The relatives of the former general secretary of UAGA Javier Sánchez and his wife, Esther Latorre, found dead in their home with stab wounds on Saturday in Tauste (Zaragoza), have asked that “in these moments of great pain, their memory and the privacy of the entire family be respected.”
The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, insisted this Friday in his request to the Government of Spain to reject and dismiss asylum applications. Thus, faced with a situation that remains of “maximum risk,” Vivas demands the “immediate” return to Morocco of all the migrants who stormed the border at the end of July and who have since remained in the autonomous city. However, this request clashes with international law, so the Ceutan leader has urged the General Courts to work on a “regulatory body” that provides an “immediate and urgent” response allowing for an “expeditious” action to return migrants when an “invasion or violation of the territorial integrity” of the State occurs.
The announcement of the extension of the operation of the Almaraz nuclear power plant for three more years, until 2030, has already resonated among the Catalan municipalities that are hoping for a similar decision for their reactors. The mayors of Ascó and Vandellòs, Miquel Àngel Ribes and Assumpció Castellví, respectively, have welcomed this “good news” and expressed confidence that this extension will pave the way to also extend the schedule of the Catalan nuclear power plants.
Most arrived by swimming, although some entered on foot. Between 5,000 and 8,000 immigrants of Moroccan and sub-Saharan origin have been staying for two weeks on the beaches and streets of Ceuta. Many are minors. The Moroccan government demands the return of its children. The Spanish government assures that all will be repatriated. But the days go by and the immigrant settlements are consolidating in the autonomous city. Why is it so difficult to expel from Spanish territory the people who arrived irregularly?
Sumar has rejected the decision of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition to authorize the extension of the life of the Almaraz nuclear power plant until 2030 and considers that the measure constitutes a breach of the agreements for the formation of government between the PSOE and the political formation.
Foreign employment has accelerated strongly in Spain coinciding with the launch of the extraordinary regularization process for migrants carried out by the Government of Pedro Sánchez. Social Security reached a new record of 3.51 million foreign affiliates on average in July, after adding 66,046 employed in a single month and 420,875 in the last year, according to data published this Friday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.
Fighter jets participating in a NATO air defense mission have shot down a drone that entered the airspace of Latvia, a NATO and European Union member, in the early hours of Friday, according to the Latvian Armed Forces via the social network X.
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has insisted that her country will continue “tightening” surveillance in anticipation of a supposed massive arrival of migrants to the autonomous city of Ceuta this coming Saturday and insisted that the “vast majority” of European countries share the drastic measures adopted by her Government, such as the suspension of the Schengen agreement with Spain.
The Moroccan authorities have activated an exceptional security operation in the north of the country to neutralize the calls widely spread on social networks, which incite a new massive entry into the autonomous city of Ceuta tomorrow, August 15, after the one led by more than 70,000 people two weeks ago. “The Ceuta border will be open on the 15th, a holiday in Spain,” some of these messages state.
When summer arrives many people share the same habit: comparing the price of beer on the beach with what we would pay in another destination and drawing hasty conclusions about whether “everything is sky-high” or if, in reality, we live in an oasis of reasonable prices.
