The Congress of Deputies gave the green light last Tuesday to the royal decree that establishes an extra financing of 6.2 billion euros this year and 2027 to the dependency system managed by the autonomous communities. But what does this increase in funding mean for dependents, their families, and workers?
It is 9:00 PM at night in a supermarket in Barcelona or Valencia. A group of thirteen neighbors patiently waits for the supermarket workers to take out the bags containing the leftover food of the day and place them inside some rectangular organic waste containers located at street level. Little by little, some neighbors open the bags and, in an organized manner, rummage through the food they find inside to quickly and efficiently distribute the foods that have been selected and discarded for unknown reasons.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo returned to Ceuta yesterday, for the second time in just over fifteen days, to demand the voluntary return or expulsion of “all” the immigrants who entered the autonomous city irregularly in the mass entry that overwhelmed the city’s border.
The Civil Guard has arrested one of the daughters of the couple formed by the former secretary of the Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Aragon (UAGA), Javier Sánchez, and Esther Latorre, who were murdered last Friday in Tauste (Zaragoza), and her current partner as alleged perpetrators of the double homicide, according to sources from the armed institute.
The judicial net around the asset management of the Community of Madrid is partially tightening. The Court of Auditors has accepted the accounting liability complaint filed by Más Madrid regarding the purchase of the luxury penthouse on Paseo General Martínez Campos. The proceedings have been transferred to the Adjudication Section, which must now determine whether to open preliminary proceedings or a reimbursement procedure by scope regarding the operation carried out by the regional company Planifica Madrid.
A large fight that took place this Saturday around 10:00 PM on Avenida Rosa Parks in Lleida ended with one person arrested and at least three injured by stabbing, the Lleida Urban Guard confirmed to La Vanguardia. None of the three injured — two minors and one adult — are in serious condition, although the adult was taken to Arnau de Vilanova hospital. Mossos d’Esquadra adds a fourth injured, this one by blows.
The World Cup final has prompted several major chains to change their hours for this Sunday to allow their employees to watch the match between Spain and Argentina. El Corte Inglés, Inditex stores, and Carrefour will be some of those that will close their open stores earlier on a day that could be historic.
The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda has opened sanctioning proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi, two prediction platforms where bets are placed, for a possible violation of gaming regulations. They would be operating in Spain without the mandatory administrative authorization.
The Court of Auditors has ordered the former director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia (OAC), Daniel de Alfonso, to pay 142,484.47 euros unduly collected as seniority bonuses. The institution has partially upheld an appeal filed by the OAC itself and the Prosecutor’s Office against a ruling issued on October 31, which required De Alfonso to return 82,341.27 euros. The two appellants initially claimed 205,000 euros.
While at the Liceu, Christof Loy presents us with a young Werther in the thrilling performance of Xabier Anduaga, at the Supreme Court, an old Werther was also acting. The first Werther loves Charlotte and steps aside, while José Luis Ábalos says, perhaps, the…