Football lesson in Dallas. Unexpected because it was given by Spain over France and not the other way around, when the team that had been suffering through the matches was the red one and the one that was getting through them without barely a fuss was the blue one. The monumental display (we are not exaggerating, the importance of the event,…
Since it was announced that Christopher Nolan’s next film after the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer (2023) would be an adaptation of the Odyssey, its development has been scrutinized with the precision of an archaeologist. The controversy surrounding the project matches its extraordinary artistic ambition, its monumental budget, and the enormous anticipation it has generated. Like Odysseus/Ulysses waiting for the right moment to blind Polyphemus, the most critical remained on the lookout for any mistake.
Mortgagors with loans indexed to the Euribor who have their review with the July data will notice an increase in their installments. The indicator will close with the highest monthly average since September 2024, as the provisional data, with one day left to conclude the month, stands at 2.85%, three-quarters of a percentage point higher than a year ago. The figure is also slightly higher than that of June.
The operational central unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard points to its own director general, Mercedes González, as one of the ways that Leire Díez’s plot would have to torpedo uncomfortable investigations for the environment of President Pedro Sánchez. The file, to which La Vanguardia has had access, reveals that the PSOE “plumber” met, at least, on three occasions with González, whom she urged to initiate an internal investigation in the UCO – for alleged leaks – to intimidate the high command. Just a week ago, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, stood up for the highest official of the armed institute, assuring that “he had not had any meeting with Leire Díez in terms of any kind.”
The silver chairs of the Cambra de Barcelona continue to generate controversy, even after the plenary of the entity approved this controversial measure on Thursday. The parliamentary groups of the Comuns and the CUP jointly submitted a request yesterday for an opinion from the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries on various articles of the future Cambres law, a text that has been stalled for more than a decade without reaching the Parlament. The regulation, a proposal prepared by the chambers themselves, was supposed to be voted on in the hemicycle next Wednesday, but this request will clearly delay the process again until September.
In Vilamòs, a small village in the heart of the Vall d’Aran, a municipal flock of sheep and goats grazes the land without worrying about taxes, medical appointments, or shopping lists. They do what they have always done, although now they are in the news. They have become the protagonists of a project that seeks something as simple as keeping the vegetation growing in their forests under control.
Burger King has ended its promotional agreement with the streamer El Xokas, one of the most popular Spanish YouTubers and streamers, following the controversy generated by several of his public statements. As a result, the restaurant chain has removed both the content creator’s image and the menu bearing his name from its website.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Edmondo Cirielli, called on Spain this Monday to “assume its responsibilities” for the regularization of immigrants and insisted that they will maintain controls on passengers coming from Spain by air and sea “at least until mid-August” and will then evaluate the situation.
The indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling in the Plus Ultra case brings to the table a debate that has not been resolved in Spain: what can former presidents do to make a living when they leave Moncloa? The reality today is that they can basically do the same as any other citizen, but with a much larger network of contacts and a greater capacity for influence. The statute of former presidents is regulated by a minimal royal decree, which does not impose any obligations, incompatibilities, or restrict their private activities, beyond the legal limits that apply to any citizen. And that nebulous area in which they remain is certainly an advantage, but also a risk.
The Community of Madrid raises to 12.367 billion euros the consolidated debt of the central Government with the region for public services, benefits, and unmet legal commitments, an amount that represents 40% of the total regional budget for 2026.
