for ‘La Roja’, in a celebration that will have the Plaza de Cibeles as its epicenter and with an expected attendance of more than 60,000 according to calculations by the Madrid City Council, causing inevitable impacts on pedestrian and motorized mobility in the area, such as the progressive closure of Cibeles since midnight and disruptions at the Carlos V roundabout. The bus route with the 2026 World Cup champions will depart from Plaza de Moncloa and end at Cibeles.
The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has come this morning, by order of the National Court, to search the headquarters of Tubos Reunidos, one of the companies rescued during the pandemic by the State Industrial Holdings Company (SEPI), just like Plus Ultra.
Last week’s alarms due to recent incursions into the airspace have further frightened the Baltic countries, on the front line against the Russian threat. The Kremlin is weakened on the Ukrainian battlefront, but the recent episodes in Latvia and Lithuania, which had to declare a country-wide alert following new drone appearances, have put the spotlight on these three small nations on the EU’s eastern flank, which are preparing for more buzzes of modern warfare in their airspace and are calling for Brussels’ involvement to put a stop to it. The message is that the Baltic border is also the EU’s border and, therefore, must be treated as a community matter.
Xavier Marcé stopped by Celler de Gelida, at number 65 Vallespir street, and, coincidentally or not so much, Antoni Falgueras, owner of this 131-year-old winery now run by his son Ferran, was there. The Culture councilor would undoubtedly take some wine, and at the moment of paying the bill, things must have gone more or less like this:
Fede Valverde reacted past ten o’clock on Thursday night after his fight with Tchouaméni.
Adriana Gannon left this Friday rather disappointed from the meeting convened by the City Council and the Generalitat to explain to the approximately 300 evicted residents of the Sant Gervasi-La Bonanova neighborhood in Barcelona, ten days ago due to the appearance of a large sinkhole caused by the extension works of the L9, when they will be able to return to their homes. Some, the few, the neighbors and merchants of the two buildings farthest from the said sinkhole, will be able to return to their homes and businesses this Monday. At least that is the plan of the administrations.
The simultaneity of fires in the vicinity of Madrid complicates extinction efforts, with four active fires close to each other and the added difficulty of being very close to each other and in three different autonomous communities.
The Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, criticized footballer Lamine Yamal this Thursday after images were released this week showing the FC Barcelona player waving a Palestinian flag during the celebration of the League title in the Catalan City.
The 430 members of the Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted on Monday off the coast of Cyprus by the Israeli navy have been transferred to Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday night to Wednesday. “The 430 activists have been transferred aboard Israeli ships and are heading to Israel, where they will be able to meet with their consular representatives,” said a ministry spokesperson.